Flat free wheel barrow wheels
I'm so tempted to get one of these.
I don't go through a lot of wheelbarrows. I'm on my second. The pneumatic tyres that both had gave up the ghost. I replaced the inner tube on the first but it didn't last long. And now it's happened on my latest barrow. This time the actual tyre has a tear.
An uncle of mine used to have a barrow with a solid steel wheel. It was a noisy thing on concrete and it marked the footpath, but there was no chance of it going flat. I recall also seeing a similar wheel to the sold steel but it had strip of rubber around the circumference. I don't know how it was held in place, but it looked like a compromise. And if it did wear and come off you still had the steel wheel that would last.
I sometimes see people selling them for garden ornaments. And they often want mega bucks for them. It was that idea that made me think of a solid rubber tyre. Though, they're not cheap. Bunnings sells them for close to $100. You can buy a new wheelbarrow for less than that.
I'd consider making a steel wheel but I just know I'd be wasting my time.
Some people have tried drilling holes in the tyre and pumping expanding foam from one of those aerosol cans into them. They claim some success. Has anyone tried that?