Hand trucks for couriers

May 10th, 2012 by admin | Permalink

Couriers are among the most demanding users of hand trucks and platform trucks. Carrying a multitude of parcels across the country takes a heavy toll on sack trucks with many drivers throwing their hand truck into the back of their van. At Sack Trucks Direct we have supplied a wide range of our hand trucks to some of the leading UK couriers.

Yodel, DHL and Interlink Express have all taken our sack trucks and have come back to purchase more. DHL have recently purchased our 150kg Solid Wheel Sack Truck. This is a good quality hand truck with a solid rubber wheels, this means that the tyres cannot be punctured and they run very smoothly across the ground, making the truck perfect for use in the warehouse as well as when delivering parcels.

Yodel have purchased our best selling hand truck the Heavy Duty Folding and Fixed Toe Sack Truck. This features large pneumatic wheels making it perfect to tackle a wide range of terrain. The air-filled pneumatic wheels absorb bumps and make moving parcels simple. One of the most popular aspects of this hand truck is the large folding toe plate which can be deployed to cope with a larger size loads. The folding toe section allows a vast range of parcels to be delivered using this truck, making it an excellent all round choice.

London 2012 Olympics chooses Sack Trucks Direct

May 3rd, 2012 by admin | Permalink

Sack Trucks Direct are proud to announce that we are an official supplier to the London 2012 Olympic Games. London 2012 Ceremonies have selected the 300kg Pneumatic wheel platform truck. This is a very sturdy hand truck with a very large loading capacity and pneumatic wheels, making it ideal for transporting large and bulky items across a range of terrain, perfect for bringing equipment to the podium.

The 300kg Pneumatic wheel platform truck is the largest and highest capacity of our range of platform trucks. We have a large selection of platform trucks available in a choice of sizes and weight capacities. A 150kg platform truck is suitable for moving smaller items, ideal for moving items around the office or warehouse. Our platform trucks also fold to allow easy storage, and would fit into the back of the car or cupboard with ease.

Sack Trucks Direct supply numerous hand trucks, sack barrows and garden carts, and our list of customers is growing. We supply a vast range of companies, schools, councils and private individuals, with many recurring customers setting up trade accounts and ordering regularly.

Wheelbarrow

April 27th, 2012 by admin | Permalink

Wheelbarrow

Wheelbarrow Sales are the largest UK supplier and manufacture of wheelbarrows, garden carts and sack trucks. At Wheelbarrow Sales we have a great choice of wheelbarrows made from many different materials, in this article we hope to take you though the advantages of each different one and which wheelbarrow will suit you or a certain landscape.

We find that most wheelbarrow related queries we receive are about our range of garden wheelbarrows; what will be most suitable for them and how will it benefit their gardening so it seemed appropriate to start with a brief walkthrough on everything you need to know about choosing the perfect garden wheelbarrow to suit all your’ wants and needs.

The first factor you should take into account is the terrain of you garden, for instance you wouldn’t want to leave ugly track marks all over your well cared for lawn. If this is the case we would highly recommend one of our many lightweight wheelbarrows as this will reduce track marks. Other percussions you can take against leaving track marks is consider purchasing a wheelbarrow with pneumatic wheels as these can also be far less strenuous for your’ lawn. On the other hand if your garden is mainly gravel or pebbled we would recommend a slightly more heavy duty garden wheelbarrow such as one of our many galvanised wheelbarrow, we would also recommend the pneumatic wheel on these wheelbarrows as this can reduce effort when wheeling over your gravel/pebbles.

You have probably noticed we have not yet discussed the advantages of a solid wheeled wheelbarrow even. We would recommend a solid wheel wheelbarrow if you have any sharp objects on the floor of your garden, nails, sharps rocks or if you have a smooth flat garden. Even though the pneumatic wheels we offer have a high quality thick rubber which is very hard to penetrate there is no guarantee like with the solid wheel that it won’t get a puncture so this is an important factor to consider when purchasing a wheelbarrow.

Another important factor to consider when buying a garden wheelbarrow is what material you will be carting and also the how much of the material. For instance if you are planning to buy a wheelbarrow to carry grass we would recommend you look at our range of garden carts as these can be a fantastic effortless alternative to a wheelbarrow. However if you are looking for a wheelbarrow to carry gravel we would recommend one of our wheelbarrows with a galvanised tubs as these will be the most practical. Finally if you know you are going to carrying dirt or soil in your’ wheelbarrow we would recommend a plastic tub as these are very lightweight and extremely effortless to wheel from A to B.

If you know what size wheelbarrow you need for storage or loading all of our product pages come with a detailed dimension guide explaining the height of the wheelbarrow, height of the tub, width of the wheelbarrow, width of the tub, the space between the handles, length of the wheelbarrow, length of the tub and of course the depth of the tub so you know exactly what you are getting before you buy it.

If you have any other questions about what garden wheelbarrow will suit you the best please don’t hesitate to call our friendly sales team on 0117 330 2277 or simply email us at sales@wheelbarrowsales.com.

What we do at Sack Trucks Direct

January 24th, 2012 by admin | Permalink

Here at Sack Trucks Directs we have a wide range of Sack Trucks. Our Hand Truck range includes Sack Trucks of various capacities and or different strengths. Some of our range of Sack Trollies feature Pneumatic Wheels where as others feature a Solid Wheel.
We also offer a wide range of Folding Toe Trucks and Platform Trucks for with different weight capacities too. In addition to this, we also supply various options of garden carts to make your garden chores a lot easier.

Makeover Time for Sack Trucks Direct Blog

January 24th, 2012 by admin | Permalink

If you keep up to date with Sack Trucks Direct Blog you will notice that we have just updated our theme to a more colourful, user friendly site. We have chosen this option as it is responsive so the appearance will differ depending on your screen size.
If you have any questions about how Responsive Websites work, please don’t hesistate to post a comment with your question.

Williams Brothers choose Sack Trucks Direct

December 5th, 2011 by admin | Permalink

One of Scotland’s leading breweries, Williams Brothers, well known for their range of historic ales, including beer flavoured with seaweed or heather, have again chosen Sack Trucks Direct to supply sack trucks to their New Alloa Brewery.
The P Handle Hand Truck that has been ordered is very manoeuvrable, and is suitable for one-handed use. Many sack trucks with two handles are a little awkward to use with one hand, and can make opening and closing doors difficult. The P handle sack truck is different, the hand truck has a P shaped loop handle, meaning it can be operated with one hand or two.

P Handle sack barrows are increasingly popular in industrial environments, fitted with pneumatic wheels they are suitable for use across a range of surfaces. The large 200kg load capacity of the hand truck mean that a massive range of loads can be transported. The sack truck is light enough to be loaded on to the back of a van or truck, and is often used by couriers.

Introducing our new range of Hand Trucks

December 1st, 2011 by admin | Permalink

We have recently added to our range of hand trucks available on Sack Trucks Direct. Hand trucks come in a wide range of sizes and designs, each designed for a range of jobs.

An aluminium hand truck is lightweight, and is suitable for use in medical and food sectors, where hygiene is important. Our range of aluminium hand trucks is among the largest on the market, with telescopic hand trucks, aluminium platform trucks and folding aluminium sack trucks. Our P Handle Aluminium hand truck is the latest addition to our product range.

Fixed toe hand trucks are ideal for moving heavy loads, while a hand truck with a folding toe is perfect if the object is larger. We also have a large choice of universal hand trucks, with 2 in 1 sack trucks and 3 in 1 hand trucks allowing use as both an upright hand truck and a platform truck. Our 3 in 1 solid wheel hand truck is our most recent addition to our growing range of universal sack trucks.

The final category of hand trucks that are available are stair climber hand trucks, often known as stair climber sack trucks. These hand trucks make moving loads up or down stairs simple, the rotating tri-wheels allow the hand truck to climb or descend stairs with ease. We have introduced a 2 in 1 stair climber hand truck recently, and it is selling well, allowing loads to be moved as a platform truck and a conventional stair climber hand truck.

Hand truck or Sack Barrow, naming of sack trucks

October 14th, 2011 by admin | Permalink

A sack truck is a simple tool to make moving heavy or bulky loads easier. Like many widely used tools, a sack truck has many names. A hand truck, sack barrow, sack trolley or slightly more commonly a sack truck.

Quite why such a sack truck has so many different names is unclear, but it may be because sack trucks perform a range of functions. A sack barrow is more likely to be a sack truck with a large loading capacity, especially a hand truck featuring a bucket or large loading plate.

Hand truck seems to be the name often used by American users of sack trucks, while sack truck is the normal term used in Britain. Whether the product is a hand truck, sack barrow or even a sack trolley, it is clear that sack trucks are widely used to deliver parcels, move loads, and carry out many essential functions every day.

Wigan Athletic AFC choose our Telescopic Folding Sack Truck

October 5th, 2011 by admin | Permalink

Wigan Athletic AFC are the latest customer to choose our telescopic folding sack truck. This sack truck is one of a range of aluminium sack trucks available, and the sack truck folds down for easy storage and transport.

Wigan Athletic join a growing list of sports teams, couriers and corporations to use our sack trucks. We have a wide range of sack trucks and sack trollies, suitable for a variety of applications. A sack truck makes transporting goods very simple, light but bulky items are easily accomodated, while sack trucks also allow loads much too heavy to be moved by hand to be transported with ease.

We expect the lightweight but strong aluminium sack trucks to be among our most popular sack trucks and aim to have an aluminium sack trolley available for all jobs.

Sack trucks and sack trolleys

September 28th, 2011 by admin | Permalink

Sack trucks are sometimes described as sack trolleys. A sack truck that converts from an upright sack truck into a platform trolley is most correctly described as a sack trolley, but the term sack truck and sack trolley are normally used interchangably.

A sack truck comes in a few basic designs. The simplest is a sack truck with a fixed toe, although sack trucks are available with a folding toe plate, to allow larger items to be moved.
Sack trucks are normally made from steel, although aluminium sack trucks are available which combine strength with a lightweight, easy to move frame.
There are many sack trucks that transform from an upright sack truck into a platform sack trolley, allowing large items to be pulled along.
Stair climber sack trucks are also very popular and allow goods to be moved up and down stairs. A stair climber sack truck has three wheels on either side that rotate and allow the sack truck to move smoothly on stairs.
The final decision to make when selecting a sack truck is to choose between a solid wheel sack truck and a pneumatic wheel sack truck. Pneumatic wheel sack trucks are can be used on all surfaces and give a cushioned ride over rough terrain, while a solid wheel sack truck, fitted with solid rubber wheels is suitable for indoor use on a smooth surface, and of course a solid wheel sack truck will not puncture.

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