Flatbed trolley

For other uses, see Trolley.

A flatbed trolley a common form of freight transport in distribution environments, for moving bulk loads. Trolleys can aid in reducing effort required to move a load by allowing the user to pull or push instead of lift and carry.[1] A very simple design offers a basic flat platform with four casters and a fixed handle which is used to either push or pull the platform with the load on the platform. Without a flat surface it becomes an open frame trolley and without a handle it is a bogie or dolly.[2]

A flatbed trolley is also sometimes called a dray, but the term dray is also used to refer to a truck with no sides.[3]

  1. ^ "RAPP tool – pushing and pulling loads'". www.hse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  2. ^ Fazio, Larry (July 23, 2000), Stage manager: the professional experience, Focal Press, p. 303, ISBN 978-0-240-80410-1
  3. ^ "Dray". Lexico Dictionaries English. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.