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Spout-Nosed Wheelbarrow for the Easy Pouring of Concrete

Al Williamson of AlTim, Inc., shows Bob the new spout-nosed wheebarrow they have designed to make concrete and liquid pours easier and more efficient. Liquid concrete for footings is poured into round sonotubes. A traditional wheelbarrow pours out of a wide mouth, wasting as much as two-thirds of the material as it slops out the sides. This innovative new design pours like a pitcher, leaving no waste, no spills. It is constructed of high-density polyethelyne to resist cracking in cold temperatures. The wheelbarrows have a solid cast frame, sturdy six-inch tires, and ash handles. They are in production now and should be available in home and building centers soon.

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Spout-Nosed Wheelbarrow for the Easy Pouring of Concrete

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" We have Al and Tim here hi out -- who have developed. A new type of wheelbarrow that comes in very very handy when doing small jobs like this rock. I grew up helping dad do exactly this with an old steel wheelbarrow. And of course we -- have -- right -- we weren't really pouring into. But nowadays any time you're putting in -- footing. For backyard project like deck construction. Do you dig your hole and then you put in one of these cardboard forms. That create the piers for support. And so you guys have come up with a -- innovation on the wheelbarrow right right Bob its first major change in wheelbarrow design in the hundreds of years. We licensed this with Brentwood industries and -- production now so it's a little bit reminiscent of a bottle nosed dolphin actually but what's interesting is that the with the traditional wheelbarrow that's just flat across the front anytime you can afford to -- like that would have trouble would lose would lose a third of the material on either side and only get a third of the material landed at her house up. That was probably use the shuttle o'clock tonight we'll go -- but first let's see how well it works out okay. He had no idea how much materials and and by the sound yeah -- assess once that. But that's perfect especially no waste around it breaks that's -- what's it made out of this is so high density polyethylene. It's it won't rust of course and it's like it yeah and it withstand some call them. And the big Iraq the actual frame of the wheelbarrow. Is pretty traditional though isn't it yeah really looks a little bit oversized it is it's rugged the the tire. The -- six inch wide turf tire so that it does well in sandy areas and into the handles are rash. Part North American hardwood. And there's a cast frame so. This is one of the better wheelbarrow is still so it's a great new innovation or invention and we'll be seeing them soon I suppose at our home I felt so good luck."

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