Something more usefull look at compact or sub compact tractors .

 

X2 on the cut or scut.

I looked at a whole bunch of different powered wheelbarells online. While they'll certainly reduce wear and tear on your body, I couldn't really see them increasing production much.

Add that to the fact that I'd need like 4 of them.....it got expensive pretty quick.

A small tractor is a little more expensive, but will really speed the jobs up, plus is way more versatile.

 

Plus you are sitting down driving vs walking .

 

And, if you have a place to dump your mulch such as the driveway turn-out you don't have to load it manually either. More often than not I bring my tractor/loader out on jobs these days just to make my life easier.

A dump cart behind a riding mower is another option. I do that too sometimes.

 

A small tractor is no way to lay mulch. Not sure about you guys but most of my mulch jobs would not allow me to trample anywhere near the beds with a tractor and loader, even a small one. The biggest and best companies around here either use regular non powered wheel barrows or they use the gas ones. A couple have the mulch mule trailers that shoot the mulch out the side. A tractor with a loader is not even an option for most landscaping and lawns in my area, talk about destruction. I do see a couple guys who have the stand on machines with small loader buckets. THose are a great option.

 

There is more ground pressure on 1 wheel of a wheel barrow than on a sub compact tractor .

 

Stand on skids will do more damage to a lawn than a small tractor.....

 

toro used to have a dingo thingy that had 4 turf tires and a loader bucket.

 

The dingo with tires still skid turns, which is where the damage happens. Unless there's some small articulated machine I'm not aware of.

With a dingo or whatever there's always the option of laying down plywood where you're going to make turns, but that always seemed like a pita to me.

 

I bought our main landscape crew a MuckTruck last season. It's main use is bed edging and river stone installs. WORTH EVERY DIME! It has cut out a full time laborer on that crew, and the 3 remaining guys are noticeably less tired at the end of the day.

Only complaint is I wish the factory tub had more capacity. We built 2x12 side boards for ours.

Can't tell you anything about mulching with one. We have a bark blower.

 

It would be awesome to have one but lugging a regular one around is nice to stay in shape and impress your wife.

 

Do you do this to stay in shape, or to make a profit?

 

I picked up a DR power wagon wheel barrow on craigslist. It is not built for heavy duty hauling, but has saved my back many times over doing mulch. I love the thing and zero impact on the turf. I have a JD SCUT and tracked and wheeled dingo's. No matter how careful you are in turning dingo's or tractors, they will tear the turf. I use plywood and plastic mats, and they always slip, move shoot out always at the wrong time unless you are going straight across them. I usually have a helper loading a wheelbarrow and alternate the standard and powered when doing mulch. If I'm solo, I use the DR .

 

I'm leaning towards the DR power wagon.

For us I can't use a dingo or sub tractor. 50% of the mulch jobs require us to push the wheelbarrow up into landscaped beds several feet....99% of the time weaving between trees and plants. Gates that are less than 48" wide would eliminate most tractors.

And another goal is to be able to use just our dually with dump trailer....I don't want to add a second truck to the job seeing that we only have two. While one truck is mowing the other is spreading mulch.

As of right now we have roughly 15+/- mulch jobs to do ranging from 6 yards all the way up to 108.

The 108 job I have blown in from a local mulch blower company but they stay so booked out in advance that they can't get to my other jobs for months. So I can't sub out my mulch jobs and be reliable.

 

JRCO I think they are a lawnsite sponser, investing in a gas power wheel borrou is redicilous unless your in the concrete businesss.

 

I don't know man, as a solo guy mulch sucks. I spread almost 70 yards in the last few weeks and a powered wheelbarrow in the hills of east TN sounds nice.

 

get one of those towable little trailers.

 

And tow it with what?

 

There is more ground pressure on 1 wheel of a wheel barrow than on a sub compact tractor .

no there's not. What's a wheel barrow weight, 100lbs loaded with mulch? 1 wheel about 3" wide, go ahead and run my foot over with that. Now, you wanna load up with a compact tractor with a loader full of mulch and then run my foot over. yeah, not even close. Point is, they 've got 4 wheels, and they'll tear stuff up. I'm not a fan of ever using a sub compact for mulching, no pro's do so unless they're ok with ripping up the lawn.

 

This is much more productive than any compact tractor laying mulch.

• Cost much less. ($1,750 and its a hydro-static drive)
• Very easy to transport.
• Does no turf damage.
• Much larger capacity per trip. (this bucket is huge).
• Wheel under the load makes it very easy to handle.
• Can go up, down, or across steep hills.
• buy direct or demo at select commercial dealers and all SiteOne locations.

 

We're using ours today. I'll vouch for its usefulness. It is a bit harder to dump mulch vs our other wheelbarrows but the hill climbing ability makes up for that. Crew didn't care for it at first (as is the case every time we get something new) but have warmed up to it and we ordered a 2nd. Great for hilly lots which we spend a lot of time with.

 

Nice video!

It looks huge compared to your other wheelbarrows.

 

Same size bin but it has a lower stance.

 

I will be picking mine up tomorrow. Have 60 yards to spread Monday.....

 

Hey BrandonV do your guys prefer the Stinger over a MuckTruck?

 

Both have their place. The much truck is superior for gravel/hardscape stuff. I'd never want to use it for mulch.

 

Picked up our stinger this morning. Only have about an hour use today while top dressing some bare spots in two customers properties. It did nice with the hopper full of compost. I will be using it for 80-90 yards of mulch this coming week.

So far in the hour of use I can say it's well worth the money and wouldn't hesitate to buy another in the near future. Looks very well built, built better then 99% of the other wheelbarrows on the market...then you add the hydro trans and a motor and it's a winning package.

 

Put 3 hours today on the stinger. Very pleased with it, definetly going to get another at some point this year. I like the fact that I can ride it up a dirt bike ramp into the back of my flatbed truck while hauling my dump trailer. My employee who used it most of the 3 hours today said that he was surprised at the fact that he didn't feel worn out after putting out 10 yards of mulch. The yard we worked on was on a hill today and made a huge impact on lowering fatigue.

 

Great to hearThumbs Up here's to working smarter:drinkup::clapping:

 

we were using both the 2 stingers and our muck truck today hauling logs/brush up a pretty good hill. the stingers are great for the little (lighter stuff) but was glad I had bought the flatbed attachment for the logs.