Tricam GOR201B-T1 Gorilla Carts 600-Pounds Capacity Dumping Cart, Black
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Tricam GOR201B-T1 Gorilla Carts 600-Pounds Capacity Dumping Cart, Black
Customer Review: Gorilla Rules.
Summary: 5 Stars
Hello everyone,
I have been using Gorilla products for a while and I have to say they are REALLY good. I have Gorilla ladders that I have had for years and they are still like brand new. They get put through the ringer when I do projects and they can take it!! When I am done with my project I just dust it off and put it away for the next time. So that's why I purchased this cart, it's the multi-purpose cart for hauling basically anything. It can take a beating too, I use it for hauling metal, dirt, even groceries ha ha ha, and it works like a champ! One of the features I like the most is it's big inflatable rubber wheels, one day I was hauling a really good size amount of groceries into my condo, I had to get into the elevator and it had a bit of a step it was not even, I thought for sure I was going to be there huffing and puffing to get the cart over that step...let me tell you that does tires on that cart took the step like if it wasn't even there...right over it, that's when I said I'm loving this cart so I started treating it better hahahaha I even washed it and it looks brand new!! Thanks Gorilla keep up the good work!!
Customer Review: Nice cart... but
Summary: 4 Stars
After reading the reviews which were pretty good (for the price) I picked this cart up at Home Depot. Some of the reviews said the hardware could be difficult to screw the screws into the self-LOCKING nuts. The screw heads don't have much of a slot and you need large screw drivers (both phillips head and straight blade)and a metric socket set. I was thinking "Yeah... right.. whatever... the whimps can't use tools... blah, blah, blah. Well... I have the right tools and decent mechanical ability but the reviews were RIGHT. All the screws with slots were VERY difficult to properly tighten in the self-LOCKING nuts. The self-locking nuts are VERY tight. I ended up putting the self-locking nuts in a vice and threading a bolt (in the kit two have have bolt heads not regular screw heads, but have the same thread size) into the nuts and back out a couple of times to pre-thread the self-LOCKING nuts. By doing this the slotted screws were "easier" to thread into the nuts. Do yourself a favor and "pre-thread" the self-locking nut.
Once together it is a nice cart.
Customer Review: good product, good value
Summary: 4 Stars
This cart is a better value than any found in local stores and I am pleased with how it's performed hauling about 1.5 tons of compost in its first week with me. I can't imagine it could handle 600 pounds though. It's weakest point is at the bend where the handle connects to the tongue of the cart. If there were more than 250 lbs or so in the cart it would be very easy to break the handle at that point.
That said, most of what I want to haul in the cart is well below 600 lbs and the cart performs very well. It is easy to pull across the lawn fully loaded with heavy compost and easy to dump when I arrive at my flower beds.
I imagine the plastic bed will be the shortest lived part for me and I'll be looking to build a cart bed on top of the wheel base some time in the future given that the wheel base looks like it could last for decades.
I gave it 4 stars because of the weak link at the handle/tongue though I don't think it'll be an issue for my gardening uses.
Customer Review: Good cart for the money. Also available at Lowe's preassembled.
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this at the local Lowe's building supply store, and bought one that was preassembled rather than one that was in the box. (If you do this, you might want to check that all the bolts are tight.) It is sold under the name "Duraworx" Dumping Garden Cart, rather than "Gorilla Carts," but is manufactured by the same company, Tricam, and is essentially the same cart.
I used the cart for planting several very large Arbor Vitae. It will hold 200-300 lbs. of soil without problems, but more than that is probably not advisable or manageable.
My garage is also my woodworking shop and is crammed with equipment & tools, not to mention the car. So I like the fact that this cart is fairly compact, especially if you take the handle off, as I do, and hang the cart up on the garage wall. It is more stable than a wheelbarrow & uses less space when stored than a wheel barrow or 2-wheeled garden cart.
I think it is good value for the money.
Customer Review: Good garden tool for a big yard!
Summary: 5 Stars
This cart suits my needs very well. I had been looking for a two wheel wheelbarrow, but this was more stable and costs less.
I had it built in about 40 minutes. The instructions were clear and the bubble pack of screws and parts was seperated into the steps that you would need them. No sorting and laying bolts everywhere was needed. It took less than 30 minutes to assemble. The cotter pins that hold the wheels on were soft brass and a bobby pin would have been better. Replacement pins cost 25 cents each at the local Ace hardware.
The cart rolls easily, even over difficult terrain. So far, I have used it to move 10 40# bags of topsoil and 3 cubic yards of loose mulch. The dirt poured out easily, but the mulch was so light that I had to turn the cart completely over to get the last bits out. The dumping mechanism is very elegant and easy to operate.
The cart looks more like a toy wagon than a working tool, but I am very happy with it so far.