Customer Reviews

Safco 4061 Hide-Away Aluminum Hand Truck

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I bought this item for transporting around 100-lb load. It works very well. However, the rubber on the two wheels emits strong pungent chemicals that give me serious headaches. I have to store it on my balcony and keep spraying Clorox. After weeks the smell was subdued a little bit. Buyers beware if you have little kids, animal, or sensitive house members.

This hand truck is light weight and very easy to handle. The platform is large. I've used it to move heavy (old crt style) computer monitors, moving boxes, yard waste recycle bags, etc. I am a 5 foot tall senior citizen and used this hand truck (with tie downs) to move all my belongings by myself from a second story apartment. It's compact size make it convenient to store in a closet or cupboard so it is always handy. The maximum weight I've moved is under 100 lbs. It is such a great tool I bought one for my sister, and just searched for it again for a friend. This hand truck is not meant for commercial use, and perhaps men capable of moving very heavy items would prefer a different product, but for women it is an excellent choice.

I ordered the Safco economy hide-a-way hand truck but was disappointed when I received it. It was much more light duty than I had hoped. If you were using it for uniform, not-too-heavy boxes, it would probably be fine. Since the loading platform didn't lock, it just wasn't useful for what I needed (moving small pieces of furniture). I returned the item.

i am still using this hand truck, i had some trouble, the nuts kept on falling down, i was thinking about returning it, then i decided to get some lock nuts since then i have no problem with it.

Very nice. Works well.

The photo doesn't show it, but the handle slides down the back of the truck for storage. It has a very solid latch to hold it in either position.

This model does not have the safety problem that the some other Safco models have. The "StowAway" model folds the wheels in, making the truck somewhat more compact to store, but swats you in the face when you load it. Very painful.

This "Hide-Away" model is designed properly so that when the toe plate is flat on the floor, the wheels also rest on the floor. You can see the difference if you compare the photos of the two models.

This model takes a little more room to store, but is safe. The wheels don't cause a problem when the truck is folded and in the car trunk anyhow.

It also opens with much less effort than the other models.

I have had this collapsible hand cart for more then 6 years and use it weekly. Because it is collapsible, it is not as ridged as a similar (non collapsible) hand cart of the same size. It is good for 100 pounds or less (not the 250 pounds it is rated for).

Very compact, looks like it won't rust. It has done everything we have asked it to do. Easy to slip the bottom edge under what you are trying to move and then tilt the item back on the frame to make the move. We are very pleased. We have gone back to buy one for each of our 4 grown kids.Safco Economy Hide-A-Way 250-Pound Capacity Hand Truck #4061

Within a few weeks of relatively light use, the nuts started to fall out. I replaced them all at my local hardware store for a couple of bucks. That did the trick, but the fact that it happened at all shows that Safco doesn't really care about making quality products.

But then, after about a year, the aluminum actually started to bend and even tear. I've never lifted more than 125lbs with this thing at once (half of what it's supposedly rated for)! It's mostly sitting in a closet when I don't need to travel.

I definitely can't recommend this hand truck for anyone who needs to move around more than 50lbs at a time, maybe, and I will be steering clear of Safco in the future.

SAFECO 4061 HAND TRUCK IS BAD! I FIND THE WHEELS TOXIC! TOXIC! DO NOT BUY AS THE ODOR WILL MAKE YOU SICK IF USED IN CONFINED SPACE OR TRANSPORTED IN SUV OR STATION WAGON! I CALLED SAFECO AND THEY WOULD NOT HELP WITH WHEELS THAT DO NOT HAVE THIS ODOR.