How to make new poles for a wheelbarrow cheap

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Making new wheelbarrow poles -- cheaper than a new wheelbarrow, but it was a lot of work! A new, cheap wheelbarrow was like $40-50, and I found replacement poles for like $60 (different brand, higher quality than what I had), but that was too expensive. So I bought a 5/4" x 4" x 6ft piece of lumber for about $20 and made my own poles and painted them with leftover exterior paint for weather protection.
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  • @bobsoft
    @bobsoft4 ай бұрын

    You a really trusting when it comes to that table saw. No riving knife?

  • @WarrenPostma
    @WarrenPostma2 жыл бұрын

    A vibrating multi tool would cut through those bolts quick. Not sure if that pine is gonna hold up to any heavy use. The original handles on these are some kind of medium density hardwood. Probably not hickory, but at least as rigid as oak. The pine will be lighter than your original handles. I have the same brand and design of wheelbarrow and the front part design is terrible. I am thinking of throwing away what they gave me and building an aluminum V bracket to replace the front connections. Definitely was a good idea to paint it all white. It looks almost new. My wheelbarrow does not have those black plastic parts that yours has. The bolts on mine are always loosening up, I used some crazy glue and now those bolts are not going to get loose.

  • @JoyeMusiccom

    @JoyeMusiccom

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the comments. I'm not gonna lie, this is a CHEAP wheelbarrow and now I wish I bought a $100+ one when I had the chance. I used the pine because they had the perfect size right there in the store, but yeah, the pine won't like water, which is why I painted them (even inside the holes), and I learned my lesson and need to keep it out of the rain. The original poles sure don't feel anything like oak, nor maple; they're quite lightweight. I didn't want to cut the bolts off (I have an oscillating multi-tool), because then I'd have to buy new ones! So I reused the old rusty ones and sprayed them down with WD40. Anyway, I figure with care, I should be able to get another 10 years or so out of it. After the 3+ hrs of work on it, I think my time would have been better spent buying a new one! But then I'd have to dispose of the tub. Ugh.

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