{"id":5424,"date":"2014-11-19T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/?p=5424"},"modified":"2023-07-02T15:17:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T20:17:33","slug":"hand-trucks-vs-power-lift-hand-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/19\/hand-trucks-vs-power-lift-hand-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand Trucks vs. Power Lift Hand Trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hand<\/p>\n

Hand trucks are great for moving heavy loads faster and easier than hauling them by hand from point to point, but don’t elevate them vertically. Can everyone working in your operation safely and easily lift the load to shelving or a work table?<\/p>\n

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The beauty of the hand truck<\/h3>\n

Hand trucks<\/a> can be found in just about every warehouse. And they have their place in those facilities.<\/p>\n

The platform is thin enough to slide it under most things you’d want to load, like stacks of cartons, boxes, bins and buckets. Gently tilt the entire load back onto the wheels, and off you go to the desired location for your load. Once you get there, you slowly tilt the load into the vertical position and slip the platform out from under the load. Nice and simple.<\/p>\n

What if your loading place isn’t on the floor?<\/h4>\n

Now you have to bend, lift, turn and place repeatedly until the load has been taken care of. Over time, even very strong workers may end hurt their backs due to the strain of repetitive lifting.\u00a0In fact, the strongest and fittest are the most likely to ignore proper and safe lifting methods<\/a>. While the hand truck certainly gets the load where you want it, it doesn’t help with loading it.<\/p>\n

There’s another way<\/h4>\n

The lift hand truck is a hybrid piece of material handling equipment<\/a> that works like a hand truck, but can elevate the load for you.<\/p>\n