[159790] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Equipment Shuffing Cart Recommendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan Rawdon)
Mon Jan 21 15:12:37 2013
From: Ryan Rawdon <ryan@u13.net>
In-Reply-To: <20130121132705.dcf8f615c5d37e799a0a878c@nolatency.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:10:55 -0600
To: Michael Vallaly <nanog@nolatency.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jan 21, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Michael Vallaly wrote:
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> Anyone have any good recommendations for an equipment cart to shuffle =
IT/Telco equipment around between an office/colo ?
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> Id like something able to carry ~6 1U Dell servers at once, and maybe =
make it over an elevator gap without a running start. Collapsible would =
also be nice, if I can throw it in the back of a car once in a while is =
a big plus.
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> Thanks
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> -Mike
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http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202204471/h_d2/ProductDisplay?cata=
logId=3D10053&langId=3D-1&keyword=3Dfolding+hand+cart&storeId=3D10051
(Milwaulkee 150lb folding 2-wheel hand cart)
I've used one of these for the past couple years in datacenters and on =
city streets and it is very solid, especially given that price. There's =
also a larger version of it, not sure if HD carries it. Very well made. =
That said, my first one suffered infant mortality due to a defect in =
the plastic molding, but the second one has lasted a couple of years and =
some significant abuse without any signs of damage.=20
The only thing is that the bungee it comes with is worthless for =
anything beyond a lightly loaded milk crate, so pick up a set of bungees =
at the same time.=
