Pick Hand Trucks That Fit the Spaces Your Team Works In

A hand truck that moves easily across a wide warehouse floor can feel very different inside a crowded box truck or a customer's narrow hallway. The space your team works in shapes which tool makes each move easier. Before adding more hand truck carts to the fleet, it helps to look at where each one will spend its shift and what that space asks of the operator.

Docks and Wide Aisles Favor Capacity

Loading docks and open warehouse floors give an operator room to turn, which suits heavier, wider items. A heavy duty appliance hand truck handles loads up to 800 pounds and can be set up with ratchet straps, a fourth-wheel attachment, and side wings.

On flat concrete, one operator can move a refrigerator from the dock to staging without waiting on help. With no team lift needed, employees that would otherwise have to help can tackle other tasks.

Make Room for Freight in a Packed Van

Cargo space inside a van is limited, and floor space taken up by equipment can't hold freight. A collapsible and lightweight hand cart folds down for storage between stops, then opens to full size at the curb.

On routes with many small drops, that freed-up floor space lets a driver carry more per trip, with a weight capacity of 500 pounds.

The Last Few Feet Are Often the Tightest

The final stretch of a delivery often happens in the tightest space of the day, like an office corridor or a retail backroom. A lightweight aluminum two-wheel hand truck can handle 500 pounds and steers through doorways with little effort and suits smaller items or stacked boxes.

A lighter frame makes it easy to quickly wheel around these spaces. A classic hand truck is considered a material handling workhorse for good reason.

About Magline

Magliner hand trucks give commercial teams a dependable way to move heavy and awkward loads, from navigating retail backrooms to delivering heavy appliances. The lineup covers two-wheel dollies, convertible hand trucks, heavy duty appliance hand trucks, powered hand trucks, and powered stair climbing dollies. Built from lightweight aluminum with a modular design, Magliner hand trucks make part replacement simple, and many models can be customized for the work your crew does every day.

Find the right Magliner hand truck for every space your team works in at https://www.magliner.com/

This article was originally published on magliner.com’s blog here.