Gorilla Carts Heavy-Duty Dump Cart

Product Description

The Gorilla Carts GOR866D Heavy-Duty Garden Poly Dump Cart is a transportation tool that makes moving and unloading supplies around the yard seem effortless when working on gardening and landscaping projects. Made of a high-strength poly with a steel frame and black finish, this cart is maintenance-free, cleans easily and rust-resistant to provide years of dependable service. The GOR866D Gorilla Cart saves time and reduces fatigue by allowing the user to move up to 1,200 pounds of supplies around the yard and features a patented quick-release dump design to make unloading fast and easy. The 13-inch pneumatic turf tires, 5/8-inch diameter axle and straight padded pull handle are designed to tackle any terrain and makes this dump cart easy to move even when hauling heavy dirt, mulch, gravel or plants. The patented D-shaped handle design also allows your cart to hooked-up and towed behind a lawn tractor or ATV. The bed dimensions measure 40 inches (L) by 25 inches (W) by 10.75 inches (H), has an overall height of 25 inches and weighs 58.6 pounds. Gorilla Carts full line of products meet the needs of the light-duty homeowner as well as the commercial-duty professional user by offering a wide variety of sizes and weight capacity carts. The Gorilla Carts GOR866D Heavy-Duty Garden Poly Dump Cart comes with a 1-year limited warranty. Tricam is a leading consumer products company who continues to lead the industry with innovative, patented designs throughout their entire product line. Tricam`s products include household step stools, lawn and garden carts, replacement tires and tire tubes.

Features

• 1200-pound capacity
• 13-inch pneumatic tires
• High strength poly bed
• Heavy-duty garden cart moves supplies and has a patented quick-release dump feature to make unloading fast and easy
• Comes with a 1-year limited warranty
• Heavy-duty garden cart moves supplies and has a patented quick-release dump feature to make unloading fast and easy
• Designed with a 40-inch by 25-inch rust resistant poly bed, steel frame and black finish
• 13-inch tires will tackle any terrain and padded convertible handle can be pulled by hand or hooked-up behind a lawn tractor or ATV
• 1,200-pound hauling capacity, height of 25-inches and weighs 58.6-pounds
• Comes with a 1-year limited warranty

Top Reviews

Handy On My 1-Acre Property
by InspectorMCP (4 out of 5 stars)
November 3, 2014

Been using this for about 2 months and it's easy to pull with the handle around my relatively flat yard loaded with bags of compost, firewood or limbs piled high and strapped down with a bungee cord. Tracks straight when pulled behind my 18hp lawn tractor. As you can see from the photo, I built the wood stake out fence to increase capacity, but I think it just makes it look better. And the dump mode works great because the bed goes vertical and nothing is left to sweep out.
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Updated design
by Dwyatt (5 out of 5 stars)
July 19, 2013

They must have updated the design flaws that previous reviewers had noted (mainly welds breaking). There are no welds now anywhere. Everything bolts into place. The fit and finish was very good. If you are going to load this up to the max and use it every day, I'm sure there will be other wear issues. For casual use around to house, this is an excellent back saving product.

One other note, there is a BBQ grill cover sold on Amazon for $9 that fits this like a glove. I should help keep the rain off of it and keep the steel parts from rusting sooner. "Extra Large 48" Green Polyethylene BBQ Grill Cover" just search it.
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Best Dump Cart
by J. L. Childs (5 out of 5 stars)
May 2, 2015

This cart is a workhorse. I originally felt it was too big, however now that I use it I find it's the perfect size. It holds two bags of mulch side-by-sideor two large trash cans that I used to collect the grass clippings. The only issue I had was that the bottom has ridges running lengthwise (i.e. Like wide slats in the bottom) I assume to provide rigidity. However, this creates high and low are along the lenght so a shovel cant get every bit of dirt. However, because of the dumb feature this isn't that big of a deal. Also, there are no drain holes, so if you keep it outside water accumulates and can be attractive for mosquitoes. This was an easy fix however. I purchased inexpensive hole plugs and drilled a series of three eights inch holes in the low areas of the cart. Water now drains out easily, and the holes aren't big enough for most materials such as mulch or most dirt to go through. When I do need the holes plug, I just insert the three eights inch plugs and it's water tight. Finally, I would like to say that the cart is big and heavy. However, if you're only people moving it by hand it's still maneuverable and workable if you have decent strength. I loaded it with 10 bags of mulch and was still able to pull it around the yard up-and-down moderate grades. Overall a great part and I'd highly recommend it.

Oh, and one last thing I'd highly recommend. You should buy a rust inhibiting paint such as Rustoleum clear and paint over the screws in the bed of the cart and the undercarriage as I don't believe it would be very resistant to rust.
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It's a good idea that needs some QC and improved engineering to make better.
by Mark (4 out of 5 stars)
July 8, 2015

I'd give it 4.5 stars.

The good:
- Assembly is fairly easy, certainly easier with two people. I had my 11yo son help me.
- Pretty rugged construction. Welds are few and appear to be solid.
- Rolls easily, good turning radius
- Dump feature and cart width is appropriate and handy for dropping load into a black trash bag. Actually easier to do than loading trash bag directly.
- Good use of the handle for either pulling or towing
- Sealed wheel bearings should keep dirt/dust out
- Design is conducive for other uses. I made this a spray rig for my new mower.

The bad:
- Wheel bushing "springs" are plastic and will break down quickly with any real use. Replace with metal spring or washers.
- QC isn't top notch. One axle was 1" too long. Looks like it came off another model with bigger wheels. Had to modify to get it to work.
- Weight rating is way overstated. There is no way this thing will haul 1/2 a ton without getting mangled. I wouldn't put more than a couple of hundred pounds in it.

Photo 1: Shows outside aspect of hub. You can see that I had to add (6) 5/8 washers to the axle so the axle nut would keep the wheel in place. I only had to do this for one wheel. The other 3 were ok.

Photo 2: Also had to add (6) 5/8 washers to the inside of the axle to replace the cheap plastic "spring."

Photo 3: Shows the cheap spring and it's dimensions. Was going to replace with a metal spring, but in the end washers work just fine at 1/4 the cost.

Photo 4: Shows a 16 gallon Northern Tool Sprayer I use to put down pre-emergents and herbicide. I'm going to cut a sheet of plywood to affix to the wagon that the sprayer will eventually sit on to make it more stable while spraying, but you get the idea. Will likely use the stake slots to hold the plywood in place.
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Great cart, sometimes a challenge to put together: worth it
by Dirk J. Willard (4 out of 5 stars)
June 7, 2014

Sometimes a two-man job.

First, the tools. It helps if you have metric sockets and a wrench, though you can substitute imperial sockets.

Second, you will need spanners as well as sockets. These are required for a tight fit.

Third, you will need to bore out some of the holes.

Fourth, and most important: plan a trip to the store for some spare parts. During the assembly a nut and a carriage bolt were not tapped correctly and took significant effort to disassemble.

Fifth, some components were faulty. The front strut, item G, was not bent correctly. I couldn't get both G struts to fit with the 13 mm wrenches. Instead, I built one as shown in the instructions, anchored the second strut with a 13 mm bolt and nut and went to the hardware store for a ¼-inch replacement: ¼-in. bolt, washer and lock nut (AKA stop nut) and 0.375-in. washer to mate up to the ¼-in. washer for support. The 1/4"-in. washer allowed me to attach the G strut and even bend it into place at the yoke (H part).

Sixth, the C components are a little tricky. The drawing was deceptive: the orientation is opposite of as shown in the drawings. The flat side should face towards the rear axial so that the bolt hole above lines up correctly.

Word to the wise, don't tighten anything down until they tell you to in the instructions: every nut is a lock nut in project. If you get it wrong you will have to apply great force to disassemble. My approach is to put everything together in my hands to see how it fits, then test the tools to make sure I have the right sockets and such, then inspect the bolts and then finally do the assembly.

Assembly consists of three challenging sections: 1) assembly of the front section of the chassis; 2) assembly of the rear section of the chassis; and 3) attachment of the bucket (called the tray) to the rear section of the chassis. The third section is the most challenging.

This third section in the assembly requires two people. Worst still, you will want to duct-tape the rear axial assembly (E) to the rear frame (D) during the assembly of the rear section; the instructions seem overly concerned that you will misalign the rear frame and put it together backwards when its already stamped "Front" and "Back." This third section, attachment of the bucket with 6-13 mm carriage bolts, requires that the bolts go through the tray to the rear frame. I had some hold the bucket up, put in the center bolt and I quickly screwed it down with a socket wrench while they held the carriage bolt in place with a screwdriver: do the middle front one first to hold the rear chassis to the bucket (tray). Then do the other two. During this part of the operation, one of the nuts failed; another trip to the hardware store provided sufficient spares, though I could only get hex head bolts. I chose 5/16-in. hex heads 1-1/2-in. long to substitute because the ones provided were a little shorter than I liked. After getting the first bolt in it was possible to do the work myself, alone.

After this step, the assembly was all downhill.

The cart is a little heavy for my mother, a 78-year old but it will carry the weight. Altogether, I spent 5-hours to assemble the cart.

If this review was helpful, please add your vote.

Update: 30 months of service.

The tires went flat after storage in a shed for several months. That's okay; everyone should have a reliable air pump for bike tires and such.

The only issue with the cart is corrosion. I don't know if it's the fasteners (bolts, nuts, washers) that I bought or the ones that came with the kit; I modified the design because some of the bolts were too short or not the right diameter --- see review above. What I should have done was greased the airplane (flat) bolt heads in the bottom of the bucket. These heads are severely corroded. I will use a wire brush to clean it then I'll grease it next year but once the corrosion starts it never goes away.
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Great cart!
by SP3204 (5 out of 5 stars)
March 28, 2014

UPDATE: If you have any slope at all, you will want to have something to chock the wheels with - this thing wants to roll! That's a good thing in general, but not while you're loading it!
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This is a well-made cart. I agree with many of the other reviews here so I thought I would write some info about the assembly.

One note about using it - while the turning radius is better than my previous rust-bucket of a cart, if you're towing with an ATV, tractor or mower, you'll need to watch during turns to make sure you don't bend things up.

Important note about towing: go slow. When loaded, and especially when empty, the cart will "hunt" back and forth and will eventually overturn. Staying below about 8 mph minimizes this behavior. If you need to tow faster, a trailer (two wheels) would be better. I plan to replace the flimsy plastic wheel spacers with metal washers, which should help the play in the front wheels. This is not a deal-breaker for me - I want the ability to also move the cart by hand, so I accept the lesser towing ability.

Putting it together is an adventure, but only because there are parts that are awkward to handle as things go together. I was impressed with the precision of the parts, everything fits together well during assembly.

Tips for assembly

If you have a large work table, it would be ideal, otherwise knee pads are useful for floor assembly.

A 13mm socket wrench and 13mm closed end wrench are handy to have.

If you have a cordless drill driver that can drive the 13mm socket, that will help greatly - as well as a drive extension. If your drill has a torque setting, use the lowest setting and make your final tightening by hand with a socket wrench. A 19mm socket helps with the axle nuts.

Assembly can be done by one person, two will make things a lot easier.

Assembly can be tricky with the large loose parts. Even though the instructions say to only hand tighten bolts until a certain point, it helps to nearly tighten at least one bolt to help make assembly manageable - especially in step 1.

Steps 3, 4 & 5 are particularly annoying. Forget Step 3 - you can put the struts on during step 5. Step 4 just explains the orientation and you can safely ignore it if you follow step 5 carefully. Before you start this step - note that the M11 (big) flat washer goes on the bolt before it is placed in the tub. The easiest way to accomplish step 5 is to make sure the rear frame is oriented properly (the frame actually has a stamped "REAR" in it, which should be towards the slanted end of the cart tub), and start with the forward center bolt to hold the frame to the tub - tighten, but not all the way. Then attach the rear axle assembly to the tub and tray with the rear center bolt. Add the struts as shown and bolt them to the tub and frame, following up with the rest of the bolts.
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I wanted to love this cart
by Double Clear (1 out of 5 stars)
August 25, 2015

Within 2 weeks, the weld on the front axle came undone. I emailed the manufacturer who agreed to ship a new axle to me within 3-4 days. That was 3 weeks ago now. I emailed the manufacturer again today only to find out the axle is now on backorder and won't ship until mid sept (that's another 3-4 weeks from now). They did not send a message to me stating that there was a delay, I was just ignored. I wanted to love this cart, it was very handy for the week and a half that I used it. But the customer service from the company is ridiculously poor - and that's being kind. For a $300 cart, I expected way more for my money. Now, I can't return it, because I'm 10 days past Amazon's return date.

The manufacturer is (...). My suggestion is to steer clear of this cart, unless you're handy with a welder. Besides it being annoying that I have to fix my new cart, this thing take > and hour to assemble in the first place. And of course, the front axle is a piece in which I have to take apart the whole thing, to replace.
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This cart is fantastic, but I feel I should warn you...
by R. Manney (5 out of 5 stars)
April 8, 2016

This cart is fantastic, but I feel I should warn you that the instructions are lacking. Let me share some tips that I myself should have taken in order to ease the stress of assembly.

Tip 1: When you think to yourself, "ah, it's such a nice day. I'll assemble this cart outside!" Do not, under any circumstances, do it in the middle of your yard. That washer you just dropped? Yeah, you're never going to find it.

Tip 2: When you are 4 1/2 months pregnant, don't assemble this cart. Just don't. You will undoubtedly experience pregnancy brain and, as a result, assemble a key component backwards and later have to remove all 7 of those bolts and nuts and washers in order to properly reassemble it. You will be frustrated. You will shake your fist at the sky. Trust me.

Tip 3: This is not an assembly project to take on by yourself. Moreover, the assistance that your 3 and 1 year old give will be counterproductive. That wrench you just had? Someone gave it to the dog. Oh, those tires? The three year old rolled them into the road.

Tip 4: The instructions indicate that the assembly time is 30 minutes. For each of the above tips you disregard, add an additional 30 minutes.

Tip 5: When the box arrives, you will excitedly rush to open the box and start assembly, assuming you can jump right on those yard projects that have been on hold in anticipation of the helpfulness of the new cart. Be aware, you will not do those projects on the same day. The assembly was designed to wear you down and remove your will to work in your yard ever again.

Overall, the cart is nice. The final step in assembling the cart is to put the handle on. It just so happens that the bracket on the frame of my cart was welded crooked so the only way to drive it straight was to hold the handle to the side as if turning. There was no way I was about to take the cart apart to ship it back for a replacement, so I lazily avoided a trip to the garage and grabbed the largest wrench in my tool bag and started "hammering." If I voided my warranty, so be it. The handle is now straight.
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Just wish the tub was a bit larger
by MtlCstr (4 out of 5 stars)
April 6, 2016

I bought this cart to replace a metal-frame, wire mesh wagon. So far I am very pleased. I happened to catch it when it was $30 off Amazon's usual price, so I am doubly pleased.

Assembly was relatively easy and took just under an hour. It would have been faster if I had a table, instead of working on the floor. The instructions were easy to understand and the hardware pack is pre-divided and labeled to match the steps in the instructions. Just about as close to dummy-proof as you're going to get with something like this. HOWEVER, there are a couple of things in the first few steps that are critical to get right so read ahead a couple of steps before you go too far and have to undo something.

The tub seems very resilient. I've been using it to move green oak firewood. The pieces are heavy, but I can just split them and toss them right into the tub with no problems. I couldn't do that with the wire mesh wagon because it bent the mesh.

It rolls & steers smoothly when loaded, even with a heavy load.

I really like the dump feature. That makes it so much easier to clean it out when I'm finished, and I'm sure it will come in handy moving dirt or compost and the like.

I have not had occasion to tow it as yet, so I cannot comment on that.

On the down-side, because it is so light when empty is can be a pain to steer on uneven ground, especially backing it up. This may be problematic when towing as well.

I wish it was just a bit bigger, particularly longer, but the larger 10 cu.ft. version is too big for the area I store it and it is three times the price I paid. I may build side rails if it becomes an issue.
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Terrible to Assemble
by Raymond (3 out of 5 stars)
March 19, 2015

Very confusing and time consuming to assemble. The instructions and the nuts and bolts are not cross referenced or label properly. Some have very minor differences (Length 20MM vs Length 25MM) and you have to tell them apart. You also must have access to a socket wrench as these lock nuts are impossible to tighten by hand or even thread past the first couple threads. Other pieces are also incredible similar and I had no idea how to distinguish has they are not labeled. It took me, as one person, about 2-3 hours to assemble, not including the break I had to take where I seriously considered returning it.

The cart itself is awesome though. I fill it up with dirt and can maneuver and haul it no problem.

For a slightly larger box, you could include it 90% of the way assembled and save such a monster head ache for the consumer

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