When to Invest in New Hand Trucks for Your Delivery Operation

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Is it time to invest in a new hand truck? If you or your team has started to notice slowdowns or increased points of friction during loading, unloading, delivery, or all three, these can be clear signs to look for a new hand truck. Here are more signs to watch for.

Delivery worker pulling two Magliner hand trucks loaded with boxes, a blue bin and beverage crates down a city sidewalk

Delays Are Starting to Stack Up Across Shifts

When jobs take longer than they used to or deliveries are shuffled around the schedule without a clear reason, equipment availability is often a factor. A growing team or rising delivery volume can outpace the hand trucks in circulation. If crew members are waiting on equipment, adding a portable collapsible hand cart is one solution. 

It stores flat when not in use (great for vehicles) and expands to its full working size when needed, so it fits into the fleet without taking up much storage space.

You're Taking On Deliveries That Demand More

Certain types of deliveries can also slow down the operation. Deliveries that involve stairs are one example. These can be complex, and a standard hand truck might not be the right tool for this kind of job. Improvising adds injury risk while slowing things down. 

Worker moving a large shrink-wrapped roll on a pallet down concrete stairs with a Magliner stair-climbing hand truck

For routes with frequent stairs, a powered stair climbing dolly reduces the physical demands on your crew and keeps each delivery moving with more control. It also takes a layer of complexity off the job.

Growth Is Outpacing What Your Current Equipment Can Handle

More routes, more stops, more volume. As the business grows, especially heading into the holiday season, equipment gaps become operational bottlenecks that cost time on every shift.  

Worker holding a store door open while wheeling stacked beverage cases on a Magliner hand truck into a shop

One way to stay ahead is to add more hand carts with two-wheel dolly function that can handle up to 500 pounds and move easily across different delivery environments.  

The right hand trucks let your team take on more without spending the day working around gaps in equipment. Going into a high-volume season underequipped creates compounding delays that are hard to recover from once the rush is underway. 

About Magline 

From traditional dollies for final-mile routes to powered stair climbing options for demanding deliveries, Magliner hand trucks cover the full range of commercial material handling needs. The equipment is built from corrosion-resistant aluminum, designed to handle the loads commercial teams move every day, and configurable to meet specific job requirements. Warehouse managers, logistics coordinators, and delivery teams across industries count on Magliner hand trucks to get more done with less strain. 

Explore Magliner hand trucks for your delivery operation at https://www.magliner.com/ 

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

Location: United States

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