Steerable Skates

Steerable Skates

Do you need to move loads pretty often? Have you incurred a serious back injury while shifting or lifting loads? In both situations you must look for ways that will make moving, lifting, carrying or shifting heavy objects easier for you. You must remember that if carrying heavy items is a regular thing for you, you are extremely susceptible towards developing injuries that are hard to treat, especially if you don’t use the right ways of moving or carrying heavy objects. One way of avoiding injury to your back muscles and ligaments is moving heavy objects with the help of lifting tools. What are lifting tools? Lifting tools are machineries that will help you to lift, shift and place heavy items with minimum effort. When it comes to lifting tools, the one type that has gained maximum popularity is the load skate.

With load skates, you will be able to lift heavy items either by using a jack or a roller crowbar; these two moving options allow the user to position the device without much effort. You can use this lifting tool type whenever you need to shift heavy objects from one place to another.

Often while moving heavy objects, we end up damaging the floorings of our abode. Such things will not happen when using load skates for moving heavy items. One of biggest advantages of using load skate is its rollers. The nylon rollers of a load skate have large diameters, which ensure that the weight of the object you are carrying is spread evenly. Thus, the costly floorings of your house do not experience extra pressure on any particular area and remains damage free.

When we purchase a device, the first thing that comes to our mind is whether or not we’ll be able to maintain it properly. With load skates, you will not need to worry about such things. If you purchase load skates belonging to a reputable brand, you will get pieces that nee minimum maintenance for staying in perfect shape for years.

Now, you know what load skates are. Next, let us introduce you to a popular variety of load skates, the steerable skates. Steerable skates are available in various models namely ST30, ST60 and ST120. The section below will inform you about the basic specifications of these three steerable skate models.

ST30: Use this lifting device, when you need to move objects weighing 3 tons or less. The ST30s possess four rollers, each of the size of 85×90. The skate height, breadth and length of a ST30 are respectively 115 mm, 250 mm and 300 mm. The overall body weight of the device is 30 kg.

ST60: The ST60 possesses the ability of carrying loads of up to 6 tons. It comes with 8 rollers; the size of each roller is same as that of the rollers included in the ST30. ST60’s body weight is 38 kg and its length, breadth and height are 360 mm, 220 mm and 115 mm respectively.

ST120: You can use ST120s for lifting objects weighing up to 12 tons. The device weighs 65 kg but have dimensions similar to that of the ST60. Like ST60, the number of rollers included in ST120 is also 8; however, the size of each roller of ST120 is: 85×85.