Dual pin handles with vinyl covers offer a sure grip and precise control.

Robotically welded 1.25-inch tubular steel frame to stand up to heavy use.

8-gauge high-strength steel toe plate lets you work with confidence.

Beveled edge and rounded corners on toe plate makes for easy and safe loading.

Curved steel straps with dual welds offer secure transport of cylindrical objects.

10-inch wheels in pneumatic or solid rubber.

600-pound capacity means this truck is cut out for the heaviest loads.

This hand truck is proudly made in America.

Experience: I purchased my Harper Hand Truck for a moving job. Atypical to my daily grind I was offered furniture in exchange for my truck and manpower one weekend. I ran down to Home Depot and picked up this Harper hand truck, a Workforce 1000lb. dolly and four moving blankets. Using a tie-down strap from my truck bed we fastened larger items to this 600lb rated hand truck and started the move. I say “started” because it wasn’t an hour later that this hand truck was out of commission due to a flat tire.

Comments:
There is one major problem with this economy hand truck; the pneumatic wheels will be flat when you need to use it. Fixing that flat will be more of a challenge than you’re thinking now. A simple tire on a rim should be easy to give a quick shot from your jobsite compressor but it’s not. Even with 120lbs of air blasting through the nozzle, getting the bead of these tires to hold on the cheap plastic rims is a nightmare. I have kept my Harper hand truck for use another day. Each time I go to use it, one or both tires are flat! The problem is not that a tire goes flat, it’s that you can’t refill them.
Short of buying solid wheels, I have tried to remedy the problem with dish soap, fix-a-flat, even a bead of silicon but these tires won’t hold air long enough to get a box downstairs. Don’t buy it with pneumatic wheels, you are throwing your money away.

There is nothing more frustrating than relying on a tool for your living and having one of the most fundamental of technologies fail. Ancient as ‘the wheel’ is, the tires on the Harper hand truck make this a big – Don’t buy!

Note: The Harper website displays some quality products which are Made in America!