Sack truck. Hire Shop.
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17 years ago
A very silly question
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17 years ago
In order to transfer the weight to the back rail the entire weight has to be raised by the foot plate. crap ones are crap whichever way you look at it.
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17 years ago
Huh?
The base plate will be taking at least half the load and probably more in most situations. Just think through the physics for a bit! If you are carrying something that is not rigid the situation only gets worse!
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17 years ago
I would recommend one of these if you dont mind the extra cost. While mostly used in sack barrow mode, the platform mode can enable larger loads that the sackbarrow mode just doesnt work for.
NT
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17 years ago
MrRumm, you will be aware that the bottom of a washing machine does not contain a flat area so therefore the bottom corner of a washing machine will be resting on the backrail of the trolly along with the side of the machine,the back edge of the footplate will stop the machine from dropping down but plays no use in supporting the weight.
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17 years ago
Yup, the...Netto I think...one was/is truly a pile of s**te. If it hadn't been so cheap, and if I could have been arsed, and also hadn't needed to use it that morning, it would have gone back. Used as a flat trolley the metalwork holding the small wheels on buckled with about 50-60kg on it.
Still, it served its purpose. Depends what they're needed for I suppose.
Si
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17 years ago
The message from "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot" contains these words:
I had one of them. Used it a couple of times, then when it was shagged left it outside the front door by mistake. Local monsterkids nicked it and while rolling down the hill a wheel fell off. Teehee!
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17 years ago
So your theory holds for one very specific example. In the general case you are, as I and others have pointed out, totally wrong.
MBQ
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17 years ago
It does not even hold in this case really. Asside from the fact that I have seen several flat based washing machines, even if there is only a narrow contact point at the back of the sole plate, gravity will still be acting straight down - hence even with a trolly angle of say 45 degrees the load will be shared 50-50 between the back and the base of the trolly.
The only saving grace offered by the narrow contact point, is that the load will have very little mechanical advantage on the joint between the base and the back of the trolly. So the base will still carry half or more of the load, but will do so mostly in shear close to the fulcrum, and not experience much bending moment. Thus in this situation the trolly is unlikely to be damaged even if it has a thin base plate, but that is not the same as saying the base does not carry any load.
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17 years ago
No it holds for many other objects.
Lets face it if you and MrKing had your trollys only days before wrecking them then it was down to user error.
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17 years ago
ITYM "sackbarrer"
Si
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17 years ago
You're lucky they didn't try to sue you. They'd have probably won
Si
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17 years ago
The message from "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot" contains these words:
That sort of case is largely mythical, and those that get through are often lost on appeal.
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17 years ago
I do hope so; it'd be nice to believe that there was still a little bit of common sense left somewhere.
P.S. I *was* joking...but you never know.
Si
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17 years ago
Did I say I wrecked a trolley? I know enough physics to know you are wrong without even owning a trolley. Read John Rumms reply for a better explanation.
MBQ