I just bought me a....

Conmaicne Mara

.....double wheel wheelbarrow on Ebay of all places

Now, there's a fine line between genius and insanity and I know which side I think this idea falls on.

I found plans online for a DIY weedlicker bar some time back (which I've just this minute managed to misplace), to which I needed to add a chasis. Most people seem to add them to tractors, gators, quads etc. But I'll be using it on fairly rough ground in places I don't want to bring a tractor or quad, so I don't particularly care if the wheelbarrow tips over

Bit of galvaband, some self tapping screws, the DIY weedlicker bar, and some steel tube out of an old gate to make the push handles into a draw handle and I'll be away (with the fairies no doubt).

Sorted :cool:

Manoffeeling

The single wheeled barrow is designed for rugged terrain where the modified two wheeled version would be considered more at home on a smooth solid surface. I understand your idea, but the first thing you should do is sit the missus into it and push her around the wetspots!

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Manoffeeling wrote: »

The single wheeled barrow is designed for rugged terrain where the modified two wheeled version would be considered more at home on a smooth solid surface. I understand your idea, but the first thing you should do is sit the missus into it and push her around the wetspots!

I did consider a single wheel, indeed I know where there's just a frame and wheel minus the barrow pan. But, I want to draw this behind me, so I won't get covered in chemical from something I'd be pushing. So that's where the two wheels come in, they add stability.

Something fabricated with bicycle wheels would be much more suitable, but I have no fabrication skills and a low budget. I think the double wheeled barrow will do the job. As the weedlicker bar won't be very big, say a three inch pipe that's five or six feet long, it won't hold a big volume so therefore won't be too heavy.

moy83

I think this idea is falling on the insanity side of the line , the only way to make it a genius one would be to get someone else to pull it for you

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moy83 wrote: »

I think this idea is falling on the insanity side of the line , the only way to make it a genius one would be to get someone else to pull it for you

Lol, come see the land, you'll soon change your mind when you get to thinking out the alternatives, you can even test it out yourself

(I wonder if Moy will take the bait....)

I can use Gallup 360 selectively and not kill everything in sight. I won't have to use huge amounts of water as I would spraying with Auslox or Mortone. Seeing as I'm not doing any permanent changes to the barrow I'll also have a new barrow to use.

Every implement in Ireland is geared to a 4wd tractor, except those for quads which are stupidly expensive. A bit of outside the box thinking was required Ain't the first one of my ideas that's been laughed at, then proven

moy83

Yup Ill go back and show you just how hard it is to drag it around alright :P
Fair play for the idea though . Would the knapsack lose much more spray on the grass that the licker ?

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moy83 wrote: »

Yup Ill go back and show you just how hard it is to drag it around alright :P
Fair play for the idea though . Would the knapsack lose much more spray on the grass that the licker ?

Work horse, and you'll eat :pac:

Knapsack is out for me, got tendonitis, so it kills my elbow. I've driven a quad around this land, I'm not risk averse, but it would be dangerous to a level I'm not comfortable with.

I do have a bigger electric sprayer which I intend to use on the first go at the rushes. When younger greener rushes come up, the second round I'll use the weed licker.

But, I mostly want it to put glypho onto bracken. Have used Asulox successfully in the past, was told glypho also works, but we don't get the kind of calm days I'd need for spraying it, that's where the licker way of administering it comes in.

Might work on thistles too now I think of it.

Of course I'll have to wheel it out when ever my STAP farm visit comes Be priceless

Bizzum

This thread disappoints. I opened it thinking it was a Thai Bride story. :-)

dharn

Any photos of this intriguing contraption ?

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Bizzum wrote: »

This thread disappoints. I opened it thinking it was a Thai Bride story. :-)

Guaranteed Irish for my bride thanks very much :P

dharn wrote: »

Any photos of this intriguing contraption ?

Nope, it's not made yet. I was stuck on the chassis for a while, now I'll have to start assembling the licker bar parts

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Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Work horse, and you'll eat :pac:

I may have finally found use for one of my sisters nags. Wouldn't be the first time I've seen a horse drawn weedlicker.