Old school wheel barrow wheel.

[Alchymist]

Put a new tire on my OLD wheel barrow yesterday. I was quite impressed with the wheel. Six bolts hold the split wheel together, making it easy to r&r the tire. Most amazing though was the construction. The center of that cone shaped wheel half has a grease fitting, and it's open (path wise for grease) clear to the ends of the axle shaft. The thing must hold 2 pounds or more of grease!

Take a close look at the bracket holding the end of the axle shaft - it's threaded! Remove the axle via the 4 bolts in the brackets, then unscrew one of the brackets, and the shaft slides out of the hub. The hub is just a smooth bore riding on the axle, but it's over an inch of bearing surface on each end. They don't make them like that any more.

 

[Boilerhouse]

Cool pictures. I was once given a trailer whose wheels had sectional rims. Below is an old school wheel barrow. I have rebuilt it twice, so far.

 

[Strouty]

I prefer no flat tires, seems regular ones always end up flat when I actually need them.

 

[Sam'sAutoParts]

I prefer no flat tires, seems regular ones always end up flat when I actually need them.

Same here, all ours get converted at the first sign of a flat. I think the last one we bought actually came with a flat free tire. I really like the old metal tubs, I rebuilt my dads old one. It's going to need welding at some point but so far fender washers on the mounting bolts are sufficient. I have one that came with my house that needs work, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

That is a pretty cool old wheel barrel. I wonder how many miles, tons of materials transported and where. The stories it could tell!!

 

[jeeper46]

That wood could use some linseed oil.....