Wanted - Wheelbarrow recommendation

[Two_Sheds]

I've seen this Slime repair kit that seems to have good reviews

Slime is brilliant stuff ~ I've not had a puncture in about 6 years of using it, when I used to get one a week (the local sport is to throw beer bottles onto bike lanes)

[Glutton4...]

Slime is brilliant stuff ~ I've not had a puncture in about 6 years of using it, when I used to get one a week (the local sport is to throw beer bottles onto bike lanes)

That's useful to know - I need new tyres for my Bike and my Barrow.

[Two_Sheds]

I need new tyres for my Bike

they're inner tubes though, not tyres, and the inner tubes are preferable to the injectible stuff (though it all smells like fish anyway)

[Glutton4...]

they're inner tubes though, not tyres, and the inner tubes are preferable to the injectible stuff (though it all smells like fish anyway)

Fine, I need tubes too!

[veggiechicken]

I knew there wouldn't be a simple answer to my Which Wheelbarrow plea! Now its whether I Slime the existing tyre: buy another barrow with or without a slimed tyre, or a Greentyre, or a funky one!

[chris]

I bought one from the orange diy store - their decent range, a builders one. I've treated it extremely rough, overloaded it (pretty much always do), carted it miles and it's still going strong 2 years on It's really had a battering.

[Glutton4...]

I bought one from the orange diy store - their orange plastic range - it's fab. Only problem is, after pushing Mr.G across the garden in it, I popped the tyre and inner tube. Both turned out to be really really substandard cheapos, and the plastic wheel turned out to be buckled.

Unfortunately, I had already lost the receipt, so we tried straightening the wheel (bowl of stupidly hot water), and that didn't work. I'm planning on replacing the wheel with a 'proper' one when I get round to it. Currently the barrow is keeping the rain off the mower engines!

A couple of chums at the stables use them all the time, and they love 'em!

[veggiechicken]

So an orange plastic one with a Greentyre may be the answer?
Edit - then I found this review :-
Small Axle and Puncture Prone
"This wheelbarrow has a small axle..10mm. The tyre being pneumatic is prone to frequent punctures. replacing the tyre with a puncture proof tyre is problematic as these tyres have an axle of 20mm generally and therefore don't fit.
I recommend getting a wheelbarrow with a 20mm axle and getting a puncture proof tyre for it,"

[Alison]

I've never had a puncture on my wheel barrow (owned it about 15 years now so must be gentler with it that some of you guys ) but find slime to be brilliant stuff in bike tyres. Never used it to seal a hole (didn't know it worked after the event) but it seals holes caused by brambles / thorns really well, you just see a little green bit on the tyre where the hole was.

[Two_Sheds]

Now its whether I Slime the existing tyre ...

It depends how big the puncture hole is.

it seals holes caused by brambles / thorns really well

As Alison says, it heals small holes, but wouldn't do a bigger cut (glass, for example)

[Peas'n'Kews]

The OH bought me a lovely bright orange (to match my shredder!) wheel barrow for Chrimmble two years ago.

He too is a firm believer in having a tyre <goes off to find out where he bought it....> Home Base!

I love the barrow, which is light enough but robust...... And easy to tip onto the compost heap if full, err, compost stuff!

[veggiechicken]

Just look what LIDL are selling from 5th July - Puncture sealant £2.49
LIDL Great Britain - lidl.co.uk

[Sarico]

you can try to use polyurethane foam... if you have a big hole fil it up with the foam then while it expand it will fix the tyre... bu tmake sure that you have a hole for the air to escape and the foam to fill il up... no more air inside.

[taff]

I've got a galvanised wheelbarrow, it's great, but the legs are going to rust long before anything else falls apart.

I've taken the tyre off once down tot he garage for them to fix it.

[veggiechicken]

Remember this thread, Grapes? Today, I finally bought a wheelbarrow - one of these Haemmerlin 5000 Polypro Wheelbarrow 90lt
They're on special at the Garden Centre, supposedly half price for £39.99. They showed me 3 and each one had some rust on the paintwork After a little discussion, they reduced it to £30 as long as I didn't use my Gardening Club card! A few dabs of hammerite and it'll be sorted. In fact I'll do all the vulnerable bits of metalwork -and when the tyre punctures, I'll buy some sealant or a solid tyre
Thanks for all your help