Drum Trucks

Choose the Right Pail and Drum Trucks

Choosing the Right Frame Style depends on how you will use and store the drum truck.

• Two-wheel models: Good choice if only occasional use is required
• Self-standing types: Easy to store
• Four-wheel models: For all-day work because they take the load off the operator and the back wheels make pallet loading and unloading much easier

Steel and Aluminum Trucks: Strong, durable, economical, and ruggedly built

• Aluminum trucks: Less weight than steel trucks, less effort to move
• Non-sparking if you are working in flammable environments
• Models available to handle loads up to 1,200 pounds

Chime Hooks: The usual method for catching the top rim of the drum

• It can be tilted and transported on the truck
• If your drums don’t have a top rim: Select a truck that secures the drum with a nylon belt

Tires: An important factor in your selection of a drum truck

• Molded rubber or polyolefin tires: Well suited to smooth concrete or wood floors and have a high load capacity
• Pneumatic or semi-pneumatic tires: On rough or badly cracked concrete or gravel

Brakes: Available on higher end drum trucks and easily worth their additional cost

• When moving a full drum down from the nose of a 53’ trailer, it can speed up and be difficult to slow down
• Easy and safe speed control

Drainer Trucks: Hybrid trucks, which function not only as a drum truck but also as a drum cradle

• Drain off fluid from your barrel into a bucket
• To drain from your drum: You will need a drum faucet ranging in sizes from ¾” and 2” drum faucets