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    Nifty, for homeowners not moving a whole lot of weight. I don't know if the rivets that hold those swivel dealies on could handle the weight of a full load of concrete in the bucket. Some of the Tongan boys I used to deliver to really liked to fill them up. (to the point the could've used side boards on their wheelbarrows)

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    Quote Originally Posted by drivermark View Post
    Nifty, for homeowners not moving a whole lot of weight. I don't know if the rivets that hold those swivel dealies on could handle the weight of a full load of concrete in the bucket. Some of the Tongan boys I used to deliver to really liked to fill them up. (to the point the could've used side boards on their wheelbarrows)
    If you put sideboards on a wheelbarrow, they would just try to fill it to the top of them.
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    A slide-on pivoting handle that attaches to the end of a wheelbarrow's handles would be nice. As it stands, you have to purchase their entire wheelbarrow to get the handles.

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    I don't use a wheelbarrow, but if I were to try to solve this problem, it would seem to me that something like this

    Pivoting wheelbarrow handles - GIF-untitled.jpg

    would get the job done, maybe with an extra bend in the "u" so you could pick it up like a wheelbarrow for travel and then switch to the cross bar for the dumping control...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
    If you put sideboards on a wheelbarrow, they would just try to fill it to the top of them.
    There was one guy who thought he was going to use one of those super-sized wheelbarrows with 2 wheels and a big ol' plastic tub.
    I told him right up front that there was no way he could fill it up all the way and push it. (he was a biiiiig boy too, 6'4" +/- and pushing 350 easy)
    He say fill it up all the way, I asked him if he maybe wanted to try 1/2 to 3/4 full first, he said no. I filled the tub and he grabbed the handles....
    I'm not sure what broke first, the handles or the plastic tub but when he tried to lift it concrete went every where.
    I had to lock the chute and hop back in the truck and move it over about 10 feet so we could keep pouring while he cleaned up the mess.



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