Hello? Can I test a wheelbarrow for you?

Right about now I’m wishing some hardware store or building supply outlet really wanted my help trying out some tools for them. I’m headlong into the process of back filling the garage. The objective is to get the trenches filled and rained on to pack them down before Troy gets home from his wedding trip. It’s coming along but THAT WHEELBARROW! I loathe that wheelbarrow!

On site we have Troy’s wheelbarrow for toting the dirt around. It has been used and abused and possibly has outlived its peers. That said, the wheel is no longer aligned between the handles and the barrow does not sit even between the handles. That means when you load it, it’s best to build up more dirt on the right side and when you lift the handles, always lift the left side first and higher. Ignore any of this and it will stubbornly flip onto its left side. Really, I should be grateful as Troy is letting me borrow this wheelbarrow; I don’t own one of my own.

Wouldn’t it be nice to be one of those lucky ones who finds four different brand wheelbarrows dropped of so they can be used and reported on? I’d be pleased with one that doesn’t bog down in the thick clay and has a tire with a centered, aligned mount. While I’m at it, I’d like one with a nose that is a little lower so that it completely empties when you tip it vertical.

Until then, I have been tempted to push it out into traffic, but as I’m saying that in a public blog, an “accident” of that nature would be too easy to trace back. Too bad my car is too small to accidentally back over it.