Hand Trucks

Hand Trucks and its Uses

A hand truck is a vehicle that works like a dolly that is a tool whose function is to transport medium heavy loads but unlike the dolly that never used handles a hand truck is an L-shaped moving hand cart with handles on one side. On its base it has a base to carry loads onto it, while two or four wheels help it to move to and fro. The other name for a hand truck is trolley, sack truck and bag barrow, hand trucks are commonly used by porters to lift up bulky and heavy baggage and luggage at stations.

Hand trucks’ types include 2 in 1convertible hand trucks, appliance hand trucks, folding hand trucks, compact luggage hand trucks, heavy duty hand trucks, drum hand trucks and specialty hand trucks. A standard hand truck is the one that can withstand the load up to 600 lb or less, the material with which a hand truck is manufactured is usually either aluminum or steel. Folding hand trucks are made for carrying small loads whereas heavy duty hand trucks are intended to carry heavy loads even more than 600lb. luggage hand trucks is a favorite with teachers, travelers and students, for these hand trucks are designed as a portable and drum hand trucks are used to transport heavy drums.

Handles for a hand truck are of various types, some hand trucks contain only one handle to operate with one hand, while others have D-shaped handles that allow multiple hand position for one hand control. Eliminating manual work in lifting and transporting as well, hand trucks help deliver loads safer and easier and are preferred in industrial applications. Some of the hand trucks are especially designed lighter in weight, but the point that needs to be clarified in this matter is that by the term lighter means that hand trucks with lighter weight means there is less stress on drivers.

In market, there is a huge variety of hand trucks depending on their size, function, and price; therefore before buying the truck, you need to be certain about the applications for which you are buying hand truck, after this method you can select any of the hand truck from the countless types, shapes and colors used in the building of hand truck, the one you buy for your work must be durable and strong enough to tolerate the burden that would be put on it. Beside the body or frame of the hand truck, the key factor that must not be ignored is the wheels used for hand truck, the wheels can be of different types such as pneumatic, rubber made etc.

customized hand trucks are also designed for the ease of the consumers, the quotations usually ask for about the construction of a hand truck include: load capacity in lbs, height in inches, overall width in inches, toe plate width and depth in inches, tire size and last but nit the least is the tire type. All the earlier mentioned features are prerequisite elements in the manufacturing of a hand truck that can meet the needs of the consumers. In case of any defect, the consumers have the privilege of buying the defected parts of the truck or else they can repair the old one or can buy either the new one or old one according to their requirements.