Wheelbarrow

[Gow864]

I've been asked by an (old) friend if I could setup his wheel barrow with a motor.

So. Does anyone know where i can find a 24v 10" - 12" wheel with a brushed hub motor? I want to use a brushed motor just to keep it simple.

Thanks,
Gow.

 

[BLUESTREAK]

TRY (THE SUPERKIDS.COM)

 

[chet]

goldenmotor used to offer one. i guess they still do.

 

[mare]

Here's mine conversion to hub-motor powered barrow. Unfortunately, it's too hast for walking. I am looking for slower motor.

http://pavlin.si/en/elektronika/zabava-s-samokolnico-in-elektricnim-pogonom/

Mare

 

[Lock]

Here's mine conversion to hub-motor powered barrow. Unfortunately, it's too hast for walking. I am looking for slower motor.
http://pavlin.si/en/elektronika/zabava-s-samokolnico-in-elektricnim-pogonom/
Mare

HAHA! Marko, that's very fun! 8)
Welcome to the Sphere
Lock

 

[mare]

Thanks! I was following forum, but now I've got questions and made registration.
Mare

 

[spinningmagnets]

Certainly many ways to motorise anything. Here's Staton-inc's motorised wheelbarrow website. They also are a leader in jackshaft kits to add a tiny gasoline motor to a bicycle, and friction-drive kits, both of which have been adapted to use with an electric motor...

http://www.motorizedwheelbarrow.com/default.asp

 

[amberwolf]

Interesting idea, Mare.

The way I would do it is with a powerchair motor that uses the gearbox shaft as the axle. They usually run on 24V and are max of about 4MPH. Brushed motor, so dead simple to control. Powerful enough to move at least a couple hundred pounds even with just one. Some can do much more than that.

There are two common sizes of wheel for them; one about 14", one about 10". Usually the hubs are separate from the wheel, and the bore hole is different for them. Get a motor that usually uses a 14" wheel, and put the 10" on it instead, and you have even more torque than before, and less speed. Perfect for a wheelbarrow.

I don't think I'll ever build an electric wheelbarrow, but I do have a little "tractor" in the works, to move a small car back and forth in a friend's yard. Once I get past the basic concept stage I'll probably have a thread about it.

 

[Kingfish]

When I think wheel barrow, I see it as a one- or two-wheel drive up front though with the potential for overload issues (tipping). But you have me thinking…

Electric Pallet hander:
Put anything you want on the pallet. Four low turf wheels, sideways dumper via screw actuator. Very useful on a farm. :wink:

Now I miss my tractor