That back pack has a trolly , I have one . I have several back packs . you can buy a back pack on ebay for about £54 pound and it is just as good .... back packs are a great tool. i use mine a lot ( horses for courses ]..... you can get a shopping trolly for a tenner in home bargains , very light... just remove the shopping bag and you have a light trolly to put the back pack on .
in my opinion gardiner pole would be best.....
if your son in law is starting out with a back pack and barrels , water usage will be an issue . I switched to the gardiner blue pencil jets a few years ago. the rinse is just as good , but i use 30% less water.

hope this info is of use

I have the Berlingo, have had 4 over the years. I have a 450 tank which is plenty for my work, rarely run out of water. There’s quite a few models with different payloads, make sure you get the highest rated model which I beleive is 950kg payload, drives like a car even fully loaded.

Yeah, it's the 950 LWB. 
My current van is the older shape Scudo (2011) which is smaller than the new shape one. The new shape Partner/berlingo is also larger than the previous shape one.
So today I measured and compared the internal rear load area dimensions of my scudo and the new berlingo/partner LWB and apart from height (which benefits me being lower) there is literally only a couple of centimetres in it!! The rear dimensions are almost the same! This makes this van even more appealing now!

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My Van is Cat S. My wife's car is too.

But it was me driving when the little scrote pulled across in front of me and wrote it off.

That was July 2023.

Insurance (with Howdens/A-Plan) no different.

But. I know what happened. If I didn't then I would want to be very sure it was thoroughly checked over by a competent person and try to find how it happened.

I also have a Cat S VW Touran! Saw the Transit slowly reverse into it and crease the front wing. As it was 19 years old it was written off.

Got paid £1300 after buying the salvage for £300. Got a pre-painted new pattern wing for £150 and paid Dan the Man £300 to fit it.

But. Again - I saw it happen in 2025.

Cat s is structural damage and or suspension damage so a dent only in a wing isn’t cat s

That's what I said to the insurance company. They insisted it was because it was a significant dent and 'might' have caused damage to the inner wing and/or suspension (it didn't but I didn't definitely know until the wing came off) the value of damage exceeded the value to repair.

It’s very easy to assess if the inner wing and chassis  leg are damaged by simply lifting the bonnet and taking a look the crumple zones will clearly be damaged,  to check quickly and simply if there is suspension damage just measure the wheel centres both sides of the car that will show up anything untoward in a couple of muinits , I was a sprayer / panel beater years ago and we used to do the assessments for several insurance companies

Went up to VW in Glasgow, they had a VIP event to sell vans. Ordered a suspension bolt that fell out when I didn't tighten it enough. £16 for 110mm bolt so nothing seems to be cheap now. Took a test drive on the new Crafter, it was great but everything seems to be on the screen like adjusting the heating. There is a button to start the van rather than a key. All in all that's the way forward but it still has a dry belt and made in Germany so I will need to save up.

I have the Berlingo, have had 4 over the years. I have a 450 tank which is plenty for my work, rarely run out of water. There’s quite a few models with different payloads, make sure you get the highest rated model which I beleive is 950kg payload, drives like a car even fully loaded.