handcarts

Wheeled cargo pushers

Handcarts are small carts pushed or pulled by hand rather than drawn by animals or powered by engines.

They serve to transport goods, luggage, or materials short distances: Vendors pushed handcarts through the market streets.

The Mormon pioneers famously used handcarts to cross the American plains when they couldn't afford wagons.

labor

pushcart

Manual wheeled vendor vehicle

load · trolley · dolly · cartage · muscle · sweat · laborer · lifting · carry · burden

vehicles

wheelbarrow

One-wheeled carrying cart

barrow · buggy · dray · rickshaw · travois · sack truck · dolly · carrier · two-wheeled · four-wheeled

Categories
Opposites
propulsion method

handcartsmotor vehicles

Engine-powered road transport

automobiles · trucks · lorries · forklifts · electric vehicles

scale and capacity

handcartsfreight trains

Rail vehicles carrying cargo

cargo ships · eighteen-wheelers · container ships · tractor-trailers · cargo planes

Family

handcart

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G