Arb Trolley / Brash Cart

[monkeybusiness]

2 hours ago, josharb87 said:

Yes, but wider wheels = more resistance and more likely to snag on something =harder work to pull imo

 

 

That TCF looks rather home made tbh. And the wheels look to be set back too far?

My Stein arb trolley is one of the most home-made looking badly finished products I’ve ever bought tbh. I think that galvanised jobby looks a lot better (even if it is a blatant copy!). 

[arbogrunt]

Great kit...but most of our jobs are too narrow to fit it in...we rarely use it...

[Vespasian]

If anyone does a bit of welding I'll bet you could knock one of these arb trolleys up for hundred quid...   build two, narrow access for the garden gate jobbies, and a wider one for better access..

 

 

[wicklamulla]

The TCF one looks better on paper imho.  I have ordered a lot of optional extras with it like the wide wheels as well as the narrow wheels, kevlar tyres, 50mm tow bar etc.  It's expensive and i could have had a local man knock up one to a similar spec. but opted to buy one instead.

[Billhook]

14 hours ago, wicklamulla said:

The TCF one looks better on paper imho.  I have ordered a lot of optional extras with it like the wide wheels as well as the narrow wheels, kevlar tyres, 50mm tow bar etc.  It's expensive and i could have had a local man knock up one to a similar spec. but opted to buy one instead.

Quite happy with the original Arbtrolley, and although I have the workshop and welding skills, by the time I have faffed about finding the right size steel, measuring, cutting, finding correct centre of gravity, finding the right axles and puncture free tyres, bearings, wheels, drawbar , paint, it would come nearly to the price of a new Arbtrolley even with my labour at minimum wage!

i found it necessary to make four simple slide on tubes with hoops for the big bags

i did weld up a small detachable drawbar for the little Stiga mower which happens to be exactly the same width as the trolley.  I bought it off eBay without a deck for £120 and it has worked well

the trolley also has the little bar just visible under the bag in the photo, which means you can lift a fifty gallon drum quite easily 

[Darrin Turnbull]

10 minutes ago, Billhook said:

Quite happy with the original Arbtrolley, and although I have the workshop and welding skills, by the time I have faffed about finding the right size steel, measuring, cutting, finding correct centre of gravity, finding the right axles and puncture free tyres, bearings, wheels, drawbar , paint, it would come nearly to the price of a new Arbtrolley even with my labour at minimum wage!

i found it necessary to make four simple slide on tubes with hoops for the big bags

i did weld up a small detachable drawbar for the little Stiga mower which happens to be exactly the same width as the trolley.  I bought it off eBay without a deck for £120 and it has worked well

the trolley also has the little bar just visible under the bag in the photo, which means you can lift a fifty gallon drum quite easily 

Quite right about self building , plus you can put against your tax.

 

[wicklamulla]

@Billhook   What do you use the frame work for that is attached to the front of the Stiga? 

[MattyF]

Yes, but wider wheels = more resistance and more likely to snag on something =harder work to pull imo
 
 
That TCF looks rather home made tbh. And the wheels look to be set back too far?

Has any one tried to see if the TCF wide wheels will fit the stein Arb trolley ?? I’ve actively looked for wide wheels that will fit and found nothing.
I’ve had the Arb trolley up to it’s axles and stuck In soft ground so the wide wheels sound a great option..

[MattyF]

Looking at it again it has completely different axles!

[tcfengineering]

We have tried to find a narrow and wide wheel which would interchange on the same axle and we cant find it. On ours we offer a bolt on axle so you have to swap the axle with the wheels - works fine only takes 4 bolts. 

 

Out of the two, if I could live with the extra width, I would take the wide wheels every time. Its surprising how much weight you can pile on these little carts/trolleys and the wide wheels just travel so much nicer over all terrains.