PAW 44219 Power Assist Lawn & Garden Self Propelled Rechargeable Electric Drive System Wheelbarrow Cart with 2 Front Wheels, Black

I bought this almost 2 years ago and have to saw it is a fantastic wheelbarrow. If you read the reviews you'll see that it is not perfect and that is true. I too had a couple issues with the manufacturing - missing a hole for a bolt and the tire lugs kept getting loose. The customer support was fantastic though. Called me back almost immediately and offered to send new parts and a fix to the lugs. As far as capability - this thing is incredible. I have a driveway inclined so much that it drops almost 2 stories over 100 feet. Each year I have struggled with getting mulch down the driveway and pushing a wheelbarrow back up since trucks won't deliver the mulch at the bottom. It is easier to take the mulch to the bottom and then back up part of the hill to the area to be landscaped. The PAW was great. I did 12,000 (yes 6 TONS!) of mulch in about 8 hours and could have done it faster if I had not given out (if only there was a loader on the front!). The bucket is a great size. Some have complained about the front curved bar design. I find this to be very helpful actually. Was great to tip forward and be able to scoop the mulch out easily around plants. Yes it takes a bit to tip all the way over if you need to but if you are loading that much in then you better expect it will take some to tip. And whoever put reverse onto the drive was a genius! I thought it would be a waste but sitting on a hill after dumping the contents and then having to pull the PAW back up the hill backward in loose dirt - great feature! Power - it goes up my steep hill fully loaded with mulch or filled with firewood...yes a little slower than empty but without a push at all from me. In fact, going up the hill each time while empty to get more mulch, the PAW basically pulled me up the hill. I did manage to crack the bottom of the bucket but my fault tossing firewood into it from an elevated level but no noticeable effects in hauling even with the crack and nothing a little patch can't fix. If you are looking for a tool that will be useful for all sorts of hauling, this is it. Yes, nothing is perfect but this is a fantastic tool for the money!

I have a small farm on a hill. I needed something to help with light-duty hauling on the hills. I have a small garden tractor and a cart, but that's a lot of fuss just to move a bushel around.I've searched all over for powered wheelbarrows. There are some gas engine-powered models and kits, but a gas engine would be very noisy and require a lot of maintenance. The other electric cart and wheelbarrow options available in the US are costly.This cart looks like it will do the trick.As delivered it requires some assembly. It's not difficult. It requires some tools like a mallet and socket wrench, and it took about an hour to assemble the metal frame and motorized wheels.Rather than attach the included 6 cu ft poly-bin directly to the supplied frame, I built a plywood deck. (You can see some photos in the product description.) The deck consists of a 21" x 21" square platform and a trapezoid-shaped prow that covers the nose, protects the motor and gearbox and facilitates loading and unloading at the front. The deck configuration works pretty well for a wider variety of hauling jobs. I can put garbage cans on the deck. I am still doing some tweaks to this configuration. But the PAW as delivered is fairly flexible for adaptation. One needs to work around the motor and gear case which protrude up a bit at the front of the deck. I've built a way to adapt the poly-bin to attach to the plywood deck by mounting the poly-bin to a couple 2x4s and I'm using some hardware to securely attach the 2x4s to the deck. That way the poly-bin can be used and removed as necessary. Truck bed tie-downs (from Harbor Freight) are used to attach the poly-bin and serve double duty to secure materials being carried on the deck. U-bolts were added to provide tie-downs on the handlebars. I've also added a board to protect the electronics box from accidental damage.The PAW's battery compartment and installation is pretty well designed. It uses a spring to securely hold the battery container in place and to facilitate easy removal. This would make it easy to swap power packs. (The vendor doesn't advertise additional power packs for sale, but they probably will sell replacements in the future.) You can also easily remove the battery case for recharging in the shop. The power plug on the battery case does dual duty for charging and powering the cart. You have to swap plugs to switch between charging and running the cart. The plug is a standard PC-style power cable. It's not the easiest plug to insert and remove. And the use of a standard cord is a little odd because if one were to naively plug in a standard PC extension cable and connect it to 110V AC you would have a lot of trouble on your hands. So don't do that. I don't have any data on battery life yet, but it has had no problem running over the course of several hour tasks. (I will try to update this as I get more information.) Inside the battery case are standard sealed AGM gel cells and they could probably be replaced very cheaply if they wear out.Operating the cart is easy, but the use of a single button to switch between forward and reverse is awkward - there's no indicator whether you are in forward or reverse until you are moving. So there's too often some trial and error needed to get going, and reverse has only one speed so you get a small jolt when it engages. You really should be focusing on your hauling load when starting up not the eccentricities of the electronics. (Imagine if you didn't know for sure if your car was in forward or reverse when pulling out of a parking space.) I've found the power and traction to be adequate for everything I've tried. I have hills that are 10%-15% grades. Paved gravel and turf were no problem. I have not tried much hauling over rougher terrain. The tires are not ag-style so you might experience some slipping in wet conditions.

wheelbarrel itself is greatgoes up steep hills and can carry heavy loads. The tires on the other hand are bad. Mine lasted less than a year even though the wheelbarrel was kept under a large covered porch out of the sun and rain. They just cracked up and rotted. Both are flat and they are a odd size and I have not found replacements yet.

I have had nothing but problems with this cart. I got it to make work easier. This is what I sent to the seller in an email and their reply:I purchased a Light Duty Electric Wheel barrow 20b Capacity on 11/20. I am unhappy with the item and would like to return the Wheel barrow with a full refund to me from the company. So far a wheel fell of due to a o ring pin coming lose, the tires need constant air because they deflate, when we hit little bumps the power goes on and off as we push the cart, sometimes the charger works and other times not. Just over all performance is not worth 573.49. I contacted them on 1/14 and this was the reply: Unfortunately it is passed the 30 day return policy. You may contact the manufacturer regarding their warranty at 1-800-495-9278I just bought a new tire today as both are cracked and I kept it in the barn out of the weather. For one tire it was 24.00 from a tire company and now the other one looks cracked and is leaking air. Don't buy it!!!!

Is very sturdy but is very difficult to put together and quite bulky to put together/ If you are willing to put in the work to put it together.We just started our first project using the PAW, cannot dump the load by tilting it forward. You have to unload by shovel, this is a major design flaw for us.Would probably return but return window is over.Great customer service but unfortunately couldn't help us out