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[cordwood]

Thinking of getting one, but need some opinion's . They seem to vary in the weight that they can carry, but what sort of damage do they leave on lawn's when removing ring's etc. Are you better off with Honda tracked or muck truck type?

 

Seem's a big investment but i guess it will pay for itself in reduced labour cost's and back ache:001_smile:?

[david]

i had a honda tracked barrow for a while. it would make less of a mark on lawns than walking across it as long as your going straight.

 

but once you start skidding around it it can make a mess especially if theres a lot of moss in the lawn. i found it helped if you had to turn then put some ply sheets down at the turns

 

iv never tryed a muck truck but im watching for one as it would be better suited to the digger work i do

 

[chestnut]

if you struggle with back ache - i would suggest a 4 wheeled trolley / barrow - that will push easily without the lift - i ain't in to spending dosh on luxuries

 

it might sound crazy - but i made a fantastic heavy load carrying contraption - from an old invalid / wheelchair thing that i spotted at a junkie auction - works a treat

 

up the woods we have many homemade contraptions to help shift stuff - we don't use any machinery - it's all hand balled (unfortunately, but my old man has always done it by hand - so by hand it is done )

[Beezy]

Have used a 'muck truck' whilst working in Australia. An absolutely fantastic bit of kit, the flatbed unit isnt brilliant at carrying timber however, but we got a local fabricator to construct a shaped timber carrying frame, bit like an solid oversized sack barrow with a chain to secure the load. that worked a treat!

 

I cannot tell you haw much time, blood, sweat and tears this saved us getting heavy chuncks of Euc out of rear gardens to the hiab, and you can disregard the max weight it can carry too, we had ours fully loaded with some monster loads and it didnt grumble once!

 

I wasnt sure if they were available in the UK tbh, dont know how much they cost, but seriously they are brilliant. one tip is to switch off the fuel tap when not in use, the only slight niggle, but overall. awsome!!

 

can send you a sketch of the timber jig if required, be interested in prices for these if you have too.

 

J

[david]

MUCK TRUCK, EXCAVATOR, MICRO , DUMPER, DIGGER, BARROW on eBay (end time 11-Nov-09 05:42:42 GMT)

[cordwood]

Bloody hell £1475 quid's some amount of cash!!