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    Question Gorilla Gripper - CarryMate - The Crazy Horse Dolly - or any other MDF panel carrier

    Hello,
    I am after a way to carry full sheets of MDF.
    Any (or all) of the following will do:

    Gorilla Gripper

    Carrymate (pair)

    The Crazy Horse Dolly - I think these were sold as kits and you supply some of the parts yourself?

    Any other way to move around heavy sheets / panels of MDF.

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    Over what type of surface, and how far???

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    I bought one of these, dirt cheap and it worked just fine on a load of 2.4 x 1.2 x 12.7 mdf sheets. Looks indistinguishable from the Gorilla Gripper from what I can tell.

    Plywood Panel Carrier Handy Gripper Wood Board Lifter Handling Tools AU Stock | eBay

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    I have two Grrippers, but don't use them any more.

    I now use a length of strap I found at the garden centre. Its hessian.

    A large loop is put in both ends, hooked over each bottom corner and it acts as a sling for both sides. One puts the centre on the shoulder with bent knees, straighten up and its dead easy.


    When I was making full-time, 18mm MDF was heavy AF after 20 sheets. The shoulder strap was BY FAR the easiest for walking the delivery into the shop and around Bunnings to the trailer. Putting one of the loops on each side stopped the board from flopping around, despite what is shown by this happy worker

    It ALSO made flopping the sheet onto the trailer very easy. With the Grripper one had to lift it up. Im a pretty strong bloke, but after a few sheets it buggers you out. Simply flopping it was a shoulder and back saver

    Tie down strap to easily carry plywood.jpg



    These are some other ways. I've made a little cart like this, but not yet used it.

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    I also found this method of lifting.

    The jig is dead easy. I'd mod it a bit so ones knuckles are away from the board, but you'll get the idea....

    I liked it as the length of the board is easily accommodated.


    My druthers? The looped-snatch-strap I use is both cheapest and best. I keep in in the car boot with a 30cm length of pool noodle for my shoulder. Takes up no room at all and I'll never forget it when going to pick up boards from the shop!


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    If you're doing a lot of sheets yes it does get tiring, but I find the gripper fantastic for getting sheets from the ute to the garage, then I use this little cart (yes a bit agricultural) I made from a cut up skateboard and a couple bits of scrap metal that works a treat to move them to their resting place. We recently used it for moving some 35mm thick mdf sheets, they weighed a ton!
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    I made a trolley similar to this one.

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    Mine is about 1m long and is wide enough so that it gets through the side gate but provided the sheets are stood close to upright it doesn't tip so I can leave it and go open gates etc. I used the 75mm rubber swivel wheels from my DC trolley. Not that I do it often but its HD enough to carry 3 sheets at a time.

    The downside is it takes up space so I need to modify it so it folds flat.
    Also not good at stairs- must try the strap method next time.

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    Thanks for all of the ideas guys.
    This is mainly to lift full 2400x1200 sheets of 16mm MDF, and a few 18mm.
    I thought about making a dolly type thing, but it has to go over some pavers with pretty big gaps between them, and the 4" casters I have on hand won't be able to handle them well.
    I might try the strap method first since it seems relatively simple and cheap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by guitr View Post
    Thanks for all of the ideas guys.
    This is mainly to lift full 2400x1200 sheets of 16mm MDF, and a few 18mm.
    I thought about making a dolly type thing, but it has to go over some pavers with pretty big gaps between them, and the 4" casters I have on hand won't be able to handle them well.
    I might try the strap method first since it seems relatively simple and cheap.

    I have the same problem with my pavers but fortunately that section is only about 3m long and on one side of the footpath so I lay down a couple of pieces of thin sheet metal (old advertising signs) My pavers further out the back are also "rough as" so the trolley rocks and rolls over this section but so far so good with getting sheets down the back.

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