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2-Wheel Automatic Drum Trucks

Features Valley Craft’s exclusive EZY-Tilt™ design and spring-loaded chime  hook so the operator never has to touch the drum.  Choice of steel or aluminum. Shoes adjust to handle 30- and 55-gal. drums up to 1000 lbs. Available with optional hand brakes for added safety. Replaceable wheels, shoes and axles available. Five chime hook and three wheel options available.

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4-Wheel EZY-Rol™ Automatic Drum Trucks

Drum trucks available in steel or spark resistant aluminum. Features Valley Craft’s exclusive EZY-Tilt™ design and spring-loaded chime hooks. Operator never has to touch the drum. Trucks handle 30- and 55-gal. drums up to 1000 lbs. Available with optional hand brakes. Models feature replaceable wheels, shoes and axles. Five chime hook and three wheel options available.

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Gravity-Actuated Mechanical Auto-Grip

Equipped with standard jaws that grip with pressure equal to the weight of the drum and adjust to fit 30-, 55- or 85-gallon steel, fiber or overpack drums. Turnbuckle mechanism adjusts to grasp any drums from 18-28” in diameter. Spring-and-cam actuated jaws automatically grip while engaging drum. Quick and easy forklift attachment \

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A rotating drum handler is a manually-propelled, straddle-type unit that centers the load between the wheels for maximum balance and safety. Lifts and rotates 360o. Available as manual, battery, air or AC-powered handler. Battery-powered model requires 12-volt deep cycle battery and plugs into a standard grounded outlet (battery included). Air-powered models require an outside air source and is ideal for spark-resistant applications and requires outside air source. Optional floor lock available. 78” or 90”-high units handle steel, plastic & fiber cylinders 14” – 24”.
800-lb. capacity. Note: Batteries are included.

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Manually propelled and designed to butt directly up against pallets for effective loading and unloading. 800-lb. capacity. Please note, counterweighted models weigh twice as much as straddle-type and require more effort to move.
Note: Batteries are included.

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The Valley craft Rotogrip will lift and rotate steel drums and cylinders 18-24” in diamters using electric clamping jaws. Choose from 78” or 90”high models. All units are manually propelled and features an electric-over-hydraulic control system. Electric screwjack clamps and releases the rubber-lined jaws, while the hydraulic rotator turns drums 360o. Single mast design allows for high visibility. 800-lb. capacity. Optional floor lock available. Electricover- hydraulic control system requires 12-volt deep cycle battery and plugs into a standard grounded outlet. For steel cylinders only. Note: Batteries are included.

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rotogrip drum dumper

One of the most versatile and durable drum handlers available, it provides the operator with easily-controlled 360? rotation on a horizontal or vertical plane, 125? forward dumping, and 180? inverting. Comes with built-in, 12-volt, battery-operated Power-Pak and self-contained hydraulics. Inverts, moves, stacks and palletizes steel, plastic and fiber drums and cylinders 18-28”inches. 6136 & 6135 Read more…