Your Questions About Next Year's Hand Truck Budget, Answered

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Many companies set next year's equipment budgets during the fourth quarter, which makes now a good time for procurement and operations managers to review the hand truck fleet. Here are four common questions teams ask before the budget gets set in stone.

TL;DR

  • Add hand trucks as your team and volume grow to avoid equipment bottlenecks.
  • Weigh lifetime cost, not just purchase price, since aluminum frames resist rust and modular parts keep maintenance costs down.
  • Review how your current fleet is used before deciding where new purchases should go.
  • Consider repairing existing hand trucks before thinking about replacements.

Magliner aluminum hand truck standing beside stacked aluminum extrusion bundles in an industrial warehouse

As you bring on more employees and take on more volume, adding an additional heavy duty hand truck or two makes sense. Increasing personnel and volume can create efficiency bottlenecks, including employees waiting for equipment to become available. Adding more hand trucks may remove those kinds of bottlenecks. 

Man tilting back a Magliner convertible hand truck loaded with cardboard boxes between warehouse shelving

How Much Should Maintenance Factor Into the Budget?

Purchase price is only part of the cost. An aluminum hand dolly resists rust, so it holds up through rain, snow, and washdown areas without corrosion shortening its service life. A modular design also lets your team replace a worn wheel or handle instead of the whole unit, which keeps maintenance costs predictable from year to year.

Where Should Next Year's Hand Truck Budget Go First?

Review how each unit is used before the budget is set. Note which hand trucks are in daily use, which sit idle, and which teams borrow equipment from others. That usage picture shows where new purchases will pay off. Setting a budget to get versatile hand truck and carts based on that review puts spending toward the work your teams handle most.

Warehouse worker rolling a tall stack of produce boxes on a Magliner hand truck through a cold storage facility

When Is It Time to Replace a Hand Truck Instead of Repairing It?

Start with repairs before thinking about replacement. Does your team have hand trucks with worn wheels, handles, nose plates, or other components? The best hand trucks are modular by design, making individual part replacement easy. Parts can often be swapped out for new ones, rather than replacing an entire unit. Replacement typically makes more sense for more extensive wear and tear, like a bent or cracked frame. 

About Magline

Magliner hand trucks help commercial teams move heavy loads across warehouses, delivery routes, and retail backrooms. Lightweight aluminum construction and a modular design make parts easy to replace, and many models can be customized through the Design Your Own Magliner program to fit the work each team handles.

Buy Magliner hand trucks for next year's fleet at https://www.magliner.com/

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

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