How does a wheel barrow work?

Question

How does a wheel barrow work?

Answer 1

its a tub. in the sides, wheels are attached and then connected to the wheels. you then fill up the tub, dump it, then repeat......either that or MAGIC!!!!!      :p

Answer 2

You have one wheel, maybe sometimes multiple amounts, and then it is attached to a barrow that can hold objects. Finally, there are two shafts that you can use to push and hold the wheel barrow. When your ready to release something, or do whatever you want with it, you can release everything in it by just lifting it up.

Answer 3

it is a barrow, with a wheel for easy movement.

I have a wheel barrow, and it hasn't done any work in it's entire life. ..baaaading!

Answer 4

you load things into its basket and then you push it by its arms

It's one of the simplest implementations of the use of a wheel. if you have ever seen one wheel barrow I am not sure I can explain further.

Where do you come from and how old are you if I may ask??

Answer 5

it's a small carrier with one wheel at the front, and two legs and two handles at the back

Answer 6

You put things in it and then push it.

Answer 7

the wheel turns as you lift the opposite end while moving with the barrow. takes some hand coordinated balance depending on the size and weight of its contents.

Answer 8

Magic!

Answer 9

IT WONT WORK, IF YOU DONT PUSH IT!!!

Answer 10

the barrow sits centered on the wheel while the person wheels it.

Answer 11

Leverage, the length of the arms allows for less force to be required to lift the load around the pivot point (wheel). Kinetic friction of the axel and static towards the ground are all that slow you down.

Answer 12

The advantages of a wheel barrow (something with 2 wheels is a cart) are that the center of gravity is near the wheel, so it is possible to lift a much heavier load at the end of the long handles than two people lifting equal distances from the load.   Normally, the barrow is moved by using straight arms from shoulders to handles and leaning and the triangle of arms and line between the handles is very stable and puts the center of load below the center of the body.

  Barrows have large wheels which is possible because of the shape of the bin and the space for the top of the wheel in front of the bin.  Large wheels go over cracks and bumps more easily than small ones and spread the load. Although some barrows have fairly hard wheels, most have soft squishy ones that make crossing rough ground or plank ends even easier.

  Having a single wheel makes moving and maneuvering much easier.  A single wheel permits running the load up a plank ramp or along a path that is barely wide enough to stand on, while two wheels requires not only two paths or planks, but they must be of equal strength and curvature to keep the load from tipping.  A two wheel cart is constantly hitting different obstacles with each wheel, which applies a sideways force to the handles and handler.  It is easier to pull a two wheeled cart because it is more stable and does not have to be balanced and side bumps are self correcting, but pushing is more difficult.  Pulling puts the handler in the way of dumping the load.

Answer 13

I think dborn56 's answer is probably the single best answer I've ever seen on yahoo answers. G/J

Answer 14

It works back and forward! And use to carry/transport stuff to desired destination.

Answer 15

The barrow is built on a wheel platform and you have two handles to push the wheel barrow with whatever product you have to dump ., leaves, grass, dirt, top soil, cement, rocks, coal, wood.  It's a transportation method for working around the property instead of carrying things in buckets.

Answer 16

It's a very complicated process:

Step 1: fill

Step 2: push

Step 3: dump