We were looking at the overland electric wheelbarrows. Has anyone used anything like this?
We have some serious slopes here, but it looks like it can handle it
I didn’t know there was such a thing. Cool. But for the price, a dump a cart attached to our garden tractor is much cheaper. If its too muddy for the garden tractor, we use our farm tractor. Our smaller gorilla cart that has 4 wheels attaches to both as well (rated for 800 pounds).
My barn manager tried one a few one years ago. We boarders actually gave it to her as a Xmas present, as the manure pile was in a different zip code, and dumping wheelbarrows was a major challenge. It was a total failure–hard to start, hard to steer, hard to use. Maybe the technology has improved, but at the time it was a waste of money.
Hardt to start sounds like hers was motorized and not electric?
Electric, but battery would go dead in cold weather.
Was it an overland brand? We wondered about electric batteries in the winter. Of course our virginia lows are generally low 20s. We very occasionally get into single digits.
Thank you for the review. It’s very helpful
Funny this should come up. I have a top of the line electric wheel chair that has been sitting around since a family member left us. While moving it around my MacGyvering mind thought it wouldn’t be too difficult to take off the seat and mount a wheelbarrow body on it. Fabricate a hinged mount so it could be dumped. With the seat removed it would have a low center of gravity.
Decent electric wheel chairs have no trouble carry 200+ lb up hills, around in general. Easy to mount the controls on the wheelbarrow handle.
The batteries last a long time before needing to be charged. They charge pretty quickly. Having living in an off grid cabin in the winter using batteries and an inverter. I didn’t find the batteries lost any significant power loss due to being stored in the cold under the cabin.
Might be an interesting fun project. Could put this together for a fraction of the cost the ones advertised. Give it to a friend in need.
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My parents had a DR power wagon for their very hilly property. They used it on and off for a number of years. It was pretty reliable and would truck straight up a wall with a load of logs but it was heavy, loud and difficult to maneuver. I don’t recall ever seeing my petite Mom using it. I would probably opt for small tow-able dump trailer if I were in the same situation. Plus, if I had to maintain one more small motorized whatsit I’d tear my hair out.
seriously. That’s why I was excited about something electric. So much less maintenance.
I can’t remember the make, but looked at pictures on-line, and it looks like it was an overland. Barn Manager finally ended up giving it away because it was useless and just taking up space.
My farm has a Magliner motorized hopper cart. When we bought it the company was Haulzall. The machine does very well going up and down hills (with the all-terrain tires). It’s certainly not equipped to trundle through any soft areas so, although it’s very easy to tip out the manure it will not go in to any soft parts of the pile.
It works fine in a bit of mud and a few inches of snow that isn’t too wet. The machine will carry a lot of weight. We had really good luck with the original battery, which lasted four years. It’s a very heavy piece of equipment so taking anywhere for service requires a trailer or a pickup with access ramps.
I’ve noticed a huge decline in customer service since the original manufacturer sold to Magliner. Magliner isn’t responsive to questions and definitely doesn’t answer emails quickly…if at all.
We chose to purchase the Haulzall instead of a DR power wagon because the hopper cart is virtually silent.
One of my husband’s coworkers grew up on a farm and said these are great. I talked to the sales rep about the concerns brought up here. So… I just bought a 10 cu ft powerer dump electric wheel barrow https://www.overlandcarts.com/powered-dump/
I come back with details once it comes
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I hope you don’t have to dump outside or in deep snow or possibly mud. I hope I am wrong but I see those tires as useless when they encounter any kind of uneven terrain. I would want the wheels way bigger.
Just my thinking after struggling with my traditional wheelbarrow after 8+ inches. I took a lot of pushing and pulling and I have just 1 tire.
Of course if you are just dumping into a bin or right into a spreader inside it might do ok.
We’ve had it for about 10 days and it’s awesome.
My place is too hilly for a regular wheelbarrow and my barn is too small to make using the tractor easy. Our setup is weird and not well planned . We bought it this way
I got the 10 cubic foot model with powered dump. It handles the hills great. It needs a little push if it loses traction going up on steep hills, but we’ve been working on improving the footing for it. And I’ve been able to handle it even without improved footing
I’m so happy to be able to manage the barn without needing help with muck buckets going out to the compost pile. And I’m not so tired and my back doesn’t ache from carrying/dragging muck buckets out of the barn.
Totally worth the money for our situation
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