3 Material Handling Accessories for Moving Fragile Items

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Whether your team is moving an antique armoire or a collection of family China and heirlooms into the owner’s new home, you must keep these items safe and secure. This extends outside moving applications too, as you might be transporting thousands of dollars’ worth of fragile products or equipment between a warehouse and a truck. 

Stair Climbing Dolly

Whatever the case, if you want to grow your business and leave your customers and clients happy, you need a reliable way to transport fragile and valuable items safely and efficiently. Along with proper training, having the appropriate selection of hand trucks and accessories is key for such a challenging material handling task. Here’s what you need.

Customize Your Hand Trucks to Fit Your Business Needs

Every business has specific needs and there is no one-size-fits-all hand truck, at least when it comes to more specialized tasks. While you can get many jobs done with a premium traditional hand cart, you’re bound to be more efficient with a hand cart designed with your specific use case in mind.

That’s why choosing quality name-brand material handling gear is a must, beyond the importance of having trustworthy equipment. Name-brand hand trucks can be customized in a way off-brand models simply can’t, thanks to their modular design. For instance, Magliner hand trucks can be customized in over four million unique ways with an assortment of additional parts and accessories available. Find the customization combination that’s perfect for your business.

 4th Wheel Attachment for the Heavy Duty Hand Truck

A rugged, trustworthy heavy duty hand truck, also known as an appliance hand truck, is essential for any business transporting anything large or heavy. They are built to safely accommodate large loads up to 800 pounds and are usually equipped with a self-retracting ratchet strap to help secure those loads. For additional security when carrying big, fragile, or valuable loads, like antique furniture or expensive electronics, equip your heavy duty hand trucks with a fourth wheel attachment.

In addition to extra stability, a fourth wheel attachment allows the operator to transfer all of the weight of a load to the hand truck. The result is safer, easier material handling, particularly if large loads have to be moved long distances across a flat surface, such as a warehouse floor.

Powered Stair Climbing Dolly and Attachment

Stairs can be the nemesis of movers and delivery crews everywhere. Whether you’re moving a large piece of valuable furniture or just a few boxes, navigating stairs is tough, physically taxing, and risky. A falling load, for instance, can result in serious injury to those moving it and significant damage to whatever fell. Not to mention the holes knocked in walls and other structural damage a big, heavy piece of furniture, for instance, can do to a home while tumbling down a stairway.

If your crew regularly moves valuable items up and down stairs, a powered stair climbing dolly is an invaluable resource. Plus, manual stair climbing attachments are also available for traditional name-brand hand trucks. It’s the kind of material handling investment that pays for itself, and then some.

 About Magline

 Every day, professionals everywhere rely on Magliner material handling equipment to make whatever they’re doing easier, safer, and more efficient. Whether you need a traditional hand cart or choose to Design Your Own Magliner, you can find everything you need from this material handling leader. The innovative design of industry-leading Magliner equipment is driven by your requirements. That’s why, after 75 years, the words “Made by Magline” continue to serve as a promise of rugged reliability and the highest level of quality. That quality standard ensures Magline’s place at the forefront of material handling innovation and excellence for 75 more years and beyond. Learn how Magliner gear can deliver on the reliability of that promise for your business today.

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