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$10 for an old wheel barrow. I hated to spend $28+ for new handles so I made some out of some old barn wood oak. Shaped with drawknife. Plus I added some stainless steel bolts.
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Don Broussard
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#1 posted 166 days ago
Nice job on the restoration. It looks like you even sprayed Armor-All on the tire!
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TexasNick
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#2 posted 166 days ago
Nice job on the wheelbarrow restoration Dorran.
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HorizontalMike
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#3 posted 166 days ago
Boy I hear ya’ on this one! We all appreciate this one, and probably most of us have been there as well. Keep up the good work!
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Vrtigo1
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#4 posted 166 days ago
Nice work, hard to tell it’s not brand new in the 2nd pic.
jaykaypur
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#5 posted 166 days ago
Now thats a well-done refurb! Great job !
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StephenSchaad
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#6 posted 166 days ago
Great work. I need new handles on mine… rusted out… I might replace them with some cedar or something? I’ll prob never get to it though. haha
Scott
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#7 posted 166 days ago
Good looking new old wheelbarrow.
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Cellulosespinner
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#8 posted 166 days ago
It needs flames!
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MonteCristo
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#9 posted 166 days ago
A labor of love I would say, but still a satisfying result no doubt. The legs and struts looks surprisingly strong so, even though wheel barrows are dirt cheap these days, the new ones aren’t as beefy as yours i.e. would be hard to find a new one as strong.
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eddie
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#10 posted 166 days ago
better than new ,great job
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dbhost
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#11 posted 166 days ago
Great restoration! You put a lot more work into yours than I did mine. I just tore it down, sanded and re-poly coated the handles, sanded wiped down and painted all the metal and then slapped it back together. My main point was keeping it from rotting away…
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ralbuck
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#12 posted 165 days ago
AS an experienced operator of that piece of torture equipment; ours always had an extra coating related to use behind livestock!
Could not tell what colors ours had been!
Great job on a torture device!
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Dennisgrosen
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#13 posted 165 days ago
great restoring
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#14 posted 165 days ago
Great job. Just because it is old does not mean it is for the trashcan.
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