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The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia: Honda HP450 Power Carrier - your new wheelbarrow is ready Mr Tracy
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DVICE Atom Feed: Honda gives the wheelbarrow some serious power
Gizmodo: Honda HP450: The Crazy Offspring of a Tank and a Wheelbarrow [Motorized Wheelbarrow]
Honda HP450 Power Carrier - your new wheelbarrow is ready Mr Tracy
The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia —
Image Looking like something Brains might have designed, the Honda HP450 Power Carrier is a high capacity, petrol-powered wheelbarrow with go-anywhere rubber treads and a get-out-of-my-way attitude. Driven by a pull-start 163cc, 5.5hp 4-stroke engine the HP450 can carry 450kg on level ground or 250kg up a 25° slope. It’s equipped with a hydrostatic transmission with two forward gears and one reverse and it can run continuously for 2.5 hours on a tank of fuel. They’re easy to drive too, just squeeze the clutch on each handle to engage the treads, let go of one to stop it and ...
Honda HP450 Power Carrier
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... strong, lightweight, four-sided “tilt and lift” tray measures 0.18m3 and has a 450kg payload capacity. The HP450K1 provides unbeatable traction and manoeuvrability over all types of terrain and sloping surfaces up to 25° when moving forward on an uphill gradient. Very popular for carrying heavy loads in confined spaces and inaccessible work areas, the HP450K1 has the carrying capacity of several men.
It's AUD $5,670 and runs on standard unleaded.
Product Page [Honda via Red Ferret]
Honda gives the wheelbarrow some serious power
DVICE Atom Feed —
... but that doesn't involve anything mechanical. No fun! What about this insane Honda HP450 Power Carrier? It'll put any other wheelbarrow on earth to shame.
The Power Carrier is driven by a pull-start 163cc, 5.5hp 3-stroke engine, allowing it to carry up to 992 pounds on steady ground, which is far more than your puny arms and a traditional wheelbarrow can tote around. And hey, once you drop off your load you can hop in and use it to ride back to where you need to go.
Honda, Via Red Ferret
Honda HP450: The Crazy Offspring of a Tank and a Wheelbarrow [Motorized Wheelbarrow]
Gizmodo —
... It can also haul over 550 pounds up a 25-degree incline, so it's not bad on slope either. Plus, the entire load can be dumped easily using the controls. Not a bad idea if you have some projects that involve heaving lifting—and the $4000 price tag beats the hell out of a hernia. [Honda via ...
