Here's One Troll You Can Actually Like
Written: Jun 05 '08 (Updated Jun 05 '08)
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Pros: easily moves large flat items; reduces damage to edges and corners
Cons: not so useful on rough surfaces
The Bottom Line: This is one troll that you'll come to value the first time you encounter it
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| scmrak's Full Review: The Troll Panel Handler - Model 49 |
It's not green-skinned with a shock of bright orange hair. It doesn't hang out on internet message boards with a string of bogus names. But it's still a TROLL - a Model 49 Troll Panel Handler, to be precise.
If you've ever put up a lot of drywall, you know the drill: you stack the blank 4'x8' (or 4'x10' or 12') sheets in a corner of one room and get to work. Then every time you need to put up a new sheet, you have to go back to the stack and muscle that awkward 44 pounds (one 4'x8'x½" sheet) across the worksite, dodging sawhorses and banging into door jambs (roughed-in, of course). Carrying the sheets is the problem: that size is just plain awkward.
What if you could move two or three sheets at a time? What if you could keep them upright instead of having to move them flat? What if you could keep the edges and the corners off the floor while lifting, moving, and laying down? You can: just use the Telpro Troll Panel Handler.
It's a simple tool: a narrow metal trough attached to a two-foot shaft with a D-shaped handle at the other end; the whole works set on a pair of five-inch heavy-duty in-line wheels. You just set up to three sheets of drywall in the trough (properly balanced, of course), and guide the rolling load across the room. The handle gives you a grip for lifting at thresholds and the like, while the large wheels handle scraps and loose screws without problems. The "shoe" is 1.75" wide, large enough for three sheets of half-inch drywall or a couple of sheets of ¾" plywood - even heavier than sheetrock.
On the upside:
• carries drywall, paneling, and plywood with aplomb - can be used for almost any large flat object, including doors and folding tables
• greatly reduces the frequency of chipped corners and damaged edges, does not mar edges
• weighs only five pounds, but carries up to 300 pounds
On the downside:
• D-handle small and set at a rather small angle
• of no help in moving objects across uneven surfaces, gravel, or lawns - surface must be relatively level
• can't tape drywall (neither can I)
Here's a tool from Telpro that'll help save your back while reducing the number of trips to the stockpile, and save the corners and edges of that drywall. Whether you're a DIYer remodeling the house, finishing out the basement or garage, or a handyman who (perhaps reluctantly) slings around the sheetrock, the Troll can make that job easier. Great for caterers and others who have to move lots of folding tables, too.
And the best thing? It'll never show up on the message boards pretending to be a reasonable human being...
Recommended:
Yes
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