Flat free wheel barrow wheels

[ErrolFlynn]

I'm so tempted to get one of these.

I don't go through a lot of wheelbarrows. I'm on my second. The pneumatic tyres that both had gave up the ghost. I replaced the inner tube on the first but it didn't last long. And now it's happened on my latest barrow. This time the actual tyre has a tear.

An uncle of mine used to have a barrow with a solid steel wheel. It was a noisy thing on concrete and it marked the footpath, but there was no chance of it going flat. I recall also seeing a similar wheel to the sold steel but it had strip of rubber around the circumference. I don't know how it was held in place, but it looked like a compromise. And if it did wear and come off you still had the steel wheel that would last.

I sometimes see people selling them for garden ornaments. And they often want mega bucks for them. It was that idea that made me think of a solid rubber tyre. Though, they're not cheap. Bunnings sells them for close to $100. You can buy a new wheelbarrow for less than that.

I'd consider making a steel wheel but I just know I'd be wasting my time.

Some people have tried drilling holes in the tyre and pumping expanding foam from one of those aerosol cans into them. They claim some success. Has anyone tried that?

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spam aside.

I garuntee the first time to try and push the barrow up and over something with a solid metal wheel and it chips the concrete, marks the timber etc and the ton of extra weight and lack of grip you'll run back to bunnings for a normal tyre.

if they worked people would still use them

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[ErrolFlynn]

solid metal wheel and it chips the concrete

No doubt. The last steel wheeled barrow I saw did a nice job of putting lines on the cement driveway. That's probably why the newer ones came out rubber coated. I'd love to have one. The only negative I can think of (besides taking chips out of kerbing) is that they'd probably easily sink into sand or mud. Though, to protect kerbs you could probably turn around and pull the barrow up, backwards. Oh, and they'd be noisy compared to rubber.

I've been reading a few posts on solid rubber wheels. An American forum. There's a common theme that they handle differently from pneumatic tyres. Surprising, I know. We're not referring to high powered sports cars, but that's what they say. I'll have to take their word on that.

So, I guess no one on this forum has used a solid rubber wheel on a wheelbarrow, and can tell of their experience of how good/bad they are or brands to get/avoid and the like.