A drum truck for handling a drum has a base. A wheel assembly is removably attached to the base. A post is removably attached to the base. The post has a handle. A breakover member is removably and operatively coupled to the base. The breakover member is configured to allow application of a foot pre
A drum truck for handling a drum has a base. A wheel assembly is removably attached to the base. A post is removably attached to the base. The post has a handle. A breakover member is removably and operatively coupled to the base. The breakover member is configured to allow application of a foot pressure to break over the drum truck from a standing vertical position to an angled position. At least one pair of toes is removably attached to the base and configured to support the drum. A drum restraint is removably attached to the post and configured to releasably secure the drum to the post.
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1. A drum truck for handling a drum, the drum truck comprising: a base having a first-axle through-hole therein and a second-axle through-hole therein spaced from the first-axle through-hole;a wheel assembly having an axle removably attached to the base;a post removably attached to the base, a lower
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A drum truck for handling a drum, the drum truck comprising: a base having a first-axle through-hole therein and a second-axle through-hole therein spaced from the first-axle through-hole;a wheel assembly having an axle removably attached to the base;a post removably attached to the base, a lower end of the post having a post through-hole therein;a breakover member removably and operatively coupled to the base, the breakover member configured to allow application of a foot pressure to break over the drum truck from a standing vertical position to an angled position;at least one pair of toes removably attached to the base and configured to support the drum; anda drum restraint removably attached to the post and configured to releasably secure the drum to the post,wherein the base has a centrally located opening through which the lower end of the post passes, andwherein the axle passes through the first-axle through-hole in the base, the post through-hole in the lower end of the post and the second-axle through-hole in the base. 2. The drum truck according to claim 1, wherein the breakover member is a backrest-breakover bar configured to allow the drum truck to be tilted such that the post is inclined at an acute angle relative to a horizontal plane and to be supported at the acute angle by the back rest-breakover bar and by the wheel assembly. 3. The drum truck according to claim 2, wherein the acute angle is between twenty-five degrees and thirty-seven degrees. 4. The drum truck according to claim 2, wherein the base comprises a base plate having a central opening and a slot below the central opening and the breakover member is a bar-like structure configured in the shape of a partial trapezoid comprising a first arm spaced from and parallel to a second arm shorter in length than the first arm and a third arm angled with respect to the first and second arms and connecting the first arm to the second arm, an open end of the first arm inserted through the central opening in the base plate and removably attached to the post by a releasable fastener, an open end of the second arm having an offset lip inserted in the slot in the base. 5. The drum truck according to claim 1, wherein the breakover member is a third-wheel breakover bracket removably and pivotably coupled to the base and configured to allow the drum truck to be tilted such that the post is inclined at an acute angle relative to a horizontal plane and to be supported at the acute angle by a pivot wheel caster pivotably attached to the third-wheel breakover bracket and by the wheel assembly. 6. The drum truck according to claim 5, wherein the acute angle is between twenty-five degrees and thirty-seven degrees. 7. The drum truck according to claim 5, wherein the base has a base plate with a central opening having an upper edge spaced from a lower edge and the third-wheel breakover bracket extends through the opening, is removably and pivotably attached to the post and pivots from a first position in which an upper surface of the third-wheel breakover bracket is proximal to the upper edge of the central opening to a second position in which the lower surface of the third-wheel breakover bracket is proximate to the lower edge of the central opening, wherein when the third-wheel breakover bracket is in the first position, the post is inclined at the acute angle relative to the horizontal plane and the drum truck is supported at the acute angle by the pivot wheel caster and by the wheel assembly. 8. The drum truck according to claim 5, wherein the base comprises a base plate having a central opening, the third-wheel breakover bracket comprises: a plate-like structure having a first end, a second end, an upper surface and the lower surface, the first end having a stop angled downwardly and a centrally located mount extending upwardly from the upper surface, and wherein the first end of the plate-like structure extends through the central opening and the post is removably and pivotably attached to the mounts by a removable fastener. 9. The drum truck according to claim 8, wherein when the third-wheel breakover bracket is in a first position, the upper surface of the third-wheel breakover bracket is in contact with the upper edge of the central opening and the stop is in contact with a forward-facing surface of the base plate. 10. The drum truck according to claim 1, wherein the handle is removably attached to the post and reversible. 11. The drum truck according to claim 1, wherein the base has a base plate having a first edge from which a first support extends generally forwardly and perpendicularly and a second edge spaced from the first edge and from which a second support extends generally forwardly and perpendicularly, each of the first and second supports having a mount and each toe of the at least one pair of toes has a first end configured to operatively engage and support a bottom of the drum and a second end removably attached to one of the mounts. 12. The drum truck according to claim 11, wherein the drum is a steel drum and the first end of each toe of the pair of toes has a generally rectangular shape with a forward taper to operatively engage the bottom of the steel drum. 13. The drum truck according to claim 11, wherein the drum is a polymeric drum and the first end of each toe of the pair of toes is a mirror image of the other and has a tongue offset by a downward step formed in the toe at an angle relative to the second end to operatively engage the bottom of the polymeric drum. 14. The drum truck according to claim 1, wherein the drum restraint is a chime hook assembly comprising: a collar slidable on the post and releasably mountable to the post at a plurality of locations along a length of the post; a restraint mount extending outwardly from the collar and configured to engage the outer surface of a steel drum and a hook configured to engage a rim of the drum. 15. The drum truck according to claim 1, wherein the drum is a polymeric drum and the drum restraint is a belt restraint comprising: frame having a channel slidable on the post and releasably mountable to the post at a plurality of locations along a length of the post by a removable fastener; and a belt mechanism housing a belt, the belt mechanism supported by the frame and configured to allow one end of the belt to be retractably extended around the drum, to be secured to the frame by a hook extending from the one end of the belt and inserted in a through-hole in the frame and to be tensioned to secure the drum to the drum truck. 16. The drum truck according to claim 1, further comprising kick stand removably attached to the base plate and having a leg biased in a retracted position and movable to an extended position enabling the drum truck to remain in an upright position supported by the pair of wheels and the leg. 17. The drum truck according to claim 1, wherein the base has a generally rectangular-shaped base plate having a first edge from which a first support extends generally forwardly and perpendicularly and the first-axle through-hole is in the first support, a second edge spaced from the first edge and from which a second support extends generally forwardly and perpendicularly and the second-axle through-hole is in the second support, a third edge extending from the first edge to the second edge and from which an upper plate extends forwardly and perpendicularly between the first support and the second support and a fourth edge spaced from the third edge and from which a lower plate extends forwardly and perpendicularly between the first support and the second support, the upper plate having the centrally located opening therein. 18. An arrangement comprising the disassembled components of the drum truck of claim 1, wherein the arrangement is shippable as a package having a package measurement less than about one-hundred thirty inches, the package measurement being determined by adding a length of a longest side of the package to a girth of the package, the girth being equal to about twice a width of the package plus twice a height of the package.
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Sprague John M. (Mt. Carroll IL), Projectile pallet truck.
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