Drum hand trucks allow the safe and easy handling of drums of different sizes. You should choose a drum hand truck based on your application needs, whether it is for transport or just for loading and unloading.

In addition to simply moving a drum or barrel from one location to another, drum hand truck providers let you choose extra features such as protection from hazardous chemical spills.

Some of the important parameters you must consider before buying a drum hand truck are:

1. Required load carrying capacity of the drum hand truck, specified in pounds
2. Specifications of the drum: material, size and weight
3. Fluid carried in the drums
4. Working environment parameters such as surface of floor and space available
5. Frequency of use of the drum hand truck

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Buy a drum hand truck from drum hand truck manufacturers

You can buy drum hand trucks online from hand truck manufacturers once you know your material handling requirements.

I recommend: L.K. Goodwin, a manufacturer of drum handling equipment, provides drum trucks to transport steel, plastic and fiber barrels. Wesco Industrial Products, a reputable drum hand truck supplier, offers a range of 2 wheel and 4 wheel drum hand trucks. Pucel Enterprises is another drum hand truck manufacturer that supplies drum hand trucks suitable for loading and unloading operations. Beacon provides drum hand trucks designed to transport 55-gallon drums. You can also buy drum hand trucks at Basco, who offers 2-wheel drum hand trucks made of steel and aluminum.

Buy a drum hand truck from drum hand truck distributors or retailers

You can browse through specifications and compare prices of drum hand trucks from reputable manufacturers in order to get an optimal solution for your material handling requirement.

I recommend: Grainger, a distributor of industrial products, offers drum hand trucks from various manufacturers such as Wesco, Eagle and Liftomatic. You can also compare specifications and prices of different drum hand trucks for sale at C&H, another distributor of storage and material handling equipment. Nationwide Industrial Supply is one of the reputable drum hand truck suppliers that provide a complete range of drum hand trucks, such as 2- and 4-wheeled drum trucks and rotating drum carts. RandMH.Com is a distributor of material handling equipment that offers drum hand trucks and their accessories.

Buy a specialty drum hand truck

For specialty requirements, such as the handling of hazardous fluids, the drum hand truck must provide more safety to the operators. Another similar requirement is in foundry applications, where the drum hand trucks must be spark resistant.

I recommend: Liftomatic Material Handling designs and manufactures drum hand trucks as per the customers’ requirements such as light- or heavy-duty drum hand trucks. FS Industries is another specialty drum hand truck manufacturer that offers drum hand trucks with features such as spark-resistant aluminum frames.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Use fiber drums whenever possible, as it reduces the carriage load for the drum hand truck.
• •  Keep an inventory of drum hand truck parts such as wheels, casters and handle grips.