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> Like a low-boy tractor trailer?  That's a good idea.  I would also use two wheels to prevent the load from tipping sideways.
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I have both one-wheel and two-wheel wheelbarrows. I find that on level 
ground (like a lawn or driveway) two wheels are fine, but on uneven 
ground it is actually more stable to use one wheel instead of two.  If 
you hit a bump or hole with one wheel, the barrow just goes up and down 
(or in extreme cases, stops so that you have to back up and go around).  
If you have two wheels, every time you hit a bump or hole with one, the 
whole thing tips (and if you hit one big enough to stop the wheel, it 
spins around sideways). 

The wheelbarrow I use for moving hive bodies and supers around is a 
one-wheel type with the basin removed and replaced with a flat wooden 
deck. It works fine, although I never use it to move active hives that 
are more than one story tall.

-- 
Tim Eisele
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