Now Available! ECHO Technical Note #101: Bamboo Load-Centered Wheelbarrow
Published
2024-01-16
A standard wheelbarrow, with the wheel at the front, places about half the weight of the load on the operator. A load-centered wheelbarrow places the wheel in the center of the load, shifting 90% or more of the weight to the wheel instead of the operator. This allows the device to be used for distance hauling on narrow paths. ECHO developed a design that is scaled down to use a bicycle wheel. This load-centered wheelbarrow, pictured in figure 1 and the focus of this document, can be built with bamboo or other locally available material. This document contains instructions for the wheelbarrow that ECHO built and tested, including additional tips for construction and use.