Location shooting - Hand truck choices

[JerryReed]

I have been doing more locations shooting lately and find that the back and forth trips to the car are a big waste of time.  My sense is members of this forum have long ago solved the problem of how to efficiently move equipment while on the job and to and from the job.

I like the MAGLINER that has the wheels that fold down, converting a hand truck into a 4-wheel cart.  BUT, it is 60 inches long and that is hard to work with in a VOLVO station wagon.

Please share your secrets of equipment movement.

Jerry Reed

[Graham Mitchell]

Here are my 'wheels'  The large pneumatic tires are good for all terrain types like cobble stones, beaches, etc (unlike the cart you showed which would be useless to me with those small wheels). Needs a larger vehicle to carry it though!

[gwhitf]

I like the MAGLINER that has the wheels that fold down, converting a hand truck into a 4-wheel cart.

There is a Magliner Senior and a Junior. Sounds like you bought a Senior. I did too. Sounds like you wished you'd bought a Junior. I do too. Much shorter in height (and loadability into vehicle).

There are a million other karts, too, on B&H site, of lesser weight. But with the added top shelf of Magliner, it can become a Tech Kart as well, with monitor on top.

[BJNY]

A popular choice because it collapses easily to fit into the trunk of a car is
Remin's KartMaster HD500 at $900 with top & bottom shelves.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1843...ter_HD_500.html

Edit:  Added link

[calindustries]

there is always the beach cart option.  a lot of photographers i've worked with in the past use these and they are usually on all location RVs too. It's not a nice or well built as a magliner (which I would prefer), but it holds the stuff, rolls over a lot of surfaces, folds to fit in a station wagon, and is cheap.

http://www.amazon.com/

[gss]

I really like the Foldit.  It is the perfect length for carrying a bunch of stand bags, tripod bags and reflector bags.

http://www.bestofthehome.com/cart/cart.html

This is the exact same model that California Sunbounce sells on their European site (not on the US site).

http://www.sunbounce.com/cms/index.php?id=...n_truck&L=1

[AlanG]

I have a Rock-N-Roller cart.  Some camera stores sell them under another name. These are more compact than a Magliner but can expand. I stopped using my large Magliner after I got it.


Here is a store that sells them. (I don't know anything about the store.)
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/manufacturer/Rock_N_Roller

I remember one job I went on with a lot of gear, the Magliner was too big to fit in the elevator at the site. That was not a fun day.

If anyone wants to buy my Magliner - it's an old model but works well, get in touch.

[snickgrr]

The website for the "rock n roller".  

http://www.multicart.com/

[z0624]

I have the Rock n Roller Multi-Cart R12.  It's the one with pneumatic wheels on both front and back which does a great job of keeping things that aren't tied down from rattling off on rough surfaces or door molding / elevator transition areas.  When the both handles are collapsed and the length retracted, it takes up a surprisingly small amount of space.

The website for the "rock n roller".  

http://www.multicart.com/

[JerryReed]

Here are my 'wheels'  The large pneumatic tires are good for all terrain types like cobble stones, beaches, etc (unlike the cart you showed which would be useless to me with those small wheels). Needs a larger vehicle to carry it though!

Graham,

Is this your design, or is it sold commercially?

Jerry

[Graham Mitchell]

Is this your design, or is it sold commercially?

It is available commercially although the brand is unknown to me. (Cheap Chinese rubbish - the wheels nuts were not fastened properly so they started to fall out. Fortunately I found them. The hinges are made of soft metal so they already look close to breaking, etc. Just don't buy anything from China! Unfortunately for me this was the only cart like this in the country. I am good friends with a metal worker too so we can rebuild it better than before if it breaks  )

[gwhitf]

is it sold commercially?

I got me two or three o' them thangs out 'ter at Tractor Supply. Just do you one of them Google thangs for "garden cart" at Tractor Supply Corp. Just drive out this road, and whin you git to the big fork in the road, just turn right, and go a while til you git to the old Faulkner place, and then turn left again. It's up 'er on the the right, just before you git to WalMart.

After them big shootin' jobs, I like to load up Momma and the kids and roll them all down to the pond for a swim. Them big ol' inflatable tars helps git Momma over them tree roots on the way. I lost her one time, but she landed on her cigarettes, and they kinda softened the blow, but she lost a tooth when she wint down.

http://tinyurl.com/c8ufbl

They's a lot cheaper at Tractor Supply 'cause it don't have the word photo on them. Once you go addin' that word photo it always dubbles the price.

[BJNY]

Thanks for the visual, GW...I think  

[bdp]

This is what I use - folds up into a very small package but can take lots of weight when unfolded. Just needs lots of tie straps to keep everything in place.
Ruxxac Cart

And the jumbo version takes 250kg: jumbo

Ben

[JonRoemer]

I'll second the Rock N Roller.  I used to use remin tri-karts but those have seen no use since I got the Rock N Roller.

[TMARK]

MultiKart Rockin'Roller R10 and/or R12.  Perfect. You can get a shelf system to use it as a tech table.  Magliners are for film productions with Teamsters to haul and grips to lug crap around.  The sound department on the last project I worked on had a killer custom made cart from Matthews.  It was compact with enough shelf space to hold a Nagra D, mixing board, and two harddrive based recorders, etc..  It also had an inbuilt clamp for an umbrella.

[David WM]

I've used one of the standard ones of these for about 12 years now. Very durable ... its good if you have just a couple of cases, and handle stairs a lot better than 4 wheel trolleys.
For full lighting I use a trolley which is available at most commercial suppliers, a flat platform with a single handle which folds flat for transport, pneumatic tyres and a rubberised edging and surface for gear. The first one of these I had was fitted with hard rubber tyres, the pneumatic tyres are a big improvement. They handle uneven paving a lot better.  But you do need to strap the cases down.  

David

This is what I use - folds up into a very small package but can take lots of weight when unfolded. Just needs lots of tie straps to keep everything in place.
Ruxxac Cart

And the jumbo version takes 250kg: jumbo

Ben

[David WM]

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[Justin Berman]

I got me two or three o' them thangs out 'ter at Tractor Supply. Just do you one of them Google thangs for "garden cart" at Tractor Supply Corp. Just drive out this road, and whin you git to the big fork in the road, just turn right, and go a while til you git to the old Faulkner place, and then turn left again. It's up 'er on the the right, just before you git to WalMart.

After them big shootin' jobs, I like to load up Momma and the kids and roll them all down to the pond for a swim. Them big ol' inflatable tars helps git Momma over them tree roots on the way. I lost her one time, but she landed on her cigarettes, and they kinda softened the blow, but she lost a tooth when she wint down.

http://tinyurl.com/c8ufbl

They's a lot cheaper at Tractor Supply 'cause it don't have the word photo on them. Once you go addin' that word photo it always dubbles the price.

Quoted For Truth!

[bcroslin]

I also use the Multicart R10 but if I had it to do over I would have bought the R12. Both fit very nicely in the back of my Honda Element.