700 lb. Capacity Bigfoot Hand Truck

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This is the first hand truck I have ever owned, and I love it. I have had it about 2 years now with no problems. The large wheels are excellent. I use it for moving common item such as heavy trash cans, batteries, stones, concrete blocks, fire wood and so on. It moves gracefully over stones, bumps, and that all to common 2-3 inch gap when loading a trailer. I have also taken it to work when I have a need for moving lots of stuff, so I have used it a lot.
I don't know about 700 lbs., but it seams to me if you are moving that much weight, a hand truck is the wrong tool for the job. I have had 400 lbs. on it with no problem. The weight limit may be over stated, but for common use I doubt you will find a better hand truck for the price. As always, I did a quality check before purchasing it at the store, and i got exactly what I expected. Love it.

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Went to my HF store to pick up a smaller hand truck, but watch all the employees moving merchandise arround with these.

I almost bought the next one down from this, which was virtually identical except it was red, had smaller tires, and no fenders, which it didn't need as the smaller wheels would clear any load.

I started thinking about how much easier it would be to move heavy items up and down stairs with the larger inflatable tires, and ended up selling myself the more expensive hand truck.

The first job for the new hand truck would be to move my new 290 lb air compressor from the back of my truck where I had miraculously unloaded it myself, to it's new home in the back of my garage.

As soon as I went to lift the compressor, which was extremely difficult because it was still on the pallet which moved it's center past the edge of the hand truck. It took all of my body weight several bounces to get the compressor to tip back.

Now that I have the weight of this thing balanced on the hand truck, I notice the left tire is completely flat. I had to air up my old compressor, which I thought I was done with, just so I'd have what I needed to move the new compressor in to place.

I aired up both tires, noticed the right tire which wasn't completely flat only had 10psi.

After airing up the tires I struggled once again to tilt this monster, then proceeded with it to the back of my garage.

Wow, this thing just glided effortlessly across the uneven entrance to my garage and didn't even hick-up as I rolled it over the pressurized air hose that I'd left out to air up the tires.

I don't know if this is the same release as those that have gotten such negative feedback because the truck itself seems quite well made, and my wheels appear to be reasonably heavy duty.

Given the trouble I had lifting 300lbs, due to my inability to get the load all the way to the rear of the dolly, I don't believe I could have leveraged a 700lb load with this thing unless it were taller.

I'm not saying the dolly couldn't handle a 700lb load, I'm saying I couldn't handle a 700lb load with this dolly.

I'm giving it high marks because it worked perfectly for the job I bought it for, and will certainly serve me well in the future

One of the other posters seemed a bit overly fond of hand trucks with solid rubber wheels, and while I can see a benefit in not having to worry about airing up the tires, I can't imagine using one with solid rubber tires for the move I did today, nor do I think they would fair well with a heavy load being maneuvered up or down stairs. Big inflatable tires for me thank you :)

I'm quite pleased with my purchase.

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Like the two big and soft wheels...
I found that these wheels are not only good for running over a rough surface, it is also very helpful for going down the stairs (with heavy loads). Though, it might add some more benefits for going up and down stairs if adding two sliding steel bars on both sides like the expensive one...
Have not got a chance to try moving heavy loads up the stairs yet

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I bought this hand truck about 8 years ago from HF and I have been very happy with it. Not sure it will take 700lb. load, but I used it for transporting bricks from my drive way to my back yard (bricks were stacked half way to top of handle) and it worked just fine. I have moved funiture, large potted plants, a washer & dryer and many other things with no problem. The wheels have always held up just fine. The only thing I don't like about it is that the tires loose air over time. But then, so does my bicycle! After 8 years of use, it still works great.

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Some of HF's dollies have solid tires, not ones you pump up. Go for solid wheels! If you don't use it often, you'll inevitably go to use it and find a flat tire, like a wheelbarrow.

I'm not talking about little plastic push lawnmower wheels. I mean solid rubber tires. They're fantastic.

Spend the extra to get the heaviest duty you can afford. Eventually you'll need it.

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I got one of these for free because the tires were flat. I aired the tires up and they have been holding for a month. I use this to move appliances around my house and picking broken appliances. I have used this for refrigerators, washing machines, and other misc. appliances and parts. The bad points are paint quality on these is not great, it seems to come off fairly easy. Also, it really doesn't seem to handle heavy loads over 350 lbs. well. Unless you are very strong trying to pick up a 500-600 item with a dolly is dangerous anyway. The best part of this dolly is the large tires that handle obstacles extremely well. I can over bumps, steps, or rough terrain easily with the large tires. Overall I think for [$] you will not find a better buy for moving the majority of things a homeowner or do-it-yourselfer needs to move.

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Not for heavy loads. But great for moving 100-300 LB things. Big wheels made moving things easy. If you want to move 400+ items buy an appliance dolly.

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Took the card board packing off it and the blue paint came off the tire fenders but no big deal because I was planing on rino coating the whole bottom so no big deal there tires need a little welding or just replace them, no big deal, haven't done yet but tire fenders need to be welded stronger and need more clearance from the tire. I used a 20% off so [$] was worth it.

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The wheels are the weak link. I welded 3 lengths of small rod to each wheel to act like spokes. It keeps the wheels from bending sideways!!

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The frame can handle 600 lbs. but the wheels CAN'T
Welds broke at the hub Thumbs \/ \/