Kimberly's Strange Contraption

It may look strange, but it got the job done.

You may be wondering about the strange contraption in the photograph above. It came about in this manner; this morning I went out to work in the gardens. I loaded my wheelbarrow full of mulch and when I started to push it to the back garden, it did not want to roll as it should. I asked the question, "Is the tyre flat?" Upon examination I did indeed have a flat tyre. I got out my hand pump but found that as soon as I inflated the tyre, it went flat again; I found a thumb tack embedded in the tyre. Yes, a mere thumb tack was all that was needed to render my wheelbarrow useless.

Of course I did not have a tube repair kit and hated the idea that I would have to go to all the trouble to get ready to go out to the shops for the sole purpose of a repair kit. As I studied the problem it occurred to me that with the tyre off the wheelbarrow, it would sit on top of my little trolley. Since the tyre had to be removed to repair it in any case, it was worth a try. As you can see, that is what I ended up doing; a bit of wire helped to ensure that the wheelbarrow stayed secured to the trolley. Since the wheelbase on my little trolley is narrow, and the centre of gravity of the wheelbarrow full of mulch was high, I had to be careful not to allow the whole contraption to tilt over. My wheelbarrow/trolley contraption worked and I was able to continue placing mulch down in the gardens for most of the day. I stopped near the evening to tend to my veggie garden.

I have given some thought to building a box that will sit on top of my trolley when I need to transport things that are not contained in some manner. I mainly use the trolley for transporting bags of soil or bags of fertiliser or lime around the gardens. A box for my trolley would allow it to be more multifunctional.