I have a Rubbermaid 2 wheeled cart that I have had for years and searching around, they don't make it anymore. This Ames cart is similar: Ames Garden Cart. It is light weight and can be hosed out easily. At 73 I can still get bags of mulch and dirt out of the trunk of the car into the cart for moving around the yard. Just a suggestion.

How about putting a large box in the wheelbarrow you have and filling it up?

tj

Large wheelbarrows can get quite heavy and unwieldy when full and that is hard on the back and shoulders. Better to use the small barrow you have and make 2 trips.

Or put the cardboard box in the small wheelbarrow.

tj and callirhoe....simple possible solution that I haven't tried. Worth experimenting with except that it still limits the amount of weeds per haul to the size of the box and thus not much different than just carrying the box. Probably boils down to which aggravates the shoulder and back less. Here's another facet to this - I try not to allow the box to come in contact with either my shirt or pants (due to possible direct exposure to poison ivy oils, etc. - my wife is very susceptible to secondary contact so I have to be super vigilant about any articles she might touch that also may have had direct contact with poison. By trying to hold the box away from me, that's even harder. Alternative is to wash clothes every time after I'm working outside if any possible contact with poison. Wheelbarrow, I'm thinking, is probably easier to avoid contact with whatever I'm wearing (maybe...remains uncertain). So, that's one reason a combination of a box and wheelbarrow could further complicate things. Will see how a box fits in the small wheelbarrow. Still, could definitely use a larger one anyway for stuff like hauling mulch, larger clippings from hedges, etc.

Thanks..

A big wheelbarrow full of mulch will be harder to handle, weight-wise, than one filled with weeds. The key with back and shoulder issues it to not try to move big loads of heavy things. Several small loads vs. one big one.

Hello three4rd,

My favorite wheelbarrow has three wheels and it is called a Wheelzbarrow

(that is a clickable link.)

I recently replaced its tires with "No Flat" tires to eliminate having to pump up its tires. In my opinion they should offer it that way as an option. The three wheels eliminate having to lift anything with the handles, except to dump it. I think there may be other sources of three-wheeled wheelbarrows. I purchased my Wheelzbarrow from Amazon while they still had it in stock. It is my all-time favorite wheelbarrow.

I send some of our "weeds" to the trash dump, so I use a rolling trash-bag container for those. That includes anything I don't want in a compost heap, such as thorny plant material (thorns seem to last forever in compost) or dead zinnias. I breed zinnias as a hobby, so I don't want any zinnias in a compost pile, because they could carry zinnia diseases and I don't want my compost to carry zinnia diseases.

I am frankly surprised that three-wheeled wheelbarrows aren't more common.

ZM (not associated with any product or vendor mentioned or linked)

I have something similar to this:

Polar Sport Poly Utility Cart — 400-Lb. Capacity, 10 Cu. Ft., 52in.L x 26in.W, Model# 108376 | Northern Tool

Mine is close to 30 years old and is in need of replacing. When I get around to it I would replace it with this.

If you have a riding lawn mower, have you thought about getting a small trailer for it? This one cost about the same as the wheel barrows that have been suggested.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/PowerCare-10-cu-ft-Lawn-Mower-Dump-Cart-with-Wheels-YTL-007-599/311188544

I am 77 and have a riding lawn tractor and use it to pull a small trailer for chores like you mentioned. I also use it to carry equipment, shovels, hoes, axes, chain saws, etc. to the site where I am going to use them I also use it to pull a fertilizer/seed spreader, and pull the chipper shredder to the brush that needs cleaning up.

Thanks for all the replies! I wound up getting the 10 Cu. Ft. 2-wheel and absolutely love it! Very light weight, easy to maneuver (though not quite as easy as single wheel), and easy to dump. Wish I would have bought one decades ago.