A trolley for loading heavy and bulky loads such as a dead animal is of the two wheel type with an upper portion of the frame extending upwardly from the wheels and a forward portion of the frame projecting downwardly toward the ground and forwardly to engage the load. A separate frame portion carries a hand winch and a pulley so that a cable passes over the pulley and can extend downwardly over a covering sheet on the upper portion of the frame. The separate frame carrying the winch can be moved from a lower position on the rear of the upper frame portion to a raised position above the handles of the upper frame portion. The trolley can simply lift a very bulky load such as a dead animal onto the upper frame portion so that it can be wheeled away through relatively narrow alleyways.
A hand truck has a pair of horizontally spaced, vertically extending side rails connected laterally to form a hand truck frame which has a handle incorporated with the upper portion thereof. Unique axle supporting brackets fixed to the inner sides of the lower end of each side rail extend rearwardly to an axle and wheel mechanism for supporting the frame which has a nose plate. A brake disc rim is secured to each wheel and a brake actuator is mounted on the frame near the hand truck handle to operate normally slacked flexible cables which are trained around the discs and guided by a bracket secured mechanism.
A door positioning device for use in a ground surface having an elongated platform with an upper surface and a lower surface. The platform also includes a first end portion and a second end portion. At least one wheel is located at the second end portion of the platform while a brake mechanism is located at the first end portion. A brake is provided with an actuator at the first end portion and a cable and cam mechanism for activating and deactivating the brake member contacting the wheel of the second end portion of the platform. As support is also employed for aiding in the securement of the door on the upper surface of the platform prior to and during movement of the door to a desired position.
A transportation cart primarily for transporting deceased animals through the alleyways of a barn has a swivelling mast and boom mounted on the front section of a frame driven by powered wheels with a slide panel attached to the mast below the boom over which the object can slide as it is pulled by actuating a winch to be carried. A coupling is provided between the front frame section and a rear frame section with castor wheels for providing side to side movement of the rear frame section relative to the front frame section transverse to a longitudinal center line to provide ballast when the lifting is to one side and to provide manoeuvrability. The boom has an inner end mounted on the mast for pivotal movement about a transverse axis such that an outer end of the boom can be raised and lowered and the slide panel is movable from its inclined slide position below the boom to a raised stored position attached to an underside of the boom.
