Kobalt Wheelbarrow modification
We still love both of our Kobalt Neverflat wheelbarrows,
but there's a problem.
It seems that rain can drip
its way into the hollow portion of the handles if stored outside in the
face down position.
I finally got around to
adding a drain hole today, which should prevent any further freezing
and expansion trouble.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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keep in mind that anything with kobalt Name has a life time warranty. That is a replacement warranty. Just like craftsman. Mom
The way you store the wheelbarrow upside down allows water to enter the beams on the front, near the wheel. Unless the beams are painted or otherwise coated on the inside as well (which I doubt) they will start corroding from the inside out.
I always thought the standard way to put away a wheelbarrow was to rest it on the bracket in front of the wheel and against a wall.
Unless they've outsourced the handles since I retired, the handles are electro-painted in a vat of paint. The handles complete an electric circuit between the conveyor and the electrodes mounted in the paint tank, which holds up to 10,000 gallons of paint. I used to hate treating the paint laden water from the pit those tanks were in. The long handled tools metal handles are painted on the outside only with an electro-static powder paint process, instead of being dipped in liquid paint, as above.