Drum hand truck recommendations

I bought one of these locally for about $250 14 years ago. It's handled more drums in a year than you'll handle in your lifetime. Like pressure washers, buy good...don't buy cheap.
 
Russ, will that one work on the poly drums? I was thinking of that one but worried that the metal tabs on the bottom might tear through the bottom of the poly drum and don't want to take any chances, I know it will work great on the metal drums no problem.

Thanks.
 
Here's what I've been using for about the past year.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200356887_200356887

And if you get a 55 gallon (2 inch) drum faucet you don't have to use one of those awful hand pumps.

I used those in the lab before and they work great to pour chemicals out of but not the best for moving drums.

I usually tilt the drum on the edge and roll them on the edge to where I am going, I like the picture that Russ posted, just not confident it will work on the poly drums. Maybe I am wrong?
 
I bought one of these locally for about $250 14 years ago. It's handled more drums in a year than you'll handle in your lifetime. Like pressure washers, buy good...don't buy cheap.

I concur. The one I'm using is not ideal but is cheap and actually works so far. I'd love to find a better one like the one in your pic but with longer tabs to hold poly drums. I have to use motorcycle straps to secure the drum to my cheap hand truck.
 
She's a little rusty from the bleach but works great.

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I bought one of these locally for about $250 14 years ago. It's handled more drums in a year than you'll handle in your lifetime. Like pressure washers, buy good...don't buy cheap.

250$ ... 14 years of depreciation... How about I take that old beat up cart off your hands for 29.95 and we call it a day?
 
Got the Wesco $289. Free shipping with Amazon Prime. Best deal I could find. I'll carry to my shop this morning.

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How hard is it to move drums around with these? Bleach drums weigh easily 3x more than me. I have to move my drums from the street where the chem guy drops them off to my storage unit about 400 feet away. I used a refrigerator dolly, and it about killed me. Lol

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