When did wheelbarrows get so expensive? Even a replacement wheel assembly is outrageous. Patching is good, Char. A whole bunch of pennies saved! I use my heavy wheelbarrow less since I invested in a Gorilla Cart, which was expensive but is absolutely wonderful. It dumps, it connects to the riding lawnmower, and it can handle 1200lbs. Y'all would die if you saw the ridiculously large piles I pull around in that thing- like monstrous blackberry canes to the burnpile. I even pot in it as it raises materials for less bending. The corrugated bottom leads me to mix my materials in a round tub, which I put in the cart. Amazon has Gorilla Carts on sale:
https://a.co/d/61nzjd7
And yay for awesome nitrile gloves! They are fantastic until I'm pulling prickly stuff, and then they betray our little arrangement at least half the time. But they are so comfy and cheap (and made no promises to keep us safe from prickles), so I keep using them, even for prickly stuff.
Kneeling pads! Thank you for the reminder.