Draper DRA58553 Garden Tipper Cart – Green, 22.0 cm*96.0 cm*51.0 cm
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| Dimensions: | 96 x 51 x 22 cm; 16.72 Kilograms |
| Model: | DRA58553 |
| Part: | DRA58553 |
| Manufacture: | Draper |
The nuts and bolts are well organised and very easy to see which ones are needed for each step. Diagrams a bit small but if you just look at what you’ve got it’s pretty simple to put together.
We can move 5 blocks at a time now with next to no effort over bumpy ground, we were struggling to do 3 in the wheelbarrow. Just get one
This is what I wanted. It is solid and the tipper function works well.
I found that the assembly is a 2-person job. The instructions could be clearer with larger pictures and more visually obvious connections. An on-line youtube video made by a punter was useful. I still ended up removing and re-screwing the screws a number of times to assemble this. The final line-up of holes through 3 different pieces was not large enough to use the supplied screw, so had to improvise from my tool box. Very tedious. Yet it works a treat now.
A great addition for the garden and as an alternative to a traditional wheel barrow.
As others have noted, a little tricky to assemble but nothing that’s too complicated. We built ours in about 30 mins.
Dissapointed that we paid 90 for ours a few weeks ago and they are now selling for 59.99..
Cart was delivered within 4 days of order in good condition. It took me about anb hour to assemble with a little help from my wife holding it while I tightened bolts. The instructions were adequate with a couple of deficiencies. “Lock” (Step 3) was not specifically identifed in exploded diagram of all parts. Nots and bolts were separately wrapped for each stage of construction. Step 6, although illustrated, had the instructions for Setp 5 repeated but did not cause problems. Note that plastic hopper is also called tray to confuse you. Do not tighten nuts in Step 3 until you have inserted bolts in Step 4, as you need wriggle room to insert bolts through frame. I also add boad washers to inside of plastic hopper for all the bolts to increase strength of plastic under heavy load, although this may not have been necessary.
I have not yet used it for heavy lad such as sack of compost but the cart seemed extremely manoeverable, although only when pulled. It is much more difficult to push.
I use this for shifting bags of compost, garden rubbish, heavy plant pots. It has good load carrying capacity, and is able to turn in very small spaces.
Will be useful for transporting logs for wood burner and other gardening tasks.
Una gran carretilla, muy practica lo nico que es un poco complejo montarla ya que los pernos estn bastante duros pero entre dos personas se puede montar bien, es robusta y fuerte me sirve perfectamente para transportar troncos y llevar arena de una lado para otro
Love this trolley! Did have to get my step dad to assemble it for us as we couldn’t have done it ourselves!
We use this trolley at our ponies yard, it’s great for carrying lots of things to save us having to carry them!
Robusto, fa il suo dovere e vale quello che costa
A GOOD CART TO TAKE YOUR TOOLS AROUND IN AS WELL AS ANIMAL FEED ALSO GARDEN USE UNIVERSAL TRUCK
Difficult to put together, definitely need two people , and watch youtube as instructions are difficult but the final results are amazing love it
So much better than a wheel Barrow
It does what it says on the tin – is easy to assemble and use. Much better than a wheelbarrow as we have a very long garden that would have been difficult to wheel across.
Has saved me several back injuries I’m sure… highly recommended.
Assembly is a bit fiddly… but easy enough for a general DIYer.
Tyres are tough and durable but I ended up replacing all with solid rubber ones after several failed attempts patch a puncture (glue just would not adhere).
In addition the the above tyre problem – I reinforced the plastic ‘bucket’ with a strap made from builders metal strapping around.
Great for those larger jobs in the garden very sturdy and excellent value
Instructions not very clear but was able to work out what to do fairly easily. Some screw holes were slightly wrong and had to be pre-drilled.
Difficulty with assembling. However it was brilliant and just what we needed. So much better than the wheelbarrow
Pros:
– VERY easy to maneouvre around
– Tipper works as expected
– Big load
– Chunky tires seem robust
Cons:
– I’m only 5’11 and i found the handle to low so my back ended up aching from bending sligthly
– The plastic bin has already bent a bit and is showing white strain marks from moving just soil and sand…so i think you will break this without heavy
– Screws/bolts will rust if left outside
Overall i’m happy with it. The negatves i’ve mentioned seem to apply to all wheelbarrows. We looked at a popular diy shops offerings in person and those that where “on display” all suffered from rust and mis-shaped bins so we opted for this for the positive reviews and easy of moving it around.
Difficult to assemble, some institution steps missing altogether so had to dissemble in part to correct and reassemble again. Good little trolley when completed, worth the effort.
Perfect for a festival!!! We took this to Glastonbury festival last month as we needed one for all of our things. Unfortunately it was a nightmare to assemble however it was great for all of our belongings! It’s great value as the wheels are sturdy too
I have recently had an allotment & this tipper has helped me no ends, weeding, moving lumber, moving soil around & cement blocks. Great trailer/tipper.
Wir sind sehr zufrieden . Ist stark belastbar und erfllt viel Mglichkeiten .
Fab cart. Used it to shift a tonne of gravel down a narrow passage. The tipping mechanism is really helpful. Easy to manoeuvre.
Bit tricky to assemble but did it in about 30mins
Bought this to poo pick my horses field.The fear of a wheelbarrow tipping over while I’m transporting it around the paddock fills me with dread.This was amazing as you don’t have to lift which is so hard on the shoulders ,neck and weight on your hips with a heavy load.I think its a good product,certainly for what i wanted it for.
This was a little tricky to put together but once assembled I love it. Well worth the money
Easy to assemble, robust and better than wheel barrow. Recommend
Much easier to use than a wheelbarrow and takes a surprising amount of weight. I’ve been able to adapt it to tow behind my lawn tractor which is helpful for transporting full loads of gravel which it copes with perfectly well. Love the ability to tip up the body for unloading. Four stars only because the assembly instructions could be better also although quite sturdy I think the frame will be prone to rust quickly which will shorten the lifespan. I pay the same for my wheelbarrows which last about 5 years, if this can make 3 or 4 years it will have been worth it.
Important to have spanner set and large screwdriver for assembly. Extra washers would be useful to prevent bolts pulling thro the plastic. Trolley replaces my wheelbarrow in the garden.
Large tub to put beers in to wheel down the garden
Nice and light and easy to manoeuvre for the wife
Live on a slope, a brake would be useful.
Replaced my wheelbarrow
Great little truck. Mainly used for getting delivered logs to the log store from the front of the house. Stores easily down the side of my house.
Very solid bit of kit. But one of the most difficult assemblies I’ve ever had. Definitely a 2 man job !
Only thing I dislike about this product is how annoying it is to put together why not just use nuts and bolts rather then screws ? Getting past that a great trolley for a muddy festival it survived the mud bath and came home. So impressed thinking of getting another one.
Excellent product well made, all pre drilled holes aligned perfectly. Taking my time it took 1 hour 15 minutes to assemble and was straight forward. All the nuts and bolts came in a blister pack and each separate step has an individual collection of fasteners which made things easy. The only thing to note is that if you tighten all the bolts in step 2 you will have to remove the ones through the hopper when you attach the rear bracket in step 4. This was slightly irritating but not the end of the world. I am very pleased with this trolley.
This cart was fairly easy to put together and is very good for a medium sized garden, the tipping function is handy also as I had some sand to move down the garden. Don’t load the Cart to the top as I did as it was very heavy to lift up to tip out, lesson learnt. Would recommend good addition to our garden tools.
Took a little while to assemble but a great product which has helped us hugely in the garden
Only downside is whilst it can carry a very heavy load when it comes to tipping the load out it’s heavy to lift to the tip position.
Solution….load up smaller loads
Turns on a very small circle so ideal for narrow paths etc
Very pleased with this product and would recommend
Overall I am pleased with this and would recommend but it is very hard to assemble.
It is brilliant we used it to move 3 ton of sand.
It is strong and functional. Assembling takes some time but it is worth.
The tipper is is more weather resistant than the four wheel cart, which rusted.
makes moving things around easier for me, it has its limitations with weight but that is to be expected. good item and very useful .
I am very pleased with the tipper truck. It is easier to handle than a wheel barrow for a sixty something lady. It does how ever require two people to assemble it comfortably. Also the lock nuts needed more strength than my wrists could manage. Instructions easy to follow but require good eye sight as print very tiny.b
Good
Very pleased
Easy to use
Especially with it having wheels
Hubby struggled putting together but don’t let this put you off!Really great bit of kit ! I love it and do dues my back !!!
assembly took a long time, use of slotted bolts awkward when combined with lock nuts which require a lot of force to do up, make sure you have a large flat bladed screwdriver handy or other such implemant.
gave fours as the assembly was a bit tricky better if two put it together. a must would be a adjustable spanners and screwdrivers or a socket set.moves pots compost and rocks etc around the garden with ease much more sturdy than using a bog standard wheel barrow
When you open the box there are a lot of small metal beads, with no instructions or information as to what they are there for. The instructions were ambiguous and misleading especially at the final steps. The screws were all sealed on a card with the steps clearly labelled, however, the wheel spacers could be bigger and you will need more washers for the handle. We had to hammer some of the metal parts that had not been welded correctly, to make them fit. Do not tighten all of the bolts until you have put the main parts together to make sure they fit correctly. It needed two of us to assemble the cart and we needed to use more heavy duty tools than the instructions suggested. It does work now that it is finished and we are pleased with the finish of the cart.
Great product for the garden, but a bit tricky to assemble (carefully read the instructions!).
I put sacks of compost and all the garden paraphernalia in it – perfect.
I don’t have any issues with this garden tipper cart. It was no real problem to put together and now used daily to move bags of compost etc from my car to the back garden and bricks and rubble from my back garden to the car when visiting our local household recycling center. Very happy with my purchase for the price.
a lot better than any wheel barrow east to pull and emty and holds just as much
Pretty easy to assemble. easy to move around the garden and use the tipping lock. It’s a cracking little cart to have around the garden.
Excellent garden cart, does most jobs except those needing a flat bed. I suggest drilling a hole in each corner to allow any rain water to drain out (or remember to always tip up the box before leaving outside). Previous experience shows a life of 3.5 to 4 years before the steering mechanism metal rusts, at this price you cannot expect galvanizing).
Easy to pull around the garden.
Excellent… pain in the but to build… but once built.. it’s awesome
Great. Was a bit of a job to build but not too bad. Works brilliantly.
Brilliant little garden cart. Bit complicated to assemble. Need to be an octopus. But otherwise okay.
I have only just finished putting the wagon together so this will be the first of two reviews, I thought the experience of putting it together might be of interest to anyone considering purchasing this unit.
The instructions are not brilliant, but in the end I got it together although it was not easy and I must I was very confused at one point, the exploded diagram would have been much more useful if it was a larger size.
The other comment I wante to make was about quality, the design of the unit is good, clever even, but the components are cheep, too cheep, I recognise the unit was on a just over 60, but that should buy you decent nuts and bolts. The body is a mid weight plastic and I just don’t believe they could not have improved it for very little cost, and this is the issue with Draper, once a company you could count on for quality now they are too focused on margins and price, poor focus on value and quality. I won’t go so far as to recommend you choose a different product until I have used it but my expectations are pretty low at the moment.
The cart is good but the rubber of its wheels is not of that quality
Very good product. But very difficult to build. If your DIY is poor. I would not recommend you trying to build this yourself.
I would agree with the reviewers who said that it is very tricky to put together. I found the pictures in the instruction booklet was so small I gave up trying to read and understand it. It took me over four hours to put together and I must admit I left it a few times to take a break. I also had to take apart two of the components which I had connected wrongly. I did attempt it on my own and perhaps that is why it took so long – might have been quicker and easier with another pair of hands….maybe.
I used it for the first time today transporting quite heavy plant pots from one corner of the garden to another. I also had to move some gravel. It is absolutely wonderful. The handle was easy to maneuver and the tipper worked a treat.
hence 5 stars.
Would definitely recommend.
***A note to the manufacturers … pictures of the different nuts and screws with sizes and larger print in the instruction booklet…would be helpful.
Easy to assemble (watch out for one of the brackets) it’s not obvious what step it’s used on. Apart from that sturdy unit.
It’s a really useful barrow, easier to handle and tip than a standard barrow.
My girlfriend is quite small so this makes gardening a doddle.
Also holds 200kg so a decent pay load
A bit of a pain to assemble but once done worth it
And the kids love a ride in it now and again !!!
Absolutely love this. What a help around the garden. Used to redistribute soil and has really made the job easier. Great turning circle. Appears robust and durable. Should last a long time.
Light enough for my wife to pull a good sized load in. She loves it! Easier to assemble than some would have us believe.
Bought this specifically to move several tonnes of bagged slate never put more than 100kg on it but it went very well indeed great manoeuvrability and easy to pull along even on the lawn. Would deffo recommend to all for a price of eighty pounds.
Bit of a faff to put together, but worth it. Very useful bit of kit in the garden. I can’t use the wheelbarrow due to injury and wondered if I would be ok with this, and I am so for me it’s the difference between moving stuff slowly or not at all. It’s pretty robust when assembled and does everything I wanted it to.
once assembled very good make sure youe instructions are in a bag mine were ripped to pieces
Very good value for money. Easy to assemble and I use it to transport a small Wolf water pump and 40 meters of 50mm lay flat pipe for irrigation. Works really well around our field.
Took a while to build but once built it looks sturdy. Has been useful so far and we hope it lasts for many years to come.
I am a 67 year old small lady, but I had no problem assembling this item on my own. It took me a couple of hours and some patience but it all fitted together very well. It is sturdy and easy to manoeuvre, ideal for my needs.
We have now used this cart extensively for 6 months in what is a large garden in our new home, requiring us to move a lot of soil, turf, rocks and planters. the 150kg weight limit has been reached and surpassed at times! It has proven to be an invaluable asset and made life genuinely easier. In use it gets ten out of ten with no negative points to raise. As with other reviews the build instructions are not great and we did add some extra steel washers on some of the main stress points on the inside cart, total cost about 1 so a simple and cost effective piece of re-inforcement. I will never buy anther wheel barrow and when this cart eventually is worn out by us, we will buy another!
This is perfect…I love my garden which is rather large and I always used a wheelbarrow to carry everything around save walking up and down the long garden….. I then had an accident and had a spinal nerve compression which effected my shoulder and arm and left unable to lift any kind of weight on my right side and long able to use a regualr wheelbarrow…. I personally couldn’t put it together but my partner did in less than 30 minutes. He also drilled holes in the bottom stop it filling of water as I cannot pull the lever out to tip it (but again thats due to my arm, my partner finds it easy). I leave it parked up outside; I’ve had it over a year now, no rust or weather damage. It was put away and under cover at the end of October.
I bought a similar one of these which did sterling work for 4 years but eventually the front wheel assembly began to disassemble and proved impossible to put back together again. Looking at the promotional photograph for the Draper cart it seemed I’d be getting the same design but (a) I’d resolved to not load it near the advertised weight limit and (b) I felt that the Draper name offered me some peace of mind. HOWEVER, when the cart arrived I was delighted to see that Draper have completely redesigned the under-carriage and it looks much more robust so I feel optimistic that it will last a lot longer than my old one.
great edition to our garden equipment finding this truck very useful
The product arrived within the specified time undamaged due to good packing. Assembly of the cart was straightforward but, due to its size would have been easier and quicker with two people on the job. I used it as soon as I finished it and it worked fine. The chassis is very sturdy and looks like it will withstand use in the garden well. I am not sure that the plastic body would withstand having large stones or rocks thrown into it so would not recommend it for this sort of usage. The ground was very wet when I used it, such that if I’d have used my old, solid-tyred wheelbarrow there would have been a 1-inch groove across the lawn – with this cart, with 4 fat tyres to spread the load no lasting impression was made. Based on limited use I would highly recommend this product.
There may be an extra piece of frame over some of the other versions I have seen in Youtube instructional videos on how to assemble. This extra bit of metal might be worth it if it increase the longevity of it.
Easy to put together with a socket set. Great for clearing the stables. The tipper action uses the wheels to help tip up so really easy.
Husband is very pleased with this cart, a big improvement from our ancient wheelbarrow. So far used to convey a delivery of small stones around the garden, worked very well and made light work of the job
Unico punto non positivo – a voler essere critico – il forte odore della gomma dei pneumatici, che comunque dopo qualche settimana e quasi passato
Fantastic truck – more expensive than some but others were bought and sent back due to being flimsy or broken on arrival.
This one has a strong chassis which should give it a longer life.
Excellent! I have really put this bad boy through the mill. I have thrown in tons of sub base, gravel and ballast and it takes every bit of punishment I can throw at it. As you can tell I use this for what it’s designed for and not just to look at and admire. It’s a real work horse.
Fantastic piece of equipment, a bit fiddly to assemble , but very strong, great for shifting bags of compost and plants in big pots, very manuverable.
Bought as an alternative to lugging a wheelbarrow around the garden. Feels pretty sturdy. As per similar reviews, the instructions need to be carefully reviews prior to constructing. What does help however is that the nuts and bolts were supplied on a handy card marked for each stage of the build- so it was clear which bits the instructions were referring to. I am buying exrs washers for the front wheels as they do have some side to side movdment along the axle, but that’s just personal preference. A good product.
Felt it was a pig to put together with a adjustable wrench but when I finally gave in to my stubbornness and got my socket set out- my goodness what a dream to put together!! So definitely worth using the socket set from the beginning to avoid tears and tantrums!!
Brilliant to use and great value for the money, can get four pony feed buckets and hay nets in easily.
packaged really well and the bolts are vacuum packed in sections with which step of the instructions they relate to clearly marked which helped me so much putting it together.
My mum feels we need heaps more of these as they are so super!
This is a great advance on a wheelbarrow. I carted two tons of soil and one of turf from my front drive to rear of house really easily one day (and night). It is strong but light, and very, very manoeuvrable. It’s easy to push as well as pull. When the trailer tips up the wheel base just kinda smartly concertinas to keep all 4 wheels on the ground and balanced. All this good design thinking makes such a difference when you’re working with it for 12hrs or so. I would’ve been knackered wrestling with a wheelbarrow for that amount of solids to move and it would’ve taken me a lot longer.
It’s straightforward to assemble although there were a few bolts that would’ve been much quicker if I’d had another pair of hands. Toward the end you need to balance the whole lot and sprachle with it a bit to get the nuts to take on the bolts.
I bought this for my father in law last Xmas in the lightning deal sales, so managed to get it at a decent discount.
He only recently managed to get the time to assemble it, which took him about 2 hours to do alone.
He tells me that it’s fantastic quality and makes the job of transporting stuff around the garden much easier than a wheel-barrow. Also the Grandchildren have a ride-along now too!
When built it’s a fantastic item, but …. The problem lies in it being quite tricky and time consuming to put together. For something so basic it’s amazing quite how many tools (none of which are included) are needed to put it together. In addition to a variety of spanners and sockets, you will absolutely need a VERY large flat blade screwdriver and an equally large Phillips screwdriver (both of a size that are not ordinarily included in standard screw driver sets). Very cheekily, the instructions cheerfully show you pictures of the assorted Draper branded tools you will need, but probably haven’t got. It’s the most brazen and shameless example of cross-selling I’ve yet come across.
The instructions are only so so, and serve to remind you how much trouble Ikea go to in compiling theirs. For example, telling customers to attach the ‘rear bracket’ to the ‘rear fram’ is only helpful if the said items are labelled or easily identified (neither was the case). But at least the various bolts and screws were clearly labelled and cross linked to the instructions (I wish more companies would do that).
After two hours faffing around, I emerged as the proud owner of a shiny new Garden Tipper Cart. It’s quite something and beautifully engineered. The only problem is that having spent so much time building it, and admiring the finished product, one realises that it’s much too nice to fill with garden rubbish and general detritus. It now sits, gleaming and resplendent, in our garage where I suspect it will only ever be used for hauling happy grand children around our garden. But we need to get some grandchildren first.
absolutely brilliant.be aware though the assembly instructions leave a little to be desired …. not to be attempted by the technically inept.
Husband thinks this is the best thing since sliced Bread , Very Handy and easy to use.
However if going down a hill it’s great once you get used of it (first time it took off with me )
But if you keep it behind you and hold the handle in a upright position it slows it down allowing you to steer it without pulling your back as you would a normal wheel barrow I’ve given this a 5 star because it as improved my daily tasks compared to my old tin barrow and took some strain off my back.
It does have to be assembled upon delivery and the nuts and bolts have to be really tight hence I got my hubby to do this so if your small like me you will need help with this but touch wood it as stayed sturdy and proved to be a must have asset around the farm and stable that I do recommend this item
Once assembled the steering mechanism is a vast improvement over many similar carts and the tipping mechanism works fautlessly with the automatic shortening of the wheelbase being a great help.
I was tempted to remove one star for the difficulty of assembling this on ones own, but I have seen worse and as it works so well afterwards was generous.
Excellent little cart, very sturdy yet quite light. Very pleased with it!
No such problems with these carts, lovely steering mechanism and the way the wheels move when you tip it up to empty is a pleasure to see.
We both love them. We decided to add our own metal washers to the bolts going through the body of the cart as the plastic inside on the top of the base was denting as the bolt tightened in the locknut, so reinforcement is advisable in case the plastic base was tempted to let the bolt force its way through. Because of this I would like to see those particular bolts a bit longer.
Being plastic you will need to be careful not to throw bricks or breeze blocks into it, I feel sure the plastic would break and then need reinforcing with pieces of ply bolted to each side; it is only my gut feeling, but the top edge of the cart could be better reinforced.
All in all, we love them, they are well balanced and it says it will carry 200 kg, which as very elderly ladies we would find difficult to move any other way. So more years of independence ahead. The temptation to get in and have a ride is strong, try to resist.
Great for big sacks of compost, earth moving, logs etc. I could have bought cheaper ones but as this carries the Draper name I thought that there would be better customer service in the event of trouble, than the un-named ones.
a while to build – but then,,,, super sturdy truck – great for the older gardener – who needs a wheelbarrow. ALSO – good fun to drag the kids around the garden ( when clean!)
Bought as a present. My dad does loads of gardening but at his age a wheel barrow is not good for his back. This removes a lot of the problem for him.
ot as deep as i would have liked , and not that easy to put together, but it will do the job for moving things in the garde
It is very sturdy, easy to manoeuvre and can carry a decent load. It also looks very cute, and even my granddaughter wants to help if she is allowed to pull it.
It arrives in kit-form, and requires few tools to build (screw driver & a couple of spanners or a socket or two). But the build is awkward and the instructions are woeful. Lets the whole thing down. But, now that it’s done, I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind, that I put down in words, how wonderful life is now you’re in the yard…
Was a total pain to build however. You have been warned!