We always used to have inflated tyres on our wheelbarrows over the years but the last one needed repairing/reflating so often we changed the wheel for a solid one.
Single wheel barrows are more manouverable in narrow spaces and round corners so the form of your barrow will depend on the size and lay out of your garden. I'd suggest a test drive in the store.
Tipping bars are a good feature.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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I favour the puncture proof wheels too. They’re not quite so comfortable over steps etc as pneumatic tyres but the trade off in not having to reflate them, change the inner tube, free rusted bolts, seek the right size replacement tyre etc is well worth it.
Unless you have reason to choose something smaller or bigger, I would choose one with a capacity of about 90 litres. Much smaller and it won’t move the occasional large, unwieldy object that needs shifting, much bigger - unless it has 2 wheels - and it will be too heavy to manoeuvre when filled to capacity.
I'd just add that it's important that you can lift the barrow "legs" off the ground with your arms straight. I'm very short, and some barrow arms (handles) are too high off the ground for me to use comfortably - wheeling a barrow full of gravel with your arms bent is not recommended...
I'd second the desirablility of a tipping bar on the front wheel. My barrow is a galvanised, inflated tyre, farming variety.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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Single wheel barrows are more manouverable in narrow spaces and round corners so the form of your barrow will depend on the size and lay out of your garden. I'd suggest a test drive in the store.
Tipping bars are a good feature.
Unless you have reason to choose something smaller or bigger, I would choose one with a capacity of about 90 litres. Much smaller and it won’t move the occasional large, unwieldy object that needs shifting, much bigger - unless it has 2 wheels - and it will be too heavy to manoeuvre when filled to capacity.
I'd second the desirablility of a tipping bar on the front wheel. My barrow is a galvanised, inflated tyre, farming variety.