Quoted from Nokoro:Ah, thanks. I should have mentioned that I don't intend to move a pin by myself. I would always have one or two buddies to help. I still want a decent but not expensive hand truck to smooth the process of getting it up and down the stairs. I've tried the carrying method, and it is not fun.
Do people have an opinion as to whether it is better to get one with big wheels or one with a stair belt? It sounds like the stair belts on the cheaper models don't last, so perhaps I'm better off getting one with big wheels . . . .
All 3 of my appliance dollies have seen more games than just about anyone will ever move . Every game goes up and down a 3/4ths flight of stairs coming in and out of my game room. I own the one sold by harbor freight, one by Harper, and one by Amazon listed above. Never once had a issue with the tred.
The tred allows me to slide a full game down the stairs myself (me at the bottom). The tred also allows me to pull it up myself.
I would never get one of those big wheel trucks. No balance. No straps. No stability.