To facilitate your own work on your personal plot, you should take care of the availability of such a device as a garden wheelbarrow or cart. This rather simple device is necessary on the farm, because it helps to move both heavy and bulky goods with a minimum of physical effort.

Retail chains offer ready-made garden wheelbarrows, but their price is not always pleasing with availability. If there is a desire and time, a garden wheelbarrow can be made with your own hands; for its production you will need such materials and tools that a thrifty owner can find. Making a useful device yourself, you can always take into account individual preferences and needs.

Preparing to make a wheelbarrow

Before starting to make a garden cart with your own hands, create drawings based on a well-thought-out model. The main purpose of the device is preliminarily determined, what exactly is planned to be transported and over what distances. Depending on the purpose, the optimal dimensions of the body and wheels, as well as materials, are chosen.

DIY garden wheelbarrow

Having drawn an accurate diagram of the planned structure, you need to determine how much materials will be needed. Having carried out an inspection in your household, you can say with confidence what components are in stock and what you need to buy. In this case, you can immediately calculate the financial costs, determining the profitability of your actions.

Which wheels to choose

In the presence of unnecessary children's bicycles, scooters, strollers on the farm, the issue of finding wheels is solved very easily and quickly. Without cash costs, a homemade car for a summer residence will be provided with wheels. Depending on the completed design project, you can use a different number of wheels - from one to four.

If nothing suitable is found on the farm, then it becomes necessary to purchase new wheels. They can be of different cost, but you don't need to save too much on them, buying the cheapest ones. It should be noted that the wheels will have a fairly large load, so you should take care of high-quality and durable parts.

Important! When buying new trolley wheels, you should pay special attention to their size. Small wheels can make it much more difficult to move the structure on uneven ground, it will take considerable physical effort to drive a wheelbarrow. Therefore, it is worth giving preference to medium-sized inflatable wheels with a metal rim, which will make it possible to move heavy loads in the trolley, even on loose and uneven soil.

Optimal material for the body

Depending on the purpose of the home-made garden wheelbarrow, the size of the body, the shape and material for its manufacture are determined. Most often, metals are used for these purposes: aluminum or steel.

Aluminum is a more expensive material, but at the same time it has a number of advantages:

  • significantly reduces the weight of the finished structure, which facilitates its operation;
  • the body is absolutely not subject to corrosion, does not need constant painting.

Steel is stronger than aluminum. If you have a welding unit, you can perform any operations with it, giving the desired shape. The trolley with a steel body is heavy and may require additional effort from the operator.At the same time, the increased strength of the body allows you to move even very heavy loads without fear of damage.

Robust body

If there is wood on the farm, the trolley body can be made of wood. Old baby baths or troughs can easily fit. Even from unnecessary metal or plastic barrels, craftsmen make a body for a wheelbarrow. To do this, the container is cut in half vertically, and the load bowl is ready to be attached to the frame.

Note! The body made of a plastic barrel makes the structure quite light and mobile, however, the movement of very heavy bulky goods can lead to its breakage and cracks.

What and how to make pens

A do-it-yourself garden cart is usually made with one transverse or two longitudinal handles. The advantage of making household appliances on your own is that you can design a structure, taking into account the individual characteristics of exploitation and physique (height). Some gardeners note the special convenience of a trolley with one transverse handle, because it is comfortable to carry both in front of you and behind your back. Such a structure can be moved along with one hand, walking on uneven roads, while a wheelbarrow with two handles will be extremely inconvenient to carry in this way.

Handles are attached to the frame with the body, for the manufacture of which different materials can be used:

  • metal,
  • wood.

Most often, preference is still given to metal because of its greater strength. If there are small diameter metal pipes in the household, they can be used in the structure of both the frame and the handles.

Additional Information! Metal parts are best joined together by welding rather than mechanical fastening. The part of the metal handles that you hold with your hands can be wrapped with a rubberized film for convenience.

Which model to choose

Garden wheelbarrow

Before you start making your own garden wheelbarrow, you need to accurately determine its preferred design and dimensions. Garden implements for moving loads usually have 1 to 4 wheels. One-wheeled cars are distinguished by their mobility, they are easily moved along narrow paths between beds without damaging the plants. However, it is still not very convenient to transport very heavy loads on them. Although if it is not planned to often move heavy building materials, sand, crushed stone or brick on a personal plot, then a one-wheel wheelbarrow is an ideal option.

Two-wheel bogies are more stable than single-wheel designs, but a wider track is required to move them. A three-wheeled or four-wheeled home-made wheelbarrow for a summer cottage is a very stable device, it does not turn over, does not require special efforts and skills when moving large loads. However, she is not very mobile, especially in cramped circumstances.

Four-wheeled

Knowing the main features of each type of garden wheelbarrow, you can choose the optimal model for working on your personal plot.

Making a one-wheel wheelbarrow from different materials

If you do not plan to move very heavy loads, then wood may well be suitable for making a one-wheel wheelbarrow. Strictly according to the dimensions specified in the drawing, you need to make a frame of two wooden bars 3-5 cm thick, 120-140 cm long. The bars must be connected in such a way that a structure similar to the letter "A" is formed. The distance between the spaced ends of the bars should be equal to the width of the person's shoulders, since these will be the handles for which the cart will be rolled.

Algorithm of actions for making a wooden one-wheel wheelbarrow:

  • Form a box from the boards, into which the transported cargo will fit.
  • Securely fasten the box on top of the frame, and from the bottom, at the junction of the bars, insert the axle on which the wheel is attached.
  • To make the wheelbarrow stable when installed for loading and unloading, props are attached from the bottom of the frame at the level of the box edge closest to the handles. The struts are sized so that the body of the installed structure is parallel to the ground.

Note! To give the structure durability, use hard wood species such as oak, elm, maple. It is better to refuse coniferous trees.

To move heavier loads, you can make a one-wheel wheelbarrow from metal according to the same principle as from wood. A frame in the shape of the letter "A" is welded from a metal pipe, the body is attached to it from above. It can be made from a metal sheet or by cutting an iron barrel. For a metal wheelbarrow, it is better to choose a powerful wheel with a larger diameter. On the frame of the frame opposite the wheel, 2 supports are welded, on which the structure rests during loading and unloading.

Note! When making a metal structure, all connections must be made by welding.

Cars with two wheels or more

A metal homemade product on two wheels will help to move massive loads without much effort; it is better to refuse wood in such structures. Weld a rectangular frame of the required size from metal pipes. On one side, in the lower part of the supporting structure, place an axle on which 2 wheels are located, and on the other side - a metal stand. Weld the handles to the edge of the rectangular frame, where the wheels are located, and place the body on top of the frame.

If desired, instead of a metal rack in the lower part of the frame, opposite the handles, you can make an axle on which the wheel will be installed, then you get a three-wheel structure. If 2 wheels are installed on this axle, then a four-wheel model will be released.

Note! For convenience, it is worth putting pieces of a thick rubber hose of a suitable diameter on metal handles. Hose sections should be preheated for easy fitting.

For garden work in the country or on a personal plot, a hand-made wheelbarrow can serve as an ideal option if you do not want to spend money on a ready-made device and have free time and a desire to show your design skills.