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AI6YR Ben Apr 5

New project acquired. My in-laws wheelbarrow. My son wanted to toss it, his grandmother wanted it tossed, but his grandfather pointed out they had the wheelbarrow since they first got married sometime in the 60's. Already ordered replacement handles and wedge pieces, now deciding how far I go with the metal restoration. On the plus side, all the undoubtedly leaded 1960's paint long gone, lol. Now, to decide on removing the rust or just covering it up after some metal brushing.... #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #repair

AI6YR Ben Apr 5

First step, a little PB Blaster and some work with two garage sale adjustable wrenches. Pb Blaster really reeks. Ends up a lot of the bolts are rust with no threads. #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #repair

AI6YR Ben Apr 5

Pile of metal, tire, old wood (rotted!!!). Had to pull out a hacksaw, many of the bolts were more rust than metal, and you can't remove a bolt where there is no thread. #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #repair

AI6YR Ben Apr 5

Current status: these wheelbarrows have carriage bolts, but when they are very rusty, they spun. An angle grinder would be the best option here, but I have no angle grinder. So, manual hacksaw through the bolt (which works, but is a lot of work. But, great arm workout!) #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #repair #wheelbarrow

AI6YR Ben Apr 5

Sears wheelbarrow. Probably 1960's or early 1970's. Purchased in Ventura or Oxnard, I understand. #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #repair

AI6YR Ben Apr 5

I wonder if someone has the appropriate catalog for this one online anywhere. #Sears

AI6YR Ben Apr 5

Going with rust covering paint on this. Did a quick once over with a metal brush while wet to knock off loose rust, and I see the undercoat is most certainly that vintage leaded paint white (it has a certain sheen). So, better covered and encapsulated than removed. Washed with a degreaser. There are bits of ancient cement I can't remove... they will have to remain there I suppose. #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #wheelbarrow #repair

AI6YR Ben 3d ago

Wheelbarrow parts repainted. New wheel acquired. Waiting on handles. (Will still be cheaper than a brand new wheelbarrow, but not as cheap as snagging a free one off the curb). Restoring it for family sentimental reasons more than anything, lol. #wheelbarrow #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #repair

Not for highway use.

Are a lot of people riding wheelbarrows on highways these days?

Scott Francis 3d ago

@nazokiyoubinbou @ai6yr this sounds like an episode of Top Gear

@darkuncle @ai6yr Do it you cowards! 😁

AI6YR Ben 3d ago

@nazokiyoubinbou @darkuncle LOL looks like someone has tried it before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkq8CEqUvNA

Epic motorized wheelbarrow, best one

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@ai6yr @darkuncle Somehow I feel like that no longer qualifies as a wheelbarrow... 😆

Scott Francis 3d ago

@ai6yr @nazokiyoubinbou this is the inevitable evolution of #BikeTooter

AI6YR Ben 3d ago

@darkuncle @nazokiyoubinbou Alas... bicycles lead to roads... and bicycles also lead to motorcycles... both of which lead to cars, which leads to freeways... which leads to suburbs and anti-pedestrian and anti-bicycle infrastructure, and climate change.

Scott Francis 3d ago

@ai6yr @nazokiyoubinbou I am looking for a large sign that I can mount at the entrance to the nearby hiking trail that reads “if it isn’t powered by legs you cannot ride it here” because the proliferation of kids on motorcycles (gas and battery alike) is completely out of hand lately

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

@darkuncle @nazokiyoubinbou Oh yeah, for sure.

me_valentijn 2d ago

@darkuncle @ai6yr @nazokiyoubinbou
Kinda harsh approach for disabled trail users.

Scott Francis 2d ago

@me_valentijn @ai6yr @nazokiyoubinbou not when a trail is marked explicitly "no motorized vehicles" and is full of pedestrians and horses. there are other places for people who want to use a motorized vehicle.

me_valentijn 2d ago

@darkuncle @ai6yr @nazokiyoubinbou
With all due respect, the place for disabled people using motorized mobility assistance is whereever they want it to be. We can't be excluded from otherwise accessible places just to preserve your vibe.

Scott Francis 2d ago

@me_valentijn @ai6yr @nazokiyoubinbou this isn't about disabled people but about kids on motorcycles on a trail marked "no motorized vehicles", because motorized vehicles on a trail with horses is how people get seriously injured. Regulations about trail use are there for good reason.

me_valentijn 2d ago

@darkuncle @ai6yr @nazokiyoubinbou
So the solution wouldn't involve a sign which incidentally forbids disabled accessibility, yes?

Scott Francis 2d ago

@me_valentijn @ai6yr @nazokiyoubinbou not every hiking trail everywhere is accessible to everybody, nor should they be. this particular trail system is moderate to difficult, unpaved, largely in the wilderness, and heavily trafficked by folks on horseback from surrounding ranches.

I see you're not located in SoCal so may not be aware of the local situation (which is quite different from Netherlands), so I will stop arguing about it now.

me_valentijn 2d ago

@darkuncle @ai6yr @nazokiyoubinbou
Yes, I had a great deal of fun on similar trails (including short stretches of literal horse trails) on my mobility scooter when I could still sit up long enough to go anywhere.

Again, you don't get to decide where we can go.

Inky says "What the hell?!"1d ago

@ai6yr @darkuncle @nazokiyoubinbou I dont know about that, at least not without going back to wagons and carriages.

AI6YR Ben 3d ago

@darkuncle @nazokiyoubinbou (In my best English accent) "Let's see how fast the Stig can take this wheelbarrow around the track!"

@ai6yr @darkuncle *A loud boom can be heard*

Oh and there goes another tire. Looks like there is a reason they aren't rated for high speed!

@ai6yr @darkuncle @nazokiyoubinbou Some say he pushed three monks to a mountaintop in Tibet with a wheelbarrow. All we know is he's called The Stig.

Christian Huitema 2d ago

@W6KME @ai6yr @darkuncle @nazokiyoubinbou You make me nostalgic. I should get a wheelbarrow like the one we had when I was a kid. All wood, except for the axle, and a strip of iron to circle the wooden wheel. Worked great. Ideal for carrying a load of manure...

Violet Madder 3d ago

@darkuncle @nazokiyoubinbou @ai6yr

Need at least 250cc for the freeway!

John Burns 3d ago

@nazokiyoubinbou @ai6yr

If there is a warning...

... someone did it.

😉

@JohnJBurnsIII @ai6yr Lol, jokes aside, someone probably towed one or something.

Still, it definitely would be bad.

John Burns 3d ago

@nazokiyoubinbou @ai6yr

I once saw 2 teens riding a normal powered push mower down the street. Whirling blades and all.

One sat on engine with feet right behind front wheels. Other standing beside back wheels with his hands on shoulder of his mate.

Going from one house to another for mowing gigs.

Now walking behind it... riding on top.

😱

@JohnJBurnsIII @ai6yr

Often the Darwin award is awarded posthumously. Food for thought.

John Burns 3d ago

@nazokiyoubinbou @ai6yr

The barrow tires are same as what's on my 4 wheel cart... and they have tubes in them and cannot support the weight they say they can - at recommended highest pressure... (800 lbs).

I could only get 400 ish lbs on it - before it could not be pulled through grass. On ashphalt - yes... but rolling on 3" grass was no-go.

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Can't imagine someone tries to use those cheap cart tires for anything where human life is at stake.

@JohnJBurnsIII @ai6yr Honestly I imagine it's more of an issue of they can't handle that speed. At a speed like that a weaker tire would just rip itself apart.

Someone probably towed one at the back of a vehicle or something. I can imagine the tire probably blew and sparks were flying. I also imagine they didn't notice and kept going until police pulled them over or something. 🙄

AI6YR Ben 3d ago

@nazokiyoubinbou @JohnJBurnsIII Ha, this is in the Congressional Record as part of a 2004 law... (the 2004 Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act).

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lawsuit_Abuse_Reduction_Act_of_2004/Zp5l2OaDcWEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=wheelbarrow+tire+lawsuit+highway&pg=PA17&printsec=frontcover

@ai6yr @JohnJBurnsIII Douglas Adams has that part beat too: https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Wonko_the_Sane

I would tend to assume any time they have to write that on there someone somewhere actually needed it.

Yes. They are the words that finally turned me into the hermit I have now become. It was quite sudden. I saw them, and I knew what I had to do." The sign read: "Hold stick near center of its length. Moisten pointed end in mouth. Insert in tooth space, blunt end next to gum. Use gentle in-out motion." "It seemed to me," said Wonko the Sane, "that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need to include a set of detailed instructions for use in a package of toothpicks, was no longer a civilization in which I could live and stay sane.

Wonko the Sane

John Watson, also known (at his own request) as Wonko the Sane was a marine biologist and scientist who lived in coastal California and is very sane. He and his wife Arcane Jill Watson lived in a curious place called the Outside of the Asylum. John calls himself Wonko in order to remind himself that a scientist must be like a child in having no preconceived notions - "Wonko" being a childhood nickname bestowed by his mother. Wonko added the epithet "the Sane" to his name in order to reassure...

Hitchhikers

Greg Parker 3d ago

@nazokiyoubinbou @JohnJBurnsIII @ai6yr I bet somebody took a wheelbarrow wheel and used it on a car when they didn’t have the right spare.

@gparker @JohnJBurnsIII @ai6yr It's the wrong size. That's impossible.

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Oh god, someone probably tried it anyway.......

@nazokiyoubinbou @ai6yr well they do get great gas mileage..

@KM7CDC @ai6yr I imagine that depends on what the person pushing it ate for lunch.