Allsop 29242 WheelEasy Folding Yard Cart

This gadget is light weight. It carries alot. It lays flat against my wall for storage and flat for rolling items onto. It's very useful!!~

Great item, takes up little room in the garage, but is there when you need it.

The wheelbarrow is lightweight, very easy to use and versatile. A great improvement over "traditional" wheelbarrows.

This looked like a great idea, however the first shipment was truly a "bucket of bolts". All of the components were thrown in the box without any shipping material. The box was mangled, the parts were all scratched, and one of the straight posts had fallen out in shipping. Plus, the plastic bag used to hold all of the hardware is so thin, all of the parts had fallen all over the place. I called Allsop and they blamed the internet distributor. I contacted SnapDragon and he fumed. It was drop shipped from Allsop, they sent it that way! SnapDragon was unbelievably responsive. He had a full replacement sent PLUS the parts to make a second Wheel Easy. WhooHoo! Not so fast. The second one arrived battered again. One of the straight posts was sticking out of the box! It was 2 UPS stops from being lost again. The hardware had fallen out all over their bag and parts were missing again. Not so fast on building 2 Wheel Easy's. I have one and two-thirds. Also, the holes used for the detent pins don't line up. These should pop in and out with your hands, Instead, it's a hammer and vise grip affair when you need both pins to transition the collapse. The post holes are about 1/8" offset, so out came the drill bits and reamer to bore these out to make them usable. I don't want to complain about products manufactured in China like this unit, but this is bad QC on part of the importer (Allsop).

The instructions left a lot to be desired, and some adjustments had to be made to the metal parts in order for them to fit. I've since gone to the company website and looked at their customer reviews to discover that others have had the same experience. The ad for this cart says it can carry large rocks, but anyone using this item must bear in mind they will be deadlifting from near their feet, and that is rough on the elbows and back. I can haul several hundred pounds in a regular wheelbarrow, but couldn't balance this with 165 pounds in it. The next test was to put an automotive tire in it, but it wouldn't balance in the sling because of the narrow lower end. Next I put a large rock in the sling and decided it would either rip the fabric or my back before I got across the yard. If you want to rest the load while in transit, you cannot, the handles have to be lowered to the ground and to start up again, another deadlift. I laid it flat, filled it with dirt, and proceeded to lift, only to have the dirt slide to the lower end with some spilling out. I wanted this to work in a narrow space, but the handles were too wide, something I could not find information on when ordering. The only advantage I can see to this WheelEasy is that it can be hung on the wall. My husband says keep it, we may find a use for it yet. I give this a 1 because I think it is a good idea, but needs better engineering.

Sturdy, works well. Folds a little bigger than expected. The kicker: this product needs a longer nose in front of the wheel. There is no leverage to dump the contents out!

The Allsop WheelEasy folding yard cart is the ideal product for yard work ranging from collecting weeds to spreading bark to moving boulders. More than just a wheelbarrow, this collapsible yard cart allows for easy, ground-level loading when the handles are dropped. This allows the user to rake, shovel or slide material into the canvas barrel. The WheelEasy makes it simple to replant a shrub, move a boulder, put out some bark or rake some leaves. Built from heavy-gauge steel and tough duralite-type canvas, this yard card carries up to 300 pounds. The folding yard cart features ergonomic handles and comes with Allsop's 1-year warranty.