Pony Express 1061 Electric Tugger

The Pony Express 1061 is a compact walk behind electric tugger that hitches to the carts you already own and pulls loads up to 1,500 lb on a flat surface. Electro Kinetic Technologies builds it in Germantown Wisconsin for healthcare, manufacturing, entertainment, retail, pharmaceutical, food and beverage and linen and laundry work, wherever one person has to move a loaded cart down a corridor without shoving it by hand.

The body is 24.5 inches wide, so it threads through tight hallways, corridors and manufacturing aisles. Hitch reach adjusts from 39 to 54 inches to suit carts of different lengths, and the ergonomic tiller head sets to the right height for each operator with thumb wheel controls for speed and direction. The 1061 uses the exchangeable Pony Express hitching and hook system, and when a cart needs something different the EK Tech engineering team designs the hitch or hook to match it.

Power comes from a 35 Ah deep cycle AGM pack that gives 8 hours of operation and recharges in approximately 4 hours from the internal UL, cUL and CE listed smart charger on any 120 or 240 VAC outlet. Deep cycle AGM cells last over two times as long as standard AGM batteries, and an illuminated charge indicator on the control head shows the state of charge at a glance. Two speed ranges cover 0 to 1.5 mph on the low setting and 0 to 3.0 mph on the high setting, and the incline rating is 30 degrees with de-rated load capacity.

Safety sits in the controls. Dead man operation brings the unit to a controlled stop the moment the operator takes their hands off, an emergency belly button switch is within thumb reach, an operator controlled 68 dB horn warns people ahead, and an automatic holding brake keeps a parked cart from moving on an incline. Running noise stays under 65 dBA, so the 1061 belongs on a hospital floor as much as on a plant floor. Need more pull? The Pony Express 1061-HD moves 2,000 lb and the Pony Express 1065 moves 5,000 lb.

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