Happened to be looking at Gorilla (and non-Gorilla) 4-wheel poly dump carts online to see how much they cost this year. Just found out that our local Menards had the very last box of the Huntingon Pro 1,400 lb. capacity poly dump cart on clearance for about $100 off.
Lucky for me that I had some Menards rebate checks ready to be spent and a credit card that needed to be exercised. So, I went into town this morning and snatch up that last cart. Final cost, around $135 after 11% rebate which I will send in. But I had a couple rebate checks that I cashed in, so I was out of the store for a little less than $100.
They don't list the cubic foot holding capacity of these carts, only the weight load at 1,400 lbs. I compared that to the Gorilla cart closest size at 1,500 lbs which costs $388.00 at WalMart. I really like these poly dump carts, and now I have two of them, but neither is a Gorilla band cart. You can save a lot of money buying these non-Gorilla brand carts.
I was expecting this poly dump cart to be the same size as my previous cart, which is 6 cubic feet. However, when I got the box home and took all the parts out, I discovered that this Huntington Pro poly dump cart is almost half again as big as my previous 6 cubic foot cart. I did some measurements and worked out the math to discover that this new dump cart holds 8 cubic feet of material! That was a nice surprise.
One of the "must have" features that I need on these carts is a handle that converts from manual pull to tow behind a lawn mower. This cart has one of those 2-in-1 handles. Very nice.
Already put it to use this evening when I filled it up with chicken run compost and then sifted it through my cement mixer compost sifter. Topped off another 3 raised beds with freshly sifted compost before it got dark. My raised beds are looking good this year, at least starting off.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the reason I was looking at getting yet another Gorilla (type) 4-wheeled cart was because my old one-wheeled wheelbarrow was getting stuck in the compost litter in the chicken run and I was really struggling to fill it up and move it out of the chicken run. This new 4-wheeled poly dump cart hold about 4X as much material as the wheelbarrow is infinitely easier to move around in the chicken run. The cart, even when loaded up with compost, just floats over the compost litter in the chicken run on those four big 13-inch wheels.
My back appreciated the lack of effort I had to put into moving the compost out of the run and over to the compost sifter. Worth the cost already.
