Tag: Cart Mover

Welcome to the DJ Products, Inc. Blog

Welcome to the DJ Products, Inc. blog! We specialize in ergonomic material handling products geared to take the pain and strain out of moving heavy carts, equipment and materials. We pride ourselves in providing material handling solutions that are maneuverable, safe and cost effective. Our goal is to minimize the wear and tear on your personnel, your product AND your bottom line.

Our products are used in manufacturing and distribution settings including heavy and light industry, warehouses, fulfillment centers, the automotive industry pushing stalled vehicles with our Car Pusher and more. Our products can be used to pull RV’s, trailers, boats, generators, wheeled equipment — anything with a ball coupler or pintle hitch tongue called our Trailer Mover. You’ll also find our products in use at car dealerships, hospitals, the hospitality industry, groceries, big box stores and the retail industry.

DJ Products cart pusher, cart mover, caddies and lifts offer superior operating flexibility, allowing them to be used in a greater number of applications than standard material handling equipment. Our products are battery powered “walk-behind” units that provide maximum operator control, even in tight, difficult spaces. Our ergonomically designed products reduce employee injuries, promote easy and frequent use, and eliminate the use of more costly and cumbersome equipment ill-suited to the task.

Join us in this space for news, discussion and insight on topics that impact your business, including:

  • How you can improve the ergonomics and safety of your workplace when moving products and materials.
  • New products and trends in material handling.
  • OSHA regulations and how they impact your business and employees.
  • Innovative material handling solutions to common problems.
  • New ergonomic findings and trends in material handling.
  • Pallets vs. carts: parameters for making an informed decision.
  • Benefits and information on implementing an ergonomic health and safety program.
  • Safety tips for manually moving objects.
  • Evaluation of market products including carts, casters, caddies, etc.

If you’re looking for up-to-date, useful information on material handling solutions, bookmark the DJ Products blog and check our new posts frequently. DJ Products: Changing the way you move materials and equipment.

Heavy Duty Jobs Require Heavy Duty Cart Movers

There are plenty of industrial and manufacturing settings where employees are subject to handling exceedingly heavy loads of material or large pieces of equipment.  Even if those instances don’t occur on a daily basis, manually moving loads weighing several tons can drastically increase the chance of injury.

In order for any work environment to be as safe as possible, employees need to have access to equipment that was designed to help with the required tasks.  The CartCaddyHD battery powered cart mover from DJ Products is designed to quickly and safely allow a single employee to move large loads over significant distances.

This heavy duty battery powered cart mover attaches easily to carts with two straight casters and two front swivel casters and is capable of pushing or pulling loads of up to fifty thousand pounds.  Moving a cart loaded with that much weight would very likely occupy several employees for an extended period of time, but the CartCaddyHD allows a single employee to get the job done quickly.

The CartCaddyHD battery powered cart mover has a long lasting battery designed to run for an entire shift on a single charge.  This helps to increase employee productivity even further by eliminating interruptions caused by needing to refuel or recharge.

The CartCaddyHD has excellent traction and great power to handle heavy loads, but it is surprisingly quiet during operation.  This increases employee safety by allowing the operator to clearly hear what is going on around them and minimizing the chance for accidents.

Many industrial and manufacturing jobs are associated with a high risk of injury.  Having the right type of equipment available, like a heavy duty battery powered cart mover, can help to create a safer work environment and increase productivity.

A Shopping Cart Retriever Can Make Holiday Shoppers Happier

It seems as if the holiday shopping season begins earlier each year so it is never too soon to make sure that you and your employees are ready to accommodate your eager but possibly stressed out customers. One thing to have at the ready is a DJ Products Shopping Cart Retriever, a labor-saving device for gathering and recycling carts from your parking lot.

Locating carts: On especially busy days, people become frustrated if they cannot find a shopping cart because all are taken. It is likely that there is one available but if it hasn’t been rounded up and returned to the store yet, you could potentially lose out on valuable sales.

Loss Prevention: Shopping carts cost money and anything that disappears from your property—be it merchandise or a shopping cart— affects your bottom line. Some people will take carts on purpose, while others may just forget to return a cart (like a Pennsylvania man who intended to steal a computer but ended up being arrested for stealing a shopping cart instead.) Bringing carts back into the store quickly minimize theft.

Safety: Whether the ground is bare or covered in snow and ice, stray carts can make a parking lot less safe: the wind can blow a cart into a person or into a car; someone who isn’t paying attention may back into a cart; an abandoned cart can block a parking spot and cause confusion. Plus, the faster an employee can gather the carts, the better. Instead of having employees outside in all kinds of weather dodging cars to retrieve and corral carts, they can use a cart retriever to steer a line of up to fifty shopping carts back into your store.