The best $100 I've ever spent? Maybe.

Years ago I bought one of these to move some 3/4" rock that had been delivered to the street in front of the house to the back yard. Because of the gate situation and the prospect that I might use it for other chores from time to time, I selected it over a wheelbarrow.

I figured it would fall apart after some heavy use, but I've had a coupla' hunnert pounds of rock on it and bounced it up & down the front curb repeatedly and it's still solid.
I did indeed use (abuse) it on other chores of a landscape nature and have been well satisfied with its function and durability despite the Chinese origin.

Over the last year I've used it in a way I hadn't originally intended. In my advancing age and laziness I've begun to load groceries and provisions from the truck into the house. I usually hit the market and Sam's Club six to eight times a month and haul everything from canned goods to cased water in it in one trip. Easy-Peasy.

I've spent a hundred bucks and much more on many things which haven't given nearly as much satisfaction.

tl;dr
Get you a gorilla cart if you're cheap and lazy.

What stuff have all y'all bought that surprised you satisfactorily?

I have the one with fold down sides. Must be 10 or 15 years old by now. I have beaten the shit out of it hauling all sorts of stuff around the yard and down the trail to the lake. I shall buy another when this one finally dies.

My only con is the tires, I wish they were solid, rather than pneumatic.

Bought a folding blade utility knife from Milwaukee three years ago to save wear on my EDC blade. Didn't think it would end up being nearly b.c as useful or often used as it has been. Probably the best $10 I've spent in a while.

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Originally posted by vinnybass:
The best $100 I've ever spent? Maybe.
Get you a gorilla cart if you're cheap and lazy.

My wife has two of those carts, one black one that also dumps, and one with expanded metal sides that can be removed.
 
My only gripe with them is the cheap Chinesium rubber pneumatic tires. They dry rot within a year and are hard to keep air in. Run flats are an option, but do not perform well (hard to pull) over uneven, bumpy ground, which we have a lot of. If you are using them on nice flat surfaces, run flats are great and will last.

She also uses one of them for bringing in a car full of groceries.

I'm with you on the tires. they're the one shortcoming.

Side note:

I put a hard plastic wheel/tire on my wheelbarrow & I'm well satisfied. Maybe I'll look for replacements for this cart as well.

I’ve got the dump version. Had it for at least 12 years. I have no idea how many times its been ridiculously overloaded, but its never failed.
It has the handle that swings around so you can tow it behind the garden tractor, and that’s very handy. The only problem is that you can’t back up when you’re towing it. At least I can’t.

The only Fuddruckers around here closed probably 20 years ago.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

The only Fuddruckers around here closed probably 20 years ago.

The Gorilla Cart is great if you need to schlep a large order of Fuddruckers burgers for a gender reveal party.

Or if you need a wagon to put your tools in.

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Originally posted by parabellum:

Of the dozen ladies in Bonnie's sewing circle,
8 of them have
Very similar wagons,
But
They all have hard plastic / rubber tires.

They buy the medium sized wagons as they are much easier to fold up and put in their vehicles.

(All are over 60 y.o., half are over 74 y.o.)

I'm laughing because just a few days ago my wife and I were unloading a bunch of mulch from the truck on to our Gorilla cart and talking about it being one of the best things we ever spent money on. We got ours about 6 years ago when we moved in to our new house and it has taken a beating and just keeps on rolling along. We have one that dumps and haven't had any issue with the tires. It stays in our shed and is subject to the heat and cold. I guess we've been lucky.

Gotta get a Gorilla cart, moving crap at the house isn't going away. With my sciatica, vertical weight on my spine is a killer, wheelbarrows are not in my future.

If you've never owned a wheelbarrow with dual front wheels , you don't know what your missing .

I bought one in 2014, my wife laughed at me. That was until she started using it. And we do use it to unload the SUV after trips to Costco. My best friends moved here and that was one of their first buys after seeing ours.

My only bitch is,
The handles they put on them are for people in the four foot ten inch to
Five foot ,six inch range.
( I am 6'4" )

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Originally posted by wolfe 21:
Bought a folding blade utility knife from Milwaukee three years ago to save wear on my EDC blade. Didn't think it would end up being nearly b.c as useful or often used as it has been. Probably the best $10 I've spent in a while.

+1 I have some pretty nice pocket knives sitting in a drawer due to a Milwaukee utility folder.