where can I get a 'ballbarrow' ?
simon figa
I have been trying to track down one of those wheelbarrows with a ball
instead of a wheel as I think it would do less damage to my muddy, clayey
lawn. Since i decided to get one I can't find one anywhere in the local
(North London ) garden centres , or after doing quite a long search on the
net.
Any Ideas??
Chris Figa
Chris French and Helen Johnson
<simon...@virgin.net> writes
I have a feeling they aren't made any more.
Maybe Mr Dyson has an old one in his garage he doesn't want?
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simon figa
ballbarrow design had been sold to another company which has now ceased
trading but I thought maybe someone else might be making them instead. Oh
well, I'll just have to live without one somehow :).
Thanks for taking the trouble to reply.
Chris Figa
Chris French and Helen Johnson wrote in message ...
Ann Warner
Oh! you have had such a lucky escape, not being able to buy a ballbarrow. I
am sure that there are masses of people out there who love them but I must
tell you about our experience with one.
This could take some time. It's about the time before last that I lost my
temper entirely.
We moved to a brand new house in Coventry in late 1977 and spent the winter
clearing the builders' rubbish from the garden, as you do. We then threw
the standing water, whenever frozen which was often, over the garden hedge
into the stream that ran alongside. Then we laid land drains under the
main part of the garden.
By the first Saturday in May 1978, I had accumulated in the garage
everything I would need to plant up the beds and veg plot of our first
garden big enough to have beds and a veg plot, by now dry enough to work on.
First I had to assemble the ballbarrow. My husband, who has a
considerably shorter fuse than I have, had tried twice and then given up. I
tried nicely. I failed. I went back to the veg plot to work off a bit of
aggression. I tried nicely again. More digging. The leaflet did say use
brute force. So I did. Nothing worked. The self assembly ballbarrow
remained unassembled, the veg plot was viciously dug into submission and
went on to produce wonderful leeks the next winter (by which time we have
moved house, but I digress).
By the late afternoon, I had lost my dignity, my temper, and probably the
respect of my new neighbours if they could hear me. I took the barrow back
to the garden centre where I had bought it which was about half a mile away
as the crow flies (three miles by Coventry roads).
I was stunningly polite. I explained that I would return the following
morning and either pick up the barrow that they would put together for me,
or I would take a credit note so that I could buy a replacement wheelbarrow.
They were sure they could put it together for me.
The next morning I returned to the garden centre. There were a few would be
customers milling about, but no sign of the owner and his two sons who ran
the place with him. Feeling the heat of the previous day rising in me, I
was determined that I had to have a good result from this so I set off to
find them. Beyond the sales areas of the centre, beyond the growing areas,
beyond the greenhouses, there was a large old wooden barn and inside it was
a flatbed wagon of the old style. On this rested, still in bits, the
ballbarrow I had taken in the afternoon before. Around it stood the three
men, each with a puzzled look and their chins being rubbed by their
respective thumbs and forefingers. I thought it was safe to assume that a
credit would be granted but no, by now it was "damaged goods". For once I
did stand my ground and walked away with a new regular wheelbarrow and a bag
of multicompost. What happened in my convincing them to change their minds
was not pretty and I am not proud of it, but you can tell that I have
remembered everything else in some detail - that bit is oddly blurred in my
memory.
Of course, these days we have a lawn with lines in it where the wheelbarrow
goes to and fro, and occasionally at dinner parties someone will mention a
ballbarrow and those who know me will breathe in and wait, but I'm getting
over it. Slowly, admittedly, but it has not been that long.
So I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas and even wish you success in
finding a ballbarrow, but do not search for a self-assembly one unless you
lose your rag less frequently than I do - twice in the last 23 years.
Ann Warner
south Norfolk
p.s. I had to tell you - could not help myself!
simon figa <simon...@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> Hope you all had a nice Christmas.
> I have been trying to track down one of those wheelbarrows with a ball
> instead of a wheel as I think it would do less damage to my muddy, clayey
> lawn. Since i decided to get one I can't find one anywhere in the local
> (North London ) garden centres , or after doing quite a long search on the
> net.
> Any Ideas??
>
> Chris Figa
>
>
Malcolm Ogilvie
ail.msn.com> writes
>
>So I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas and even wish you success in
>finding a ballbarrow, but do not search for a self-assembly one unless you
>lose your rag less frequently than I do - twice in the last 23 years.
>
>Ann Warner
>south Norfolk
>
>p.s. I had to tell you - could not help myself!
>
>
--
Malcolm
simon figa
inclination to trawl round any more garden and building centres!
Chris Figa
P.S There are some really effective anger - management courses available
these days!
Malcolm Ogilvie wrote in message ...
Robert Simms
The original Dyson Ballbarrow design was sold onto another company, whom I
believe have ceased trading.
Jim Penick
what the heck is a "ballbarrow"? From Ann Warner's description it is
something I would like to give my brother for his next birthday.
Anyway it is my first time at this newsgroup.
Thanks
-Jim
Ann Warner wrote in message ...
>Chris,
>
>Oh! you have had such a lucky escape, not being able to buy a ballbarrow.
I
PS - was in your beautiful country for a couple of years in the late
50's - - - enjoyed every minute of it.
Alan Gould
<jpe...@nospam.tds.com> writes
>OK Folks - - You have this old country (Western Colorado) boy stumped. Just
>what the heck is a "ballbarrow"? From Ann Warner's description it is
>something I would like to give my brother for his next birthday.
>
>Anyway it is my first time at this newsgroup.
Hullo Jim, thanks for your enquiry. A ballbarrow is much the same as a
wheelbarrow except that instead of the usual shaped wheel it has a
globular one. The idea is that it will be more stable when wheeling it,
i.e. not be inclined to tip over sideways so much, but there are divided
opinions as to its effectiveness. They are usually available from the
same sources as the more conventional barrows.
--
Alan Gould: <al...@agolincs.demon.co.uk>
Peter Matthews
<al...@agolincs.demon.co.uk> writes
The idea of using a ball was to increase the surface area of the wheel
when loaded and so spread the load over a wider area. This allows it to
be used in wet and muddy conditions and over lawns without creating
wheel ruts. They are equally as prone to tipping sideways as
wheelbarrows.
Regards
--
Peter Matthews
Derek Banks
Peter Matthews <pe...@mattsimm.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> They are equally as prone to tipping sideways as
> wheelbarrows.
sides of the barrow began to disintegrate becoming so cracked and split
that it had to be ditched. I suspect it's demise was speeded by carrying
too many heavy slabs, using it as a saw bench and leaving it out in all
weathers.
My next conventional barrow was ruined through doubling as an incinerator
but current conventional barrow is benefitting from my experiences in the
ill treatment of it's predecessors.
Derek
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Jill Bell
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>My ballbarrow was wonderful while it lasted but eventually the plastic
>sides of the barrow began to disintegrate becoming so cracked and split
>that it had to be ditched. I suspect it's demise was speeded by carrying
>too many heavy slabs, using it as a saw bench and leaving it out in all
>weathers.
>My next conventional barrow was ruined through doubling as an incinerator
>but current conventional barrow is benefitting from my experiences in the
>ill treatment of it's predecessors.
>
Jill
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Karen.Mountford
Wheeling the kids around in it, storing stuff in it in the garage to keep the
mice out, standing in it to reach the rafters in the garage (dicey one this,
needs careful balance), support for tent made of old sheets.....there must be
more uses than this ?
Karen (Coastal Suffolk)
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Manjhay
stand weights of atleast 500lbs.
Much easier than a wheel barrow and will out live them. I can recommend one .
Tel Oxford Wagon Company 01844215300
M K Rogerson
Martin R
Manjhay <man...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Chris French and Helen Johnson
<man...@aol.com> writes
>Try an Oxford Wagon its a 4 wheeled pull along beechwood wagon that can with
>stand weights of atleast 500lbs.
>Much easier than a wheel barrow and will out live them. I can recommend one .
sounds OK as an addition to a wheel barrow, or in a garden with lots of
wide flat paths etc. But it wouldn't be so useful around our garden as
it has to go up steps, round tight little bends etc. up a low wall
between the veg beds etc. A wheel barrow copes with this much better.
My Dad had/has a good barrow. It was made for him by his late father. My
Dad has only has one working hand and can't easily use a standard
wheelbarrow. It has a body similar to a standard one, slightly more
square. It two wheels - one each side and a single handle to pull push
with. It's virtually as manoeuvrable etc. as a one wheel barrow, will
tip to empty in the same way but much more stable
gapet...@gmail.com
So, I ended up making many repairs to keep it going:
Repairing the "bucket" (1/2" steel mesh and heavy-duty construction cement - covering the whole outside of the bottom.)
A new steel frame (welded together from electrical conduit.)
Patched the cracks in the tire (Commercial quality High-Adhesion Hot Glue over Dry Wall Mesh.
I've spent a lot of time and effort keeping it operational, but it was definitely worth it - It still works great!
I wouldn't trade it for any other wheelbarrow. I just wish that they were still being made.
I would buy another in a jiffy - and so would many of my friends who have seen me using mine.
>
> Bob Petrie
jesusmit...@googlemail.com
> Hope you all had a nice Christmas.
> I have been trying to track down one of those wheelbarrows with a ball
> instead of a wheel as I think it would do less damage to my muddy, clayey
> lawn. Since i decided to get one I can't find one anywhere in the local
> (North London ) garden centres , or after doing quite a long search on the
> net.
> Any Ideas??
>
> Chris Figa
David Hill
http://www.stuff.tv/features/dysons-greatest-inventions-ballbarrow-airblade
aidyf...@yahoo.co.uk
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> Hope you all had a nice Christmas.
> I have been trying to track down one of those wheelbarrows with a ball
> instead of a wheel as I think it would do less damage to my muddy, clayey
> lawn. Since i decided to get one I can't find one anywhere in the local
> (North London ) garden centres , or after doing quite a long search on the
> net.
> Any Ideas??
>
> Chris Figa
http://www.wheelbarrows.co.uk/tipping-wheelbarrows/walsall-duraball-galvanised.html
for £100 (free delivery), with either a galvanised or Polypropylene tub
Chris J Dixon
>On Wednesday, December 29, 1999 at 8:00:00 AM UTC, simon figa wrote:
>> Hope you all had a nice Christmas.
>> I have been trying to track down one of those wheelbarrows with a ball
>> instead of a wheel as I think it would do less damage to my muddy, clayey
>> lawn. Since i decided to get one I can't find one anywhere in the local
>> (North London ) garden centres , or after doing quite a long search on the
>> net.
>> Any Ideas??
>
>http://www.wheelbarrows.co.uk/tipping-wheelbarrows/walsall-duraball-galvanised.html
> for £100 (free delivery), with either a galvanised or Polypropylene tub
Chris
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Plant amazing Acers.
David Hill
Vir Campestris
> I wonder if Simon has found one in the 17 years since he posted?
Andy
elizabe...@gmail.com
> Hope you all had a nice Christmas.
> I have been trying to track down one of those wheelbarrows with a ball
> instead of a wheel as I think it would do less damage to my muddy, clayey
> lawn. Since i decided to get one I can't find one anywhere in the local
> (North London ) garden centres , or after doing quite a long search on the
> net.
> Any Ideas??
>
> Chris Figa
David Hill
Anthony Johnson
Muddymike
and cant be repaired.
https://www.diy.com/departments/walsall-steel-heavy-duty-ballbarrow-90l/996605_BQ.prd
Mike