Well my advice is to just bite the bullet and get an appliance dolly, if ya dont already have one, that has the stair sliding tracks. I work in the delivery assembly industry and have to bring tools and equipment into peoples houses on the daily. Ive tried all kinds of dolly solutions and even have a cart similar to the one your reviewing. However like you've stated it only works decently for light loads and the handle is so low and not really ideal for good control and leverage when needed. My appliance dolly on the other hand is tremendously useful and versatile. You would be amazed the things if gotten up and down flights of turning stairs by myself with it. Its strong enough to roll on one wheel if you need to and its design allows you to maximize your leverage capability to safely and successfully navigate stair situations with heavier objects. With a few mods you can make it work for so many different applications and its strong enough to handle heavy weights. Little tip for inside use ive learned over the years for proffesional results is to wrap your wheels with duct tape at each job. That way you have a fresh clean wheel every time and you can just add a new wrap at each job. The tape actually adds some nice cushioning to the hard dolly wheel and once the tape wrap gets too large you can just cut it and peel it off the wheel and start over. Its worked great for me, and it along with changing into a set of indoor specific shoes when you enter a customers home really impresses them with the attention to detail and your desire to not track dirt through their house.
I see your comment is from 9 months ago. If you actually did buy one (and if you did you're an idiot who didn't pay attention to the video), how long has it been since it broke?
Softbags are much easier to use with the stair climber hand truck. I have a substantial investment in the Husky tool bags in all varieties, from rolling bags to douffels and backpacks. 20+ bags. I find the denier bags to be durable snd forgiving when navigating through homes, in terms of impacts on walls and moldings. I had long since abandoned hard cases, and it appears that what's old is new again. I started our with hard cases decades ago. Milwaukee even has attachable milk crates now ($$)... Milk crates were our go to hard storage/ travel containers (They were free to us then, back then🙄).
Maybe the Dewalt Toughsystem 2.0 might work better in this handtruck? You may also consider the Dewalt carrier. There's another convertible handtruck called the Cosco Shifter XL and another similar to the one you have there with a deeper bottom plate, the Hihone Stair Climber Hand Truck Heavy Duty.
Spencer Lewis from Insider Carpentry had a pretty good idea to work with the Packout boxes. He built a 4-wheeled dolly that worked in combination with a hand truck while keeping the boxes secure. It might help you in your case. I built a couple based from his design and they work great with my little fold up hand truck.
Amazon has one that looks exactly like this but the wheels are a little different and the carrying plate also has 4 casters under it which puts it on 2 instead of 4 of the back 4 wheels. Says it does 70kg=155lb up stairs, 150kg=320lb on flat ground
Thank you Jack. That cart looks better than mine and more straight up. I am unsure of the rollers under the carrying plate. They could be a drag on shag carpet. But overall, I think that is a better deal.
Yes, similar to a suitcase handle and it holds up as well as some of my higher-end suitcases, I would be thrilled. Those are abused all day long with 50 pounds on than and do very well. I may work on a marketing plan for oversized fidget spinners.
I have a similar Milwaukee hand truck that only has a single set of wheels, not the stairclimber here. But based on mine, which appears pretty much identical other than the wheels, I wouldn't take one of these if it were free. They are absolute garbage for anything but possibly transporting a medium weight suitcase through an airport or hotel. The light weight is the only good thing about it, but that results in a flimsy product that can't reliably move anything even somewhat heavy. And as was mentioned in the video, at that point why not just carry whatever it is you're moving?
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I always use 2 wheels trolley a lot & my experience & the major part is balancing the trolley. I have to tilt more than 45 degree to pull the trolley which will have more weight on me. This trolley has 4 wheels so more stable & the bent handle to help the weight not fall on u when going up & down the stairs & your body does not need much to bend down to adjust the angle.
Well my advice is to just bite the bullet and get an appliance dolly, if ya dont already have one, that has the stair sliding tracks. I work in the delivery assembly industry and have to bring tools and equipment into peoples houses on the daily. Ive tried all kinds of dolly solutions and even have a cart similar to the one your reviewing. However like you've stated it only works decently for light loads and the handle is so low and not really ideal for good control and leverage when needed. My appliance dolly on the other hand is tremendously useful and versatile. You would be amazed the things if gotten up and down flights of turning stairs by myself with it. Its strong enough to roll on one wheel if you need to and its design allows you to maximize your leverage capability to safely and successfully navigate stair situations with heavier objects. With a few mods you can make it work for so many different applications and its strong enough to handle heavy weights. Little tip for inside use ive learned over the years for proffesional results is to wrap your wheels with duct tape at each job. That way you have a fresh clean wheel every time and you can just add a new wrap at each job. The tape actually adds some nice cushioning to the hard dolly wheel and once the tape wrap gets too large you can just cut it and peel it off the wheel and start over. Its worked great for me, and it along with changing into a set of indoor specific shoes when you enter a customers home really impresses them with the attention to detail and your desire to not track dirt through their house.
I am thinking of taking two pieces of plywood and mounting that packout plate too and leaving a small gap between the two for the dolly to side in.
That's pretty cool cart thanks Brian
It has as many minuses as it does pluses. For some it will be great!
@@WorkshopAddict Very true
thanks for the video, I need one like this, and I will buy it now! 👍🙂
I see your comment is from 9 months ago. If you actually did buy one (and if you did you're an idiot who didn't pay attention to the video), how long has it been since it broke?
@@glassmakerx actually bought one, and it's been working great so far! If yours broke, it's because you're an idiot who doesn't know how to use it.
Softbags are much easier to use with the stair climber hand truck.
I have a substantial investment in the Husky tool bags in all varieties, from rolling bags to douffels and backpacks. 20+ bags.
I find the denier bags to be durable snd forgiving when navigating through homes, in terms of impacts on walls and moldings.
I had long since abandoned hard cases, and it appears that what's old is new again.
I started our with hard cases decades ago. Milwaukee even has attachable milk crates now ($$)... Milk crates were our go to hard storage/ travel containers (They were free to us then, back then🙄).
That is so true.
I got a lot of free Milk crates, after the crazed Milk crate challenge came crashing down ^-^
@@Eduardo_EspinozaWe all have our workarounds and it's so much better when they're free... Good luck to you with your storage portage solutions.
can't you add star climbing wheels to the Milwaukee dolly?
Maybe the Dewalt Toughsystem 2.0 might work better in this handtruck? You may also consider the Dewalt carrier.
There's another convertible handtruck called the Cosco Shifter XL and another similar to the one you have there
with a deeper bottom plate, the Hihone Stair Climber Hand Truck Heavy Duty.
Spencer Lewis from Insider Carpentry had a pretty good idea to work with the Packout boxes. He built a 4-wheeled dolly that worked in combination with a hand truck while keeping the boxes secure. It might help you in your case. I built a couple based from his design and they work great with my little fold up hand truck.
Was going to comment this
I’ve heard of an escalera stair climbing hand truck that people use for transporting pinball machines into basements
Amazon has one that looks exactly like this but the wheels are a little different and the carrying plate also has 4 casters under it which puts it on 2 instead of 4 of the back 4 wheels. Says it does 70kg=155lb up stairs, 150kg=320lb on flat ground
That would solve the turning issue.
Looks like it may do more weight as well, but still has the funky angle it appears
Thank you Jack. That cart looks better than mine and more straight up. I am unsure of the rollers under the carrying plate. They could be a drag on shag carpet. But overall, I think that is a better deal.
Looks like a suitcase handle super cheap. I would buy a regular dolly and install the oversized fidget spinner wheels onto it.
Yes, similar to a suitcase handle and it holds up as well as some of my higher-end suitcases, I would be thrilled. Those are abused all day long with 50 pounds on than and do very well. I may work on a marketing plan for oversized fidget spinners.
I have a similar Milwaukee hand truck that only has a single set of wheels, not the stairclimber here. But based on mine, which appears pretty much identical other than the wheels, I wouldn't take one of these if it were free. They are absolute garbage for anything but possibly transporting a medium weight suitcase through an airport or hotel. The light weight is the only good thing about it, but that results in a flimsy product that can't reliably move anything even somewhat heavy. And as was mentioned in the video, at that point why not just carry whatever it is you're moving?
As of 12/30/2023 Amazon says it is sold out
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I appreciate your diplomacy, but the short summary for this particular trolley is: the design sucks.
The angled back is really weird, I've never seen a cart with an angled upright like that.
That is one of the major downsides. So much good, so much bad.
I’ve got two dollys with retractable handles like that and all of them have that same problem
I believe this is by design- a) easier to grab when on stairs, b) ‘pre-flex’ for lightweight system helps reduce breakage.
I always use 2 wheels trolley a lot & my experience & the major part is balancing the trolley. I have to tilt more than 45 degree to pull the trolley which will have more weight on me. This trolley has 4 wheels so more stable & the bent handle to help the weight not fall on u when going up & down the stairs & your body does not need much to bend down to adjust the angle.