| For most industrial facilities, the standard 55 Gallon | | | | An alternative to the plastic trolley comes in the |
| oil drum is one of the most useful and convenient | | | | form of the lightweight metal drum dolly. These |
| storage devices available. From waste disposal | | | | models feature either a steel or aluminum |
| through to materials storage, drums are a | | | | construction, hard wearing wheels made of either |
| convenient size and shape to serve many | | | | steel or hard rubber for smooth moving, and can |
| purposes, making them an essential addition to | | | | carry a weight of up to 1,200 pounds, making |
| the workplace. Unfortunately, there is a drawback | | | | them perfect for most factory floor uses. |
| of oil drums, and this is as a result of their | | | | If you have the requirement for a very heavy |
| greatest asset. Size. Thanks to their bulk and | | | | duty solution to moving waste products and other |
| weight when full, drums are unwieldy and tough to | | | | materials around the workplace, then an even |
| move around manually unless you use a | | | | more sturdy mode is available. The octo drum |
| convenient device called a drum dolly. | | | | trolley features 8 wheels and an even stronger |
| Although they are one of the most convenient | | | | construction for better support for weights up to |
| storage devices ever invented, the sheer | | | | 2,000 pounds. |
| unwieldy bulk of 55 gallon oil drums means that | | | | A variety of other niche models including tilting |
| they can be tricky to manipulate without the | | | | drum dollies for convenient unloading are also |
| correct tools, and due to the many different uses | | | | available to ensure that what ever your oil drum |
| that the drums have, it is important to consider | | | | movement needs, there is an affordable solution |
| what you will be using them for, and ensure that | | | | in place to give you the mobility you need at a |
| the correct drum handling equipment available in | | | | price that is attractive and justifiable. |
| order to make certain that staff are able to | | | | Ensuring that materials can be moves safely |
| move, fill and empty the drums in the correct | | | | around the workplace with a minimum of risk of |
| manner and with the emphasis on safety. | | | | spillage is essential in preventing as many |
| In their most simple form, drum dollies are a flat | | | | workplace accidents as possible. By suing drum |
| wheeled platform that the oil drum sits on so that | | | | dollies in order to move loaded drums around the |
| it can be moved easily around from one place to | | | | workplace, you will be able to ensure that liquids |
| another. The dollies are intended to be lightweight | | | | are not spilled thanks to the smooth action |
| but robust enough to carry a fairly heavy mass. | | | | provided by the hard wearing wheels. |
| Drum trolleys are available in a number of sizes | | | | Using a drum dolly rather than any of the available |
| and specifications to carry out a range of | | | | alternatives when it comes to moving oil drums is |
| different tasks as required. The lightest models | | | | probably the most cost effective and simple |
| feature an easy to clean polyurethane | | | | option in most workplaces. Although lifting gear will |
| construction with four hard wearing casters. | | | | still be required in order to move the drum into |
| Available in a range of different colors to allow | | | | place when full, and to hoist it off the trolley when |
| easy identification of materials, they can carry | | | | it is finished with, using the lightweight drum |
| weights up to 600lb, making them suitable for | | | | trolleys frees up other resources such as fork |
| most industrial materials. | | | | lifts, and other moving equipment for other tasks. |