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Transport Waste and Recycling Safely with Waste Container Movers

According to the Clean Air Council, “In 1960, each person in the US only generated 2.68 pounds of waste. In 1970, the figure was 3.25. However, Americans’ recycling has improved since 2000, when the average American generated 4.65 lbs of waste per day, and only 29% was recycled.” Whether the objects we’ve used are being thrown away or being recycled, they need to be safely transported from where we live to other facilities.

DJ Products is the world leader in providing battery-powered cart pusher and assist tug puller solutions to the manufacturing, hospital, distribution, and retail industries.
Many of our motorized carts are used in flat surfaces, but workers using our dumpster mover may need to move a dumpster or other large container on an incline. Safety is paramount in all situations where workers need to transport heavy objects but even more so if there is an incline involved. Employees that have to manually push a heavy trash or recycling container up large inclines to the street may become injured due to overexertion. You can prevent this when you invest in a DJ Products battery powered waste mover. In fact, our dumpster movers could make a task that might have once required three or four employees into something that one employee can do on his or her own.

A DJ Products WasteCaddy waste container mover has a powerful 36-volt motor can maneuver dumpster from 500 lbs. to 10,000 lbs. Our dumpster mover can help prevent employee injury throughout the year as employees move heavy containers on flat surfaces or inclines and if there is a need to push or pull a dumpster over asphalt and throughout snow and ice.

Move Construction Waste Efficiently with a DJ Products Dumpster Mover

Building something new often requires getting rid of what was there before. Working on construction and renovation projects means that you are likely to encounter a lot of debris and waste that needs to be disposed of properly. It can be difficult to progress if your workers have to navigate debris to complete their tasks. One way that you can make the work go faster and prevent workers from being injured doing cleanup, you can use a dumpster mover from DJ Products.

DJ Products’ WasteCaddy dumpster mover pulls heavy trash and recycling containers and dumpsters, turning a three or four person job into one that one person can handle. Rather than have your employees manually push large dumpsters, possibly causing injury due to overexertion, a DJ Products battery powered waste mover can push or pull heavy dumpsters or trash bins over asphalt and through snow and ice.
The compact, ergonomic design allows the WasteCaddy dumpster puller to maneuver in tight areas, so you don’t need to worry that it will be too bulky for construction and renovation projects in small areas. For example, you can move a dumpster through a small alley or among other heavy equipment.
Moving debris and waste is a part of the work you do but it is not where you want to concentrate your efforts. This part of your projects can be made much more efficient with
an ergonomically designed dumpster mover. You can see to it that dumpsters full of waste are moved quickly and without taking away too many workers from more important tasks.

Call us at 800-686-2651 to learn more about the WasteCaddy and our other ergonomic material handling solutions.

A Dumpster Mover Can Be a Lifesaver in the Summer Heat

DJ Products makes material handling solutions to eliminate strains and pains that can come as a result of pushing heavy loads using carts and other wheeled equipment that was not designed to work in concert with the human body. Many of our applications are used inside of warehouses, hospitals, hotels and other facilities that may offer air conditioning to counteract summer heat.

However, if your employees need to move waste containers, compactors and dumpsters, there is a good chance they will be doing this work outside, under the hot sun. So, in addition to helping protecting an employee from musculoskeletal strain, a DJ Products Dumpster Mover or Waste Container Puller will help them to not overexert themselves when the temperatures rise. Our powered movers are designed to aid in making work efficient so your employees will have a reduced risk of heat stroke and exhaustion since they will not be pulling and pushing heavy dumpsters or other waste containers using their own strength or poorly designed carts.

One of our dumpster movers or waster container pullers can turn a three or four person job into a one person job, whether the application is needed in an apartment building, a condominium complex, a shopping mall, hotel, or an office or manufacturing complex. And having a material handling solution such as this will also be of great benefit if it is necessary to push a trash container up an incline, be it a sidewalk or a ramp to get into a building.

To learn more about material handling solutions and to hear about how we can customize them for your specific needs, contact one of our Sales Engineers at 800-686-2651.

Reducing Strains, Aches and Pains

The biggest danger in the workplace may not stem from the loudest crash or ugliest fall, though these instances can cause injury they are pretty rare when compared the injuries relating to the use of poorly designed material handling equipment.

Many distribution center managers understand that the use of forklifts and powered carts makes their workers jobs easier, but they fail to realize that easier may not always be safer.  In order to prevent overuse and repetitive stress injuries the equipment that your employees are using needs to be ergonomically designed.

All of the battery powered lifts and carts offered by DJ Products are designed to move without putting any undue stress on your employees’ bodies and they also put the material in the best possible position for lifting.  This keeps nagging aches and strains, which can ultimately result in the need for time off, to a minimum at the same time as increasing the staff’s overall productivity.

Operating your facility with equipment that forces your employees to strain to get the job done or that puts their bodies in uncomfortable positions while completing everyday tasks puts everyone at risk for injury.  This can lead to more absences, lower productivity and higher rates of workman’s compensation claims costing your operation quite a bit of money in the long run.  By upgrading to the highly efficient, battery powered equipment from DJ Products you can all but eliminate these risks from your workplace and you can greatly improve the physical portion of the job for your employees.

Outdated equipment can put your employees and your productivity in jeopardy, and though a material handling equipment upgrade will have an initial investment – the benefits of healthy and more productive employees are well worth the cost.

Make Power Moves with Power Pullers

When people talk about someone having “pull” in an informal sense, they mean that the person has the power and influence to attract or draw resources towards them. People who have “pull” are able to exert this influence effortlessly.

In contrast, being able to have “pull” a warehouse or hospital setting often requires a lot of effort. And there are times when that effort can cause injury. A DJ Products CartCaddyLite Shorty power puller is a battery powered tug designed with enough power to maneuver carts through confined environments where tight maneuverability is of a huge concern. You can use it to help transport dollies, hand trucks, linen carts, hospital carts, maintenance carts and even hospital beds. Even though these carts are typically less than 1500 lbs. and usually maneuvered manually, pulling them can cause considerable strain. If our battery power puller is used, risks of fatigue and injury to valuable workers can be reduced.

With the CartCaddyLite Shorty, there is no need to jackknife or manually turn the front of your cart because once you attach the arm to your carts or equipment, the puller can pivot a full 180 degrees under the arm.

Power Pullers and Power Movers from DJ Products give employees the “pull” they need to get their work done without straining muscles and risking injury. And giving your employees the right tools can boost morale in a way that gives you more “pull” as well.

Avoid Warehouse Injuries with Power Tuggers

If you have employees that work in a warehouse, you are probably well aware that often warehouses end up with very little profit margin. A large number of products must be moved for a business to profit. At the same time, each movement an employee makes in a warehouse setting subjects him or her to injury. Employees have to make many movements, including the kind of repeated movements that lend themselves to injury. Having even a few employees missing because they are injured get gets in the way of productivity.
When you have a number of employees who are needed to move a lot of items and such repeated movements can lead to injuries that threaten to decrease productivity and profit margins, you need to find ways to ensure that your employees avoid injury.

Industrial power pullers can help your employees complete their work and minimize stress and strain. Our smaller material handling solutions like the CartCaddyShorty can push or pull carts up to 3,000 points, while larger CartCaddy cart movers can push or pull loads of up to 50,000 pounds.

These carts can carry a variety of items, such as a bin full of washers, a flat bed of steel, or a cart full of cookie dough. Regardless of the parts or equipment being pulled or pushed, our battery-powered tuggers have the power to push or pull almost any heavy cart.

In addition to helping employees complete this work safely, our power tuggers are also good for overall productivity. A single employee can now negotiate heavy carts, which previously had required multiple operators to maneuver.

Improve Warehouse Fulfillment with Powered Tugs

Employees who work in warehouse fulfillment need to locate items and get them ready to ship, loss and unload items, operate material handling solutions, among other duties. You are probably very aware of what these employees do. Much of their work is physical but it also involves the intellect. They need to check inventory to see that it matches up with purchase orders or packing slips, sometimes they need to count inventory and depending on the system at your workplace, they may need to interact with vendors and customers. At the very least, they need to interact with their fellow employees.

Material handling solutions are not just about saving wear and tear on the body; they also prevent the mind from being too worn out. Out-of-date machines that have to be carefully maneuvered to avoid injury or somehow jerry-rigged so they won’t fall apart can cause a lot of anxiety. If your employees work constantly with the nagging fear that the machines they are using are close to the breaking point this may put them on edge. And if they have been injured on the job but don’t want to tell anyone, the aches and pains they feel will compete with the mental processes they need to go through to get orders fulfilled correctly.

DJ Products offers a host of ergonomic material handling solutions, including powered cart pullers and warehouse tugs to protect body, mind, and worker morale. Feel free to contact one of our Sales Engineers at 800-686-2651 to discuss which of our products would be best suited to your warehouse operations.

Empower Your Employees with Power Tugs

Our power tugs push or pull almost any heavy cart, making work more efficient and much safer. Your workers may be tempted to do this work on their own but they risk injury when they do this. Just because a cart has wheels doesn’t mean that you can safely move it on your own. A DJ Products power tug has the power to push or pull almost any heavy cart. A single employee can now move heavy carts, which previously had required multiple operators to maneuver.
Ergonomically designed, the most common application of our powered tugs is using them to move carts with two front swivel casters and two straight casters, While they can help maneuver carts in small spaces our powered tugs are not lightweights when it comes to helping workers transport heavy loads. Even our smallest powered tug, the CartCaddyShorty Power Tugger can carry a variety of items such as a bin full of washers, a flat bed of steel, or a cart full of cookie dough.

While your employees may enjoy feeling invincible because they can move heavy carts on their own, what they may really be doing is causing unnecessary strain. When you opt for ergonomically designed powered carts and powered tugs from DJ Products, you may see an increase in morale because you have made it possible for your employees to work more efficiently. This, plus the reduced chances for injury, will also create good feelings among your workers.

Call 800-686-2651 to learn more about how our products can make work go more smoothly at your workplace.

A Powered Carpet Dolly Helps Get the Job Done

If your business involves moving large carpets or similar objects that are heavy and cylindrical, you could probably use some help if your employees have been shouldering the burden of moving these things on their own. A power carpet dolly from DJ Products can load and move an object that is up to 1000 pounds. How is this possible? Its unique tilt and power forward action allows this to happen.

The CarpetCaddy powered carpet dolly has a conveyor lip that you can tilt forward to meet the carpet’s edge. The operator can then slowly move the CarpetCaddy forward while at the same time operating the conveyor backwards. The carpet’s weight will level out so that it rests on the CarpetCaddy and is ready to be moved. A similar set of actions in which the operator almost reverses the previous steps will unload the carpet at its desired location.

Notice we mentioned a single “operator” in the previous steps. This powered carpet dolly makes the loading of a carpet roll, a mat, or a rug from a warehouse to the jobsite an effortless job for one person. Traditionally 2 or 3 individuals would be needed to load a heavy carpet roll on their back or on a cart or dolly. This will not only allow installations and other work that involves moving carpet to process faster, it will also reduce the chances that one or more of your employees will get injured transporting carpet. During a typical carpet removal or installation, there are ample instances where someone might twist the wrong muscle, hurt their back or do some other physical damage that would require time to heal.

Prevent Back Pain with a Power Puller

When your employees pull or tug on carts and dollies that are too heavy the result can be pain, back strain, and a number of other injuries. WebMD categorizes these injuries as:

Sudden (acute) injuries: These kinds of injuries are “sudden and severe” and include things like compressed nerves, ligament and muscle injury, spine fracture and torn or ruptured discs. Although WebMD notes that the “pain from an acute injury usually does not last longer than 6 weeks,” that is quite a long time to be hurting if you need to perform physical labor for work. And it is possible for a worker to become re-injured during that time.

Overuse injuries: With these, an employee may not remember a specific incident such as ‘throwing his/her back out,” but the pain stiffness and muscle spasm are certainly memorable, lasting 4 weeks if there is no treatment.

Material handling solutions such as a DJ Products power puller is an invaluable for preventing the injury and re-injury that can occur when employees strain their backs. Wheeled equipment such as dollies, hand trucks, linen carts, and hospital carts may be overloaded or the weight on them may not be distributed evenly. This is where a CartCaddyLite Shorty power puller comes in handy: it’s designed with enough power to maneuver carts with less than 1500 lbs. through confined environments where tight maneuverability is of a huge concern. You don’t want your employees to injure themselves or end up with tipped over carts.

Contact one of our Sales Engineers at 1-800-686-2651 to learn more about power pullers and our other useful material handling solutions.