Garden Cart sticker shock

[Stephen Tashiro]

I've have an old Sears "garden cart" that I like - metal body, two big non-pneumatic tires. I looked for a similar product today and find items selling for over $200. Is that the going price?

[Jim A Walters]

Last year I bought a Gorilla Garden Cart. For the money ($129) it's been a great cart. It's poly not metal but pretty tough. Hold 12 cu ft and up to 1200 lbs. I've had it loaded to almost overflowing with dirt, bags of fertilizer, etc and it handles it just fine. Best thing is the handle can switch from being a hand pulling type handle to one you can hitch to a four wheeler or whatever. I see HD has it this year -
http://m.homedepot.com/p/Gorilla-Car...11-1/203222854

Jim

[Rich Engelhardt]

What kind of cart?
I just sold this one on CL for $35.00. The buyer talked me down to $25.00 & I'm sure he was happy.
I was happy because I was on the verge of putting "Free to good home" sign on it!

Despite being nearly 28 years old, his one was solid & the rust was only surface rust. It had spent it's whole life in a tool shed out of the weather.

Give the used market a try.

[David Weaver]

Is it this style of cart (like a dump cart?).

My grandfather ( a big man, and a physical worker all of his life ) used two carts of this style, though metal and with solid tall thin tires. I always wondered why he used them instead of a wheelbarrow (everything else he had was hard on the user, including an old splitting axe with a bar steel handle that he put on when he got tired of breaking handles).

[Andrew Pitonyak]

Years ago (in the 70's) my parents purchased something like this roughly ($300 +/- $50) cart

http://www.cartsvermont.com/Garden-Carts/

We used our own plywood, and, my parents still use it today. Easy to move around and to get things in and out. The primary disadvantage is that with something heavy in the back, it can tip back (which is how we generally got things out of it). Put in a bunch of clippings, and just tip it up, pull it over, and it is empty. You don't do that with glass jars obviously.

This looks similar for $100

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...8229_200308229

[Larry Frank]

I am looking for a garden cart like shown in the previous post from Northern Tool. Does anyone have any experience with one they have bought or built? I want to have one that I can either pull by hand or pull with my garden tractor.

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[Andrew Pitonyak]

Loved the one I used growing up. Very easy to use. The design looks very similar so I expect it will behave the same. In most cases, it is easier to push than pull.