In article , Trent©
wrote:

Does HD have a brake on their lumber carts yet?

Not mine, and it just opened in April.

Do other Lowe's
locations have that brake?

Sort of. Mine has the brakes, but none of them work.

Kevin

trent,

better stick to shopping at Lowes


dave

"Trent©" wrote:

About a year or so ago...before we had any Lowe's in my area...I was
shopping for lumber at Home Depot...as I'd often done in the past.

Trying to load a sheet of plywood was always a pain! It wasn't that
the sheets were too heavy or bulky to slide onto the cart. It was
that there was no brake on the cart...especially when unloading. When
you went to slide the plywood, the cart would move, too.

I mentioned to a manager at HD that they put some kind of a brake on
the cart...so that it wouldn't move when loading and unloading. I
haven't bought any big items like that since then from HD.

The other day, I bought 4 windows from Lowe's...and the clerk loaded
up the windows from the warehouse area out back and brought the cart
back to his desk...while I shopped for the small items I needed.

When I came back to pick up my windows...and push them to the front
cashier...I couldn't get the cart to budge. I asked the clerk...and
he said I needed to take off the brake!

Does HD have a brake on their lumber carts yet? Do other Lowe's
locations have that brake?

I wonder if my suggestion is what revolutionized the industry! lol

Have a nice week...

Trent

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Lowes has had the brakes here for 4 years or so in the Houston area... The
trouble with these carts now is that the wheels bump as you roll them. Flat
spots on the wheels from people pushing them with the brakes on. Actually I
never had a problem with unloading a cart with out brakes...I always thought
the brakes were to keep the carts from rolling into other cars in the
parking lot after they were abandoned.

"Trent©" wrote in message:
Does HD have a brake on their lumber carts yet? Do other Lowe's
locations have that brake?



The HD's in my area have had them for years or to be more precise, had them
years ago.
Any and all brake hardware on the carts has pretty much been nullified or
destroyed.
If you go to a new store(Lowe's or HD) you should see some working carts.

As Leon said, people push them with the brakes on. It can be slightly
entertaining to watch "brute force versus brakes".
I actually saw a couple pushing one across a parking lot like this. Strong
and determined, they were.

Trent© wrote:

About a year or so ago...before we had any Lowe's in my area...I was
shopping for lumber at Home Depot...as I'd often done in the past.

Trying to load a sheet of plywood was always a pain! It wasn't that
the sheets were too heavy or bulky to slide onto the cart. It was
that there was no brake on the cart...especially when unloading. When
you went to slide the plywood, the cart would move, too.

Carry a set of chocks. They'll also come in useful for tire changes.

"Trent©" wrote in message
...

I wonder if my suggestion is what revolutionized the industry! lol

The motivation probably came from their legal department. An escaping cart
could do a lot of damage to a car. Brakes haven't reached our little corner
of TN yet. I'll be happy when they do. Trying to keep the cart in place,
open the hatchback door and load the goods is 'way to athletic for me at my
age.
-- Ernie

Trent© wrote:

Does HD have a brake on their lumber carts yet? Do other Lowe's
locations have that brake?

FWIW, our Lowe's is old, and has always had brakes. The seldom work
correctly, but if you get there on a day when most of the carts are sitting
around unused, you can usually find one that does have working brakes.

The Despot, OTOH, is quite new, and AFAIK their stuff has never had brakes.

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Lowe's has always had brakes on their lumber carts as far back as I can
remember (which my wife will tell you isn't even as far back as yesterday).
Also, as a side note, the HEB store here (a grocery chain in Texas) even has
brakes on some of their baskets (the ones designed for carrying kids on a
built in bench).

"Trent©" wrote in message
...
About a year or so ago...before we had any Lowe's in my area...I was
shopping for lumber at Home Depot...as I'd often done in the past.

Trying to load a sheet of plywood was always a pain! It wasn't that
the sheets were too heavy or bulky to slide onto the cart. It was
that there was no brake on the cart...especially when unloading. When
you went to slide the plywood, the cart would move, too.

I mentioned to a manager at HD that they put some kind of a brake on
the cart...so that it wouldn't move when loading and unloading. I
haven't bought any big items like that since then from HD.

The other day, I bought 4 windows from Lowe's...and the clerk loaded
up the windows from the warehouse area out back and brought the cart
back to his desk...while I shopped for the small items I needed.

When I came back to pick up my windows...and push them to the front
cashier...I couldn't get the cart to budge. I asked the clerk...and
he said I needed to take off the brake!

Does HD have a brake on their lumber carts yet? Do other Lowe's
locations have that brake?

I wonder if my suggestion is what revolutionized the industry! lol


Have a nice week...

Trent

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