antique Wheelbarrow from our cellar

FILMNET · June 27, 2012

I thought i should put this wheelbarrow, it was in our cellar for 45 years or more covered by my wife father. I hope this is OK? Can anyone know what years this are from 1930? The cellar is dirt really dry.

**carolyn137** · June 27, 2012

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Originally Posted by FILMNET

I thought i should put this wheelbarrow, it was in our cellar for 45 years or more covered by my wife father. I hope this is OK? Can anyone know what years this are from 1930? The cellar is dirt really dry.

Steve, I thought we had a thread here about old wheelbarrows a bit ago. I can say that I have one just like what you show, it still has some red paint on it and last I knew it was up in the woodshed.

I was going to plant flowers in it and set it out near the road since my home is set back quite a ways from the road and one has to cross a bridge over the brook to get to my home, but thought better of that after thinking about it a bit.

I moved it up here in 1999 to my new place from the old farm and I remember it being up in one of the sheds when I was a kid and I was 73 yesterday, so yes, I'm sure it's from the 1930's but can't give an exact date.

JamesL · June 27, 2012

Excellent find! What do you intend to do with it? Use it in the garden? Planter of some type?
Restore it and sell it?

Age - Does it have any sort of manufacturers stamp or marking? That would be the easiest way to date it. Steel or Iron wheel? It could have been made anywhere from 1900 on, depending on how it was put together.
Can you tell if it is all original? how about the paint job?

A quick check of the web turned up this similar one on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-WOOD...item19d1d012b2

I would probably clean it, strip it with a soy based stripper, sand it, and either put about 10 coats of tung oil on it or possibly paint it. It would be a good display piece in your yard and it appears to have some family history too.

FILMNET · June 28, 2012

Sorry Carolyn, I forgot i posted this, yesterday Espoma set me 4-20lb bags of their fertilizers and 2 liquid Earth-Tone pesticides to photograph with the wheelbarrow i will post a few shot here I did if its OK?
James , it has no names and the green paint look like it's original but some work on the handle as been done and painted. Its Iron very heavy for dry wood.Just found it in nice condition i did clean it with water which i know is bad for old wood and iron. but it had dry dirt from the floor, house was built 1806. I will try to use it from my work now, with some work

**carolyn137** · June 28, 2012

Steve, sure it's OK to post about it again. I was just remembering the thread we had where you and I and others were discussing such antique wheelbarrows and some showed pictures as I recall.

Does Espoma want to use your wheelbarrow as part of a PR project for them or did you suggest it to them.

Just curious and if it was a deal between you and Espoma did you get the fertilizer for free?

FILMNET · June 28, 2012

Yes it was free i am looking for new clients for my company here is a shot from yesterday. Also yes i mentioned it to them i put these ogirinal wheelbarrow shots on there Face book page, they siaid Yes , and forgot about me, and apologized, them sent me 4 boxes 3- 20lb of Garden-tone, Plan-tonet food and a 20lb bag of Holly -Tone, there potting dirt bag and 2 Earth-Tone .

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FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	Sorry Carolyn, I forgot i posted this, yesterday Espoma set me 4-20lb bags of their fertilizers and 2 liquid Earth-Tone pesticides to photograph with the wheelbarrow i will post a few shot here I did if its OK? James , it has no names and the green paint look like it's original but some work on the handle as been done and painted. Its Iron very heavy for dry wood.Just found it in nice condition i did clean it with water which i know is bad for old wood and iron. but it had dry dirt from the floor, house was built 1806. I will try to use it from my work now, with some work Last edited by FILMNET; June 28, 2012 at 06:59 AM.

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carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Steve, sure it's OK to post about it again. I was just remembering the thread we had where you and I and others were discussing such antique wheelbarrows and some showed pictures as I recall. Does Espoma want to use your wheelbarrow as part of a PR project for them or did you suggest it to them. Just curious and if it was a deal between you and Espoma did you get the fertilizer for free? __________________ Carolyn

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JamesL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 1,992	Excellent find! What do you intend to do with it? Use it in the garden? Planter of some type? Restore it and sell it? Age - Does it have any sort of manufacturers stamp or marking? That would be the easiest way to date it. Steel or Iron wheel? It could have been made anywhere from 1900 on, depending on how it was put together. Can you tell if it is all original? how about the paint job? A quick check of the web turned up this similar one on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-WOOD...item19d1d012b2 I would probably clean it, strip it with a soy based stripper, sand it, and either put about 10 coats of tung oil on it or possibly paint it. It would be a good display piece in your yard and it appears to have some family history too.