RockNRoller R12RT (All-Terrain)

I've used this for a few years now , and as a weekly gigging musician , pulling in PA and guitar amps it is pretty indispensable.
I previously used a "sack barrow" but the castors didn't perform so well on some rough car parks, and cobbles.
Criticisms . . . The brakes are not so great , they work on the front wheels which will sort of lock , but with a good weight on the trolley you still get some unpredictable movement.
Load - over time my pull handles have bent , probably when faced with small door sills , I keep meaning to whip them off and straighten in a vice , but it ain't so bad.

As a one man band , with carefully loading , I can roll into a venue and get the bulk of the boxes in , and then bring stands , bags and guitar gigbags in.

I use it to haul - either 2 sets of LD Maui 28 , or 2 Yamaha dsr 15,s
Plus one flightcased mixer , one flightcases pedal train junior , one guitar cab 1x12 and 2 stairville power led bars , which forms a fairly flat load with platform not fully extended , I can then put a tubemeister and cable bag on top , with minimal risk of toppling , albeit the load will be stacked to a height of 5 feet

It saves time and multiple trips - but is probably pricy for what it is- but mine has lasted 250 or so gigs , without any serious wear and tear , so if anything happened to it , I would buy another !

I can use it on stage as a platform for the mixer , by reducing base size, and then flipping onto one side , with the wheels facing to back of stage ,and placing mixer and lid on top as a sort of cantilevered arrangement .

Having had lots of poor transport options before, now our band has started gigging a lot more, and with a lot more gear, we've upgraded everything. After looking through loads of options we thought this RockNRoller cart was big enough for most of our kit and we went with the All-Terrain wheel version since there are still some awkward entrances at smaller venues when you're forced to park up on uneven, badly lit surfaces out back.

The whole idea of this sort of cart is great. Unfortunately the build quality must have dropped recently as I'm not sure how everyone can give it such high scores. Rather than having a simple latching system to set up and down, the sections use really poor cables to deform the metal and the support struts simply don't fit. We ended up having to bend the metal struts with pliers to get the cart set up and it's very poorly designed in that the folding sections don't quite fit together neatly so they always stick out and swing wildly into part position when in storage. You can easily smash something or slice your finger open.

Given the price I was expecting a bit more in the quality control department. It's still a very good idea and it does work better than many of the equipment trollies that are designed for factories and people with big warehouses - unfortunately given how poor this one was put together and some really stupid flaws with latching it's probably not worth the money.

I?ve had the RockNroller for over two years now and I must say I?d be lost without it. I?m a solo act and every gig requires the following: 2 x EV ELX118p?s, 2 x EV ELX 115p?s, 2 x EV ELX112p?s, 1 stand bag, 1 lighting case, 1 cable bag, 1 x mic & digital equipment case, I x mixer case.
All of these stack on this trolley and (though it?s a bit of a weight) I can wheel all of this in on a level surface. Split the load in two and I can pull it up steps, across grass and gravel and manoeuvre cambers and bumps. It?s been dropped and battered and severely punished and it still glides along brilliantly. It?s adjustable in size (you can shorten it to fit in small elevators or stretch it out for big loads). Storagewise it?s a dream (it folds away and would almost fit in an airplane overhead compartment).
I would grind to a halt without it. Every act or band should have one of these.
Put it this way.... I can?t see it failing very soon... if it does I?m buying another.

I have had this item a couple of years and it has been very invaluable for saving time, leg work and your back. I work solo so have to do all the lifting. Some gigs especially outdoor events you have to take your equipment some distance often on rough or uneven ground, this manages it easily even carrying heavy loads. You can extend it to twice its length so you can carry a huge amount on it, the only thing you have to be careful of is if you load it up with too many items not having sides on the trolley items can slide off but that's common sense & you could strap them on.
Definitely worth getting if you cart a lot of gear around or as a solo musician were you don't like doing too many trips between the van & venue encase equipment gets stolen, also when you are trying to juggle your way around drunk punters. They also have a good backup of spare parts.

Now for the negative
The trolley is made of fairly heavy steel (wish it was lightweight aluminium) so if you have to lift it on the back of a high van is hard work also the wheels get in the way spinning around(a bit to big to keep in a car). It has a wheel brake which is pretty much useless so if you load up on a hill make sure you put something in front to stop it rolling down the hill with your valuable equipment while running someone over. The bars that you pull it along with are fairly thin metal and bends easily then pulling heavy loads. It's easy to bend back but this should be more solid. You can configure the trolley like a sack trolley but I would not trust theses bars not to bend. Also I bought the top & bottom shelf for this unit & the top shelf does not line up properly on one of the corners.
But these are really minor points to the advantage it gives you. If it was lost or stolen I would get another one as now would be lost without one of these trolleys
Have had to replace the handle as it bent so many times pulling loads you can get a replacement handle in the UK from liftmate.co.uk

This is the second trolley I have bought from Thomann.
I bought a Millenium Go Kart Truck XL (£75) and after a lot of hard work ( I gig 4/5 times a week) it died after 3.5 years.
Because the amount of use my trolley gets, and often over cobbled pavements ( I live is Spain), I have now got the RocknRoller R12RT and it is excellet - the larger front wheels are much better for my use HOWEVER it is double the price of the Millenum .... so if you are only using a couple of times a week over smooth surfaces then I'd go for the Millenium if you want a tougher trolley then go straight for the RockNRoller.

Well, I really loved this cart.
As a DJ I used it non stop, It was nice to handle, everyone that saw this cart just wanted to buy it. It was to me the Transformers of carts.
But all of that changed. Yesterday, while using it in a normal use (2 flight cases for dj equipment and dj trolley bag) one of the wheels just broke while using it.
I always thought that the build quality wasn't that great but now i know it for sure.

Pros:
folded nicely
got handles in both direction
doesn't care for small bumps or stuff like that
works on all terains


Cons:
heavy
low build quality
the cable to fold the handles is quite annoying
the brakes are useless
sometimes one of the front wheels just wiggle and doesn't move smoothly

I have two sides to my life - a musician and a filmmaker - both require me to move large amounts of heavy equipment.

I didn't invest in a trolley for years because the traditional trolley for filmmakers (the Magliner) is pricey (10x the cost of the RockNRoller) and I could never quite justify it.

Then a colleague recommended the RNR - I've never looked back - it's amazing. I honestly can't believe I lived for so long without one.

It's bulky - even when folded - and it's not the lightest thing, but on balance it's a price worth paying to reduce the number of trips and to save my back.

I've had it for over 2 years and it's still going strong. As good as new, despite some serious heavy lifting. I heartily recommend it.