The Mongo Mover from Deal Assoc. was first used to move chairs and folding tables for party rentals, but eventually found its way into the portable sanitation industry when an operator saw the device and realized its potential usefulness moving restrooms.
“The portable restroom customer contacted us and said how well the Mongo moved his restrooms, but it would be great if it were bigger,” says Dane Deal, owner of Deal Assoc. “The Super Mongo Mover for portable restrooms was born soon after.”
The Super Mongo Mover uses a four-wheel platform to balance large loads and make it easier to move bulky restrooms. “The operator is not carrying any weight and can even walk away when the restroom is tipped back, which we later learned is great for washing the roof,” Deal says.
“It was designed by starting with operators and what they needed,” Deal says. “Not everyone is big and strong, so we designed it to provide a lot of leverage so smaller people can tip back and move restrooms without help.”
The removeable alloy spring steel forks on the Super Mongo Mover are spaced 24 inches apart and are 48 inches long. The wheelbase is 35 inches wide, and the mover stands 82 inches tall when upright. It is designed to hold a maximum of 500 pounds.
“We know that hand trucks get abused,” Deal says. “Steel parts on the Super Mongo Mover are powder-coated and we made sure that only anodized aluminum touches the restroom to remove any chance of rust stains on restrooms.” The frame of the mover is made from aluminum with an open design, so when stored on a pumping truck it doesn’t get in the way of valves or hoses.
Models can be purchased with four, six or eight wheels and customers can choose air-filled or solid urethane foam tires. “The four-wheel model works great, but if an operator had to move a half-full restroom across a muddy lawn it could sink in and make ruts,” Deal says. “So, we redesigned the Super Mongo to accommodate more wheels to better distribute the weight over the ground if needed.
“We get pictures of operators wheeling restrooms up mountains in national forests to serve firefighters, and most often we get letters from family run operations where a 74-year-old grandpa, or 13-year-old was helping with the business and able to move restrooms by themselves,” Deal says. 336-599-3325; www.dealassoc.com
