She’s At It Again

It’s been a while since Terry’s put anything together, and I think she was going through tool withdrawal. But not anymore. The other day she got to use her skills to assemble a new item to make our life easier when we’re working in the yard or the greenhouse. You can tell she’s happy by the smile on her face.

It’s a 7 cubic foot Gorilla Cart that may make wheelbarrows obsolete around here. The heavy-duty cart has a 1,200 pound capacity, an easy to use dump bed, and turns so tightly that it’s like having a zero-turn mower. It can be pulled by hand or with a lawnmower or UTV.

It took Terry about an hour to assemble it, which would have been less if I hadn’t been helping her. The instructions were very clear, which isn’t always the case in some things we have bought in the past.

When she had it put together, we loaded the cart up with six big bags of potting mix and pulled it through the garage and up the step to ground level with no problem whatsoever. On flat ground, it was so easy to pull that it was like it was empty.

Look at this dumping ability. The rear axle moves inward to make the job super easy. Where has this thing been all my life? If you need to move things around your property, you really need one of these!

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And finally, here’s a chuckle to start your day from the collection of funny signs we see in our travels and that our readers share with us.

Thought For The Day – It doesn’t matter if you’re the best apple on the tree. Some people don’t like apples.