workhorse detail cart

I have on of these... I received it as a gift.

Weight: 15-20 lbs. It is not overly heavy but it does have some weight to it.

It is a very sturdy and well made cart. It seems to handle anything I ask it to do. As of now i don't use it every time I wash my vehicles. Mostly because there is only room for 1 bucket and I do a 2BW. It sits nicely in the corner of my garage most of the time and allows me to stack my buckets and wet wash media on it for drying.

Where I seem to use it the most is when I am polishing or claying. It is nice to be able to sit and move around the vehicle. When doing this I use the bucket to store things like used towels and spray bottles. Clean towels go on the shelf. One slight annoyance with it is when claying mostly if I work my way down the side of a panel and want to back up to the front again; if you don't make sure you are pointed in the desired direction the cart will begin to turn into the vehicle on you. This is due to the castor layout. It is not really a big deal just one that is you aren't using it every day to get into a habit you tend to run into. I do it at least one every time... :redface:

:redcard: This is the one big problem for me though. The space between the shelf and the seat is not big enough to get most spray bottle to sit there. You must lay everything down, which is a mark against it to me. :redcard:

When polishing I find that is comes in handy when I am sitting or standing. The cart allows for me to have a place for my towels (clean / dirty), and polished or sprays, and a place to set my polisher that isn't on the ground. This is actually my favorite and best attribute about the cart. It is my rolling cabinet of all my products and tools. It also allow for me to have multiple polishers follow me around a vehicle without have to always walk back to a bench or table. :bigups

So depending on what you are planning on using it for it can be a big help and make things much easier. But keep in mind the sort coming as well.
 
Most auto parts store have a similar but less sturdy version for $25. It may say Autolite or STP on the seat but you can buy four for the price of that one. The cheapo one will put you on your backside but when it happens once you figure out not to do that again :D
 
TroyScherer said:
I have on of these... I received it as a gift.

Weight: 15-20 lbs. It is not overly heavy but it does have some weight to it.

It is a very sturdy and well made cart. It seems to handle anything I ask it to do. As of now i don't use it every time I wash my vehicles. Mostly because there is only room for 1 bucket and I do a 2BW. It sits nicely in the corner of my garage most of the time and allows me to stack my buckets and wet wash media on it for drying.

Where I seem to use it the most is when I am polishing or claying. It is nice to be able to sit and move around the vehicle. When doing this I use the bucket to store things like used towels and spray bottles. Clean towels go on the shelf. One slight annoyance with it is when claying mostly if I work my way down the side of a panel and want to back up to the front again; if you don't make sure you are pointed in the desired direction the cart will begin to turn into the vehicle on you. This is due to the castor layout. It is not really a big deal just one that is you aren't using it every day to get into a habit you tend to run into. I do it at least one every time... :redface:

:redcard: This is the one big problem for me though. The space between the shelf and the seat is not big enough to get most spray bottle to sit there. You must lay everything down, which is a mark against it to me. :redcard:

When polishing I find that is comes in handy when I am sitting or standing. The cart allows for me to have a place for my towels (clean / dirty), and polished or sprays, and a place to set my polisher that isn't on the ground. This is actually my favorite and best attribute about the cart. It is my rolling cabinet of all my products and tools. It also allow for me to have multiple polishers follow me around a vehicle without have to always walk back to a bench or table. :bigups

So depending on what you are planning on using it for it can be a big help and make things much easier. But keep in mind the sort coming as well.
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Thanks Troy !:yourrock
Awesome reveiw!


Do you think it sits too high for working on wheels and tires ?

Does it fold up ?

Thinking it may be too bulky to carry around for mobile jobs.
 
RTexasF said:
Most auto parts store have a similar but less sturdy version for $25. It may say Autolite or STP on the seat but you can buy four for the price of that one. The cheapo one will put you on your backside but when it happens once you figure out not to do that again :D
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Thanks Texas !
Will look at my local auto parts store too!
 
TroyScherer said:
I have on of these... I received it as a gift.

Weight: 15-20 lbs. It is not overly heavy but it does have some weight to it.

It is a very sturdy and well made cart. It seems to handle anything I ask it to do. As of now i don't use it every time I wash my vehicles. Mostly because there is only room for 1 bucket and I do a 2BW. It sits nicely in the corner of my garage most of the time and allows me to stack my buckets and wet wash media on it for drying.

Where I seem to use it the most is when I am polishing or claying. It is nice to be able to sit and move around the vehicle. When doing this I use the bucket to store things like used towels and spray bottles. Clean towels go on the shelf. One slight annoyance with it is when claying mostly if I work my way down the side of a panel and want to back up to the front again; if you don't make sure you are pointed in the desired direction the cart will begin to turn into the vehicle on you. This is due to the castor layout. It is not really a big deal just one that is you aren't using it every day to get into a habit you tend to run into. I do it at least one every time... :redface:

:redcard: This is the one big problem for me though. The space between the shelf and the seat is not big enough to get most spray bottle to sit there. You must lay everything down, which is a mark against it to me. :redcard:

When polishing I find that is comes in handy when I am sitting or standing. The cart allows for me to have a place for my towels (clean / dirty), and polished or sprays, and a place to set my polisher that isn't on the ground. This is actually my favorite and best attribute about the cart. It is my rolling cabinet of all my products and tools. It also allow for me to have multiple polishers follow me around a vehicle without have to always walk back to a bench or table. :bigups

So depending on what you are planning on using it for it can be a big help and make things much easier. But keep in mind the sort coming as well.
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Great review Troy!
 
detailchick said:
Thanks Troy !:yourrock
Awesome reveiw!


Do you think it sits too high for working on wheels and tires ?

Does it fold up ?

Thinking it may be too bulky to carry around for mobile jobs.
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It may be a little bulky for mobile detailing but it makes a great cart for being able to pull four products and tools around with you as you go.

It does not fold up. What you see is what you get.


It does sit a little high for working on cars and low profile tires, but on trucks it is nice. There are some good pics on AG for the height and use.

Link: Store detailing supplies, car waxes, polishes, towels, and wash bucket on the Workhorse Auto Detail cart.
 
I have the Napa version of this seat, that I don't use anymore. The wheels catch on everything unless your floor is flat, rock free and no cracks. What I have resided to using is a old armless office chair. It still can get caught on some things but not as much. The plus of this chair is it swivels and can adjust to heights depending on what I am working on. The minus is there is no spot for carrying anything but that's not a big deal to me.
 
TroyScherer said:
It may be a little bulky for mobile detailing but it makes a great cart for being able to pull four products and tools around with you as you go.

It does not fold up. What you see is what you get.


It does sit a little high for working on cars and low profile tires, but on trucks it is nice. There are some good pics on AG for the height and use.

Link: Store detailing supplies, car waxes, polishes, towels, and wash bucket on the Workhorse Auto Detail cart.
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Thanks Troy!

The AG picture was really helpful and sits a little higher then what I was looking for .......but I could still maybe make it work for me.

I might be able to put it inside one of my empty bins that I use for a makeshift shelf.

The wheels alsohave a wheel lock ...nice feature for working on inclines.

Ive seen some more reveiws on this and most people love this thing.
 
Beemerboy said:
I have the Napa version of this seat, that I don't use anymore. The wheels catch on everything unless your floor is flat, rock free and no cracks. What I have resided to using is a old armless office chair. It still can get caught on some things but not as much. The plus of this chair is it swivels and can adjust to heights depending on what I am working on. The minus is there is no spot for carrying anything but that's not a big deal to me.
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Whatever works!!:chairdance:D
 
Dear detailchick, Troy, Dave, & Friends

I just got off the phone with the inventor of the Pail Pal Detailing Cart, Rick Thibault. He makes a lot of other stuff for a different segment of the automotive industry and his efforts have been focused the other segment.

How did I get him on the phone? I emailed Pail Pal to ask about their double-bucket dollies. I suggested a double-bucket detailing cart, and the person replied with Mr Thibault's phone number.

As it turns out it's fairly simple to create our own double-bucket detail cart. I didn't understand him completely, but he suggested using a rubber bungee cord to hitch a single-bucket dolly behind the detail cart. If I recall correctly he said the solution involved four bolts and nuts and eight washers.

He is coming out with a gangable system for his single-bucket dollies, whereby you can make a train of buckets if you like. You know, it would be nice to have the wheel and tire bucket separate from the others.

He has other stuff in the works, too, but he can't commit to timing of product releases at this point.

He has four double-bucket dolly complete kits still available, though they don't show up on the Pail Pal website. Those kits include his Dirt Dropper, buckets, and Gamma Seal lids. I don't know what his price is.

It was exciting to speak with an industry insider and I thought y'all would want to know what I learned.
 
Thanks Jaddie for your post.I may end up Jerry rigging something of my own!

I think I will look around more as this workhorse cart is going to be too big for my mobile detailing.

I just did some
measuring and its not going to work out.

Im sure theres something similar out there for me thats smaller .

Thanks all!:yourrock


Im sure the info posted will help someone else who may want to purchase the workhorse!:bigups
 
GearHead_1 said:
Hey DC, you got me thinking a bit. I had always heard that term as "jury rigging". Now you've got me wondering if I've heard this incorrectly all these years.
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Usually I am the one getting things wong !

I looked it up and apparently both terms are used .So neither one of us is wrong! ;)

Would imagine the Jersy folks would sound like "jury" no matter whitch one they used. :D
 
Dear detailchick & Friends

Without looking it up, I'd guess that jerry-rigging is the correct term, and I bet it refers to German engineering. Jerry is slang for German.

When I get some time in a little bit, I'll look it up.
 
Jaddie said:
Dear detailchick & Friends

Without looking it up, I'd guess that jerry-rigging is the correct term, and I bet it refers to German engineering. Jerry is slang for German.

When I get some time in a little bit, I'll look it up.
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That is correct. A WWII holdover. "Improvised" would be the modern PC term.

Jury rigging is a different animal altogether.
 
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