Who made this ? LOL. I'm sure there are some small % of use cases but this looks like some boffins built a monster & then convinced the store that it was a genuine product. At least it doesn't have a pertrol motor :) www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/makita-... - ThreadSky

dialogcrm.bsky.social • 19 days ago

Who made this ? LOL. I'm sure there are some small % of use cases but this looks like some boffins built a monster & then convinced the store that it was a genuine product.

At least it doesn't have a pertrol motor :)

https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/makita-motorised-wheelbarrow-skin-18-volt/p/351157

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dallasbarnett.com•18 days ago

Sports-mode Zimmer Frame

blueshiftnz.bsky.social•18 days ago

Cargo bike for power-walkers

mckeenphotos.bsky.social•18 days ago

I know I have my roller blades from the 90s in a box somewhere...

dallasbarnett.com•18 days ago

I have my old roller hockey skates in the shed, but the last thing anyone needs is my 150kg fat arse on wheels with no brakes

memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social•18 days ago

It's a walker for die hard retired builders.

jazzcomputer.bsky.social•18 days ago

I would not use this without deploying road cones... probably even notes on neighbours windscreens the week ahead of operation.

dialogcrm.bsky.social•19 days ago

Not an ad BTW and I do love the headlight underneath :)

ahafoka.bsky.social•19 days ago

That looks like it wouldn't last too long either

My brother has tracked wheel barrows, but they are for his business (building DOC and various council tracks etc. e.g. he did the new boardwalk etc. to Tane Mahuta). He has a small diggers etc. that suit (and can be slung below a chopper etc.)

sjponeill.bsky.social•19 days ago

Could be handy if you have a section with a bit of a slope (not super steep) I certainly could have used one on our old driveway...

dialogcrm.bsky.social•18 days ago

Yes but I reckon anything more than 1k for a motorised wheelbarrow is too much

sjponeill.bsky.social•18 days ago

Absolutely

dialogcrm.bsky.social•19 days ago

Fascinating. I think there are high users that would benefit but that one seems a bit like a prototype that might not last and is quite expensive for what it is. I can put an electric motor on a bike for half that so hard to see the value.

ahafoka.bsky.social•19 days ago

There are a lot of tracked barrows / dumpers but they are more commercial than that Makita thing.

ryan.crawcour.social•19 days ago

After barrowing 5 cubes of dirt in to our garden, I'd welcome this.

dialogcrm.bsky.social•19 days ago

Yes it would be useful for some but at that price i wonder if there are better options.

notsailingalone.bsky.social•19 days ago

I think it looks like something my 82 year old father in law would be able to use as he still insists on hauling firewood all over the show in spite of the fact that his knees are not good.

dialogcrm.bsky.social•19 days ago

Absolutely. My Dad was the same. One of my sisters hid the big chainsaw. And eventually the small one too. It’s an independence thing. My dad was a farmer but had worked in forestry too and had huge professional chainsaws that scared the crap out of me. I’m more used to a computer screen.

dialogcrm.bsky.social•19 days ago

So it could work but maybe paying a teen to do that work might be better?

notsailingalone.bsky.social•19 days ago

I get what you're saying and we help when we're over there, but he is not going to forgo his beloved firewood duties and pay someone to do it. It's the doing of it that he loves.

notsailingalone.bsky.social•19 days ago

But Jeepers the price!

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