{"id":1143,"date":"2018-05-21T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2020-06-02T19:35:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T19:35:58","slug":"where-the-rubber-hits-the-dirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/where-the-rubber-hits-the-dirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Where the rubber hits the &#8230;dirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There aren&#8217;t too many landscapers that get by without a good wheelbarrow. This essential tool has been improved upon in many ways and there are a lot of variations these days. Modifications have been made to make the wheelbarrow even more versatile and user-friendly than ever before. Some features increase the weight capacity while others improve the stability and maneuverability of the traditional one-wheeled wheelbarrow.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/000_0623_683.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Excavator wheelbarrow\" width=\"683\" height=\"384\" title=\"000_0623_683\" data-id=\"1157\" src=\"\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/000_0623_683.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of our more popular wheelbarrows is the <em>Excavator<\/em>. The metal tub and all-welded frame makes it a real workhorse on landscape job sites. The front of the <em>Excavator<\/em> has a unique design that eliminates catching on the ground when maneuvering. Flat free tires are also available for sale that will fit this model.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/000_0820_683.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scenic dual wheel\" width=\"683\" height=\"353\" title=\"000_0820_683\" data-id=\"1153\" src=\"\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/000_0820_683.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/a><\/span><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/000_0819_400.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scenic single wheel\" width=\"400\" height=\"457\" title=\"000_0819_400\" data-id=\"1154\" src=\"\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/000_0819_400.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another popular line are the <em>Scenic<\/em><em>Road<\/em> models. These wheelbarrows have an extra thick high density polyethylene tub and extra thick lacquered ash handles. We carry one-wheeled 6 cubic foot and 8 cubic foot models, and a two-wheeled 10 cubic model for those really BIG jobs. The 10 cubic has different tire options as well: standard, turf, and flat free.<\/p>\n<p>We also sell replacement tires, wheels and handles in case a repair is needed. With a minimum of care a good wheelbarrow will give years of use.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jim Guy\" width=\"600\" height=\"175\" title=\"guy\" data-id=\"3029\" src=\"\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/guy.png\" style=\"\" data-width=\"600\" data-height=\"175\" data-init-width=\"600\" data-init-height=\"175\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There aren&#8217;t too many landscapers that get by without a good wheelbarrow. This essential tool has been improved upon in many ways and there are a lot of variations these days. Modifications have been made to make the wheelbarrow even more versatile and user-friendly than ever before. Some features increase the weight capacity while others [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,22],"tags":[68],"class_list":["post-1143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-87","category-hardscape","category-landscaping","tag-jim-guy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3129,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions\/3129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}