The price with Amazon prime is 85.77 + tax, which is the lowest I’ve ever seen it by $10-20. These carts are great for hauling around tools, garden supplies, bags of fertilizer, woodchips, etc. The dump feature is a bit awkward to use but is nice to have I guess.
Though I would post this outside of the regular coupon thread because its such a great deal and everyone should have a garden cart. Will probably delete this post after a the price goes back to normal.
UPDATE: Looks like the sale is over. Try to find it in your local Lowes / Home Depot store.
I like the dump feature on that cart, but it seems smaller than the cart I got from Northern Tool (NT). With the coupon from Northern, you can get their cart for about the same price as the dump cart you pictured. While I like the capacity of the NT Cart I do have a few issued with it. Mind you, I do keep this outside all year.
The paint starts to fade within the first couple of months
Parts will start to rust shortly after the paint fades
The tires are junky quality and will begin to degrade in UV to the point where they need to be refilled every time you want to use it, and replacement tires are expensive.
The wheelbase is a bit narrower than the size of the cart, so, if you are top heavy, the load can tip over while being pulled.
Excessive pressure in the sides of the cart can make them bow and deform.
The locking mechanism holding the sides together can come loose while being pulled.
I’m sure there is more, but that is all I can think of for now.
I have loaded this cart down with oak to the point where I could barely pull it (think 2’ above the sides of the cart… It can be a b**** to pull when loaded. I don’t know if I have ever come close to reaching the limit of the cart, but I have reached my limit. Would have been nice to be able to attach it to the hitch om my truck to get it across the yard, but hey, it keeps me from joining a gym (and the fact I am just lazy).
It has been a couple years since I bought my last one and it is getting to be about time to replace it. I like the dump feature of the one above, but at the same time, since I have used my cart for mostly hauling cut wood from where it was felled to my wood pile, I like the fact that any excess dirt/debris falls through the grating on the NT cart. Also, with the NT cart, if I leave the “whatever” in the cart and it happens to rain, I don’t have to worry about “whatever” being in a pool of water when I am ready to unload it. It seems like both carts have their benefits, just not sure which I would rather own now. The poly cart above seems to be about the same size as my large 2-wheel barrow but with 4-wheels.
I bought an identical Gorilla cart as the Strongway at Lowes
several years ago for $90 and it was already assembled. It also
has a rubber mat to keep things from falling through the holes. I use
mine mainly to haul watermelons and potted figs. It’s been a life saver,
and the best $90 I’ve ever spent. The wheels are good quality and the paint still looks brand new.
I have this cart and i agree, it is excellent! About twice the capacity of a standard wheel barrow and more stability. The dumping feature is also quite useful. Mine has a year of heavy use and is still functioning with no issues.
I have used my Gorilla Cart for years, and while I will never put 1,200 lbs in it - it is sturdy and stable. Far better than a wheelbarrow. The tires are terrible, I am replacing them as they fail with foam filled tires available at Harbor Freight. The best feature of the Gorilla Cart is that it takes much less strength to move a heavy load than it does with a wheelbarrow. It has really made things easier for my wife when she does small landscape projects.
This is so common anymore with small pneumatic tires fitted on yard implements. I haven’t seen a decent pneumatic tire on these things for years, whether it be a wheel barrow, hose reel, or whatever. They all lose air annoyingly fast, or the tires just plain rot. I’ve tried putting some green slime in them which helps, but they are still more trouble than is justified.
I’ve started to go toward either foam filled tires, or just hard plastic tires. Not as comfortable to move, but much less trouble overall.
The old Radio Flyer red wagons wouldn’t haul much, but their non-pneumatic tires never needed air and lasted a long time.
I used to have a Kobalt brand wheelbarrow with a flat free tire. That thing was just awful to roll around my yard. My yard is filled with uneven ground and little pot holes and divots and bumps and rocks. The air filled Tire floats over the ground and just bounces along. I much prefer the feeling of the air filled tire at least on my property. With the Kobalt wheelbarrow, it wasn’t the Tire that was the biggest issueI, however the metal Barrow rusted out within a couple of years of purchase. Now granted I did use it to haul things like chicken manure which was sometimes left in the barrow for a couple of weeks at a time, but still you would think the finish on something that is supposed to be used for this purpose would last longer than a couple of years. Marked me think I just wasted my $.
