Abstract: A wheelbarrow comprises a wheeled body in the shape of a sloping shovel having two opposite side walls, a front loading end and a rear receptacle end; a pair of laterally spaced and readwardly extending handles; and a fulcrum mechanism pivotably connected to the wheelbarrow and moveable from a retracted position where the fulcrum mechanism is clearing the ground and an operative position where the fulcrum mechanism is in engagement with the ground and acting as a fulcrum while force is being applied to the handles to swing the front loading end of the body to shovel up a load, with the,fulcrum mechanism assisting in the shovelling action by levering the sloping shovel end forwardly into a load of material.