A cart retriever is an operated piece of equipment that has the ability of pushing up to 50 shopping carts. An electric tug is an electric piece of equipment designed to push and pull heavy carts and other pieces of equipment that have wheels and whose weight can be as high as 50,000 lbs. The retriever is a device used by the big shops and supermarkets to help gather the carts left outside the stores and through the parking lots. The mover is used by big companies who want to save money, but have to push and pull heavy wheeled gear.



An electric tug is a piece of compact machinery that is battery powered and can tow heavy duty machines that have wheels. Because it is easier to use and smaller than the first machines used to move other heavy machinery, the cart tug is better controlled by the operator. Thus there are fewer accidents in which a cart tug is involved and the repairs costs are smaller in terms of both the mover and the neighboring things. An electric tug has enough power to last from 8 hours to 16 hours depending on how much it is used. There is also an on board automatic charger. The maximum operating speed is 3 miles per hour and there is a safety stop switch that can shut down the machine thus greatly reducing the risk of injuries. The mover also has 2 speed controllers and tug power steering that can command the machinery to go forward or to reverse. The usual weight of steel used for traction is 900 lbs., but if necessary it can go as high as 1200 lbs. The mover has a safety light, a safety horn, and a tug push pad to protect both the apparatus and the tugged wheeled equipment.

If the mover is intended for heavy duty usage because of its high capacity of pushing and pulling extremely heavy machinery, the cart retriever is a piece of equipment designed to improve working conditions. Before the retriever was invented, the big shops that had carts used to hire a person or more to go around the parking lots and bring back all the carts. This meant both a lot of money and energy wasted on hauling around empty carts. With the invention of the cart retriever this job became easier and quicker to perform especially during unfavorable weather conditions. The retriever is attached at the end of a row of cart that can contain up to 50 carts and is controlled through a remote control. The retriever is easy to operate and it is safe.

The retriever can function both in forward or reverse position, and it reaches a speed of up to 3 miles per hour. Its speeds can be programmed and its battery is strong enough to operate for up to 12 hours without being recharged. There is an emergency stop button, a horn and a braking system, that make the retriever safe to use for the operator, the other customers and the cars from the parking lot. The machine can also be operated in manual mode if for example it has no shopping carts attached. This retriever is also great because it offers a seat, thus the operator does not have to walk all the time, but can pretty much drive at a slow speed around the large parking lots in order to return the shopping carts.