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A Simpler Design for a Stair-Friendly Hand Truck

Matador's "Stair glides"

By Rain Noe - April 1, 2021

in Tools & Craft

Here are three different design approaches we've seen for hand-trucking objects up and down stairs.

An approach used by UpCart and others uses a trio of wheels on each side:

The Techlift employs a pair of flip-down levers to provide leverage:

Those first two necessitate extra moving parts, and thus more risk of breakage. But this design by Matador simply uses tubing bent to a specific angle and protective slides:

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From afar at least, I like the simplicity of the latter approach.

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