SCOOP WHEELBARROW

Abstract

Wheelbarrow are very useful for the community to carry out activities on small construction sites, agriculture, buildings and so on. Judging from the definition of a wheelbarrow, it is a wheeled vehicle powered by manpower by lifting and pushing, operated by the operator through the handle. Transporting goods from one place to another such as sand, rocks, soil requires a large amount of energy. In addition, goods such as sand must be placed manually into the wheelbarrow by shoveling sand into the wheelbarrow which used a large amount of energy and time Moreover, the wheelbarrow has negative feedback from its users on the cars which are less ergonomic and less efficient. The objective Scoop Wheelbarrow is to save time and energy by comparing with the existing wheelbarrows and Scoop wheelbarrow. The size of Scoop Wheelbarrow is still following the existing wheelbarrow but inserted with manually operated scoop to replace the human energy scooping the sand inti the wheel barrow. Test was conducted at the small construction site and the results are very clear that the Scoop Wheelbarrow can save energy and time when being used to transporting and moving goods from one place to another. The test also showed that the Scoop wheelbarrow is only suitable for small construction work, gardening and for maintenance. The Scoop Wheelbarrow will ease the process of transferring goods but it also can reduce injuries to the operators.