10/02: Trolleys a curse and a blessing, DIYer discovers
Have you ever had those moments when you wished you'd read the small print attached to a handling aid, before you use it? Just recently, when the need to transport 13 350x350mm pavers from one property to another, I used someone's domestic sized flat trolley – the sort with a flat bottom, four wheels and a low handle. I merrily stacked about seven pavers on the trolley, pushed them to the next place then discovered the flat bit of the trolley was groaning under the weight and the sides were buckling under the strain. End result was a severely damaged trolley, some heavy lifting and a visit to the shops to replace the trolley. Good lessons in this exercise – I may have been better off using my barrow hand trolley and carrying only 2 pavers at a time…and it would have been smart to check the underside of the flat trolley, to see if there were weight restrictions.


