January 28, 2016
Heavy-duty applications often call for heavy-duty casters. One of the biggest mistakes that people can make is choosing a caster that is not robust or sturdy enough for a certain task. Overloading a caster is one of the fastest ways to lead to excessive wear, unnecessary damage and potentially premature failure. When you are moving…
January 21, 2016
Casters are not always the first thing on everyone’s mind, but they can be the most important part of a chair or cart. Without casters you will not be able to move an item easily around, and with the wrong casters you can experience poor performance and even premature catastrophic failure of the casters. Casters…
When you need to find the right caster to meet a specific need, you can easily become overwhelmed with the variety of options. However, not every caster will meet the needs of every activity, which is why Douglas Equipment has forged partnerships with over a dozen different caster manufacturers so that we can always find…
January 14, 2016
Casters do an important job of helping you move loads around, and it is important that they work well based your unique needs. If your casters are not functioning at their highest performance levels,more effort will be required for you and your employees, and this can lead to aches, pains and even strain related injuries.…
If you need material handling equipment, but don’t have a fortune to spend on the many high priced retail alternatives, you will want to think about wholesale purchasing to suit your needs. Wholesale material handling equipment will give you better selection and cheaper prices on what you need, and with Douglas Equipment we have the…
January 5, 2016
Casters are made of different components, and not every caster is created equal. There are many things to consider in the caster construction and choice of wheel that will mean the difference between having a solution that works well for the task or one that is a disappointment. Knowing some of the considerations for proper…
December 31, 2015
If you need casters you can always go down to the local hardware store or renovation retailer and find what you need, right? This would be true if all casters were equal and could do any job, but this is simply not the case. Casters come with hard or soft wheels, brakes or no brakes,…
December 30, 2015
Purchasing the right material handling equipment for your warehouse or manufacturing facility is an important job, and no equipment is more important than drum handling equipment. In many ways inappropriate drum handling can cause many safety and material wastage problems, because if a drum falls from the equipment that is holding it, it can roll…
December 24, 2015
Sometimes you may have a piece of equipment break down unexpectedly, or suddenly need new equipment due to last minute requests. The bottom line is that in the warehouse business, there are times where you need to find equipment fast! If you are managing a warehouse, you need to have a trusted place to order…
December 23, 2015
There is nothing more annoying than installing the perfect casters onto your chair, cart or furniture only to find that you need to immediately remove them. The casters may look fantastic and even roll and function well, but if they are going to ruin your floors then they need to go! Replacing a floor is…
