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Hillbilly Wheelbarrow Comes In Handy
With his “Hillbilly Wheelbarrow,” landscaper Steve Stokely says he can move concrete, clay, rocks and even trees in spaces too small for other equipment.
“I needed something to haul clay out and bring rock back in a small space, and that I could get into the trailer and back out so I could load from the trailer,” the Sandsprings, Okla., landscaper explains.
His ZTR mower was easy to drive up his trailer ramps so at first he used the mower’s deck to haul items. Then he got the idea to take an old steel wheelbarrow off its broken frame.
“I welded a bracket on the front of the mower for the wheelbarrow to hinge off the mower. It’s easy to dump by hitting reverse really fast,” Stokely says. When he needs to use it to mow, he can remove the wheelbarrow from the bracket with a single pin.
“The best thing it does is haul concrete from the cement truck all to way to where you need it,” he notes.
He also uses it to haul clay, rocks and other materials - up to 500 lbs. at a time. And it works well for hauling and dumping big balled and burlapped trees into holes.
What started as kind of a strange idea has become a standard piece of equipment for the past three years for his business, Stokely says.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Steve Stokely, 1101 N. Roosevelt Ave., Sand Springs, Okla. 74063 (ph 918-902-7027; stevestokelylandscaping@gmail.com).


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2022 - Volume #46, Issue #4