Crescent, which has been dipping their toes into the industrial utility cart market, has launched a new folding jobsite cart seemingly aimed at tradespeople.
They advertise that at the end of the day, it easily folds into your truck for convenient transport and storage.
The Crescent SiteRunner cart features 3 shelves that can each support up to 100 pounds for a total load capacity of 300 pounds.
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It’s designed for moving materials around, and for keeping all your tools and materials within arm’s reach.
There’s tool strap mounted to the top rail, for holding up to 4 hand tools.
Crescent says that the heavy duty casters are “built for rough terrain,”
A carrying handle facilitates loading and unloading from your truck or van.
Additional features include:
Palm grip handles that optimize control and maneuverability on the jobsite while doubling as a hanging notch for tool belts, hard hats, and similar.
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Lift handle that enables you to easily lift the cart over object providing seamless movement over obstacles.
“Acts as a mobile workstation at the perfect height.”
Model F3SCBL
Price: $300
ETA: May 2025
Discussion
I appreciate that Crescent is expanding into new product categories, and that they’re trying to come up with solutions other than launching another modular tool box system.
The price seems a little high, but the overall product looks like it might be built sturdier than models designed for home users.
The casters bring everything to a full-stop pause – figuratively and possibly literally. Combined with the palm-style grab handles and how the only other handles are vertically oriented for lifting over obstacles, this cart looks like it’d be a nightmare in gravel.
I wouldn’t think it was designed for outdoors or mixed environment use if not for Crescent’s in-use product imagery.
Crescent advertises that the SiteRunner has T-channel accessory rails, but they don’t show what you can do with it.
You can “effortlessly attach a variety of accessories and tools improving productivity and organization.” Such as…?
If you have to toss your tools straight onto the shelves, how does the Crescent SiteRunner differ from other general purpose utility carts?
I can see it potentially working out well in some work environments where you need a cart that’ll fold up for storage or transport, but I also feel the design lacks versatility.
Maybe there’s more going on than Crescent is showing us.
Kris P
I can buy 6 of the hyper tough folding carts at that price. I’m more likely to experience an unscheduled change of ownership than breaking it.
The concept of a small folding cart is great since I have a mini-minivan.
eddiesky
If it morphed into a 4′ step ladder, or had lockable lower storage. Otherwise, pass. However, their industrial cart seems more practical.
I want to stack 50lb bags of cement or thinset…not bend and place on middle and bottom shelves. That is just no. Right?
And the wheels over 3/4″ stone? Looks like some influencer is pandering to the company for ideas…
Farmerguy
Thought the same about those wheels on rocks. Wishful thinking that your top shelf contents could remain intact in place.
CMF
Same. With over 200 pounds on it, those castors on gravel will be slow or stuck.
$300 is a bit much for what it is
Jared
It seems kind of tall and tippy, especially with those small casters, for the use environment they’re showing. Yet the design and specs suggest it might be reasonably robust.
It seems like the sort of thing that would be useful in the right context, but that context might not be the rough graveled-jobsite and concrete bag-carrying duty in which they’re showing it off. Maybe that’s just to communicate how heavy-duty it is though.
Kompahko
I just an Ikea kitchen cart with 3 levels when doing trim carpentry in large houses. I keep shims, drills, laser, 16 and 18 ga nailer, glue, caulk, etc. It saves me a lot of bending and down when working but it’s annoying to transport in my truck.
This Crescent cart, while larger seems like it would be a great replacement. I can see this being great when doing rubber baseboard
fred
In our fabrication shop we had carts that came with the business that looked like they were homemade. In appearance – one might have mistaken them for something an ice cream vendor might be pushing along at on the boardwalk. They had large bicycle wheels at the rear and smaller casters at the front. Two or 3 were fully enclosed plywood chests with angle-iron edges and a small section of the top which was fixed (with a vise mounted) and the rest hinged opening up on storage trays. At least 2 others had shelves accessed by wire mesh hinged doors. While they mostly were used for maintenance around the shop floor – they could roll around easily out in the yard over rough terrain because of the large wheels
MattW.
I disliked the price of the olympia ones for how flimsy they were. I tracked down a hypertough finally in store and its really good for the price. I use it most of the week on service carts and it holds a heavy veto bag off the ground. I can appreciate the higher weight capacity but 300 is too much. If your looking for something like this and you need this level of capacity at this price point you can get a mail/maids/busser/restaurant or hotel cart from uline in all stainless steel for less than this. My vote is keep buying hyperstack carts mines a solid year old no issues and I have a spare waiting when it breaks.
Bonnie
Agreed that those casters and high center of gravity plus lack of a proper pushbar makes this thing completely useless for gravel or dirt. If they had wanted it to be a true all-terrain cart I’d expect at least 7″ wheels and a longer+lower format. This looks to have at most 5″ PU casters?
Overall this doesn’t look bad… But it does also look like four pieces of 80/20, off the shelf casters, and a couple basic plastic shelves…
NoDak Farming
For products like this, or the multi-position creeper mentioned a number of days ago, it’s been kinda fun to go to Amazon, AliExpress, & Alibaba, just to see all of the similar versions that are already available. The Ryobi creeper was a nice fusion of an existing creeper design, and Ryobi’s existing flexible neck, work lights. And the above cart has some plastic bits that are somewhat unique. But nothing has ultimately been invented. I’m not trying to make a political statement. It’s just been interesting to see how small the world has become, with good communication. The world is filled with inventors, engineers, technicians, and manufacturers. And with a number of emails, a known US brand can have a white label factory customize a product for US based customers. And I’m not saying everything was as simple as an email exchange. I get that. I’m just trying to note my observations on how very connected the world is. And how reliant some of our known US brands are to that connection.
mike
The hypertough cart with its cost or the husky cart with the 3-way use seem way more fitting to these needs.
Jared s
I have used the husky folding cart and a generic folding cart similar to the hyper tough
Husky folding cart
Pros
Is also a dolly
Heavy duty steel
Takes four bolt casters
Cons
Heavy 51 pounds yikes
Small casters ( I replaced these)
Generic folding cart (light duty 150 lb rated)
Pros
Light (19 pounds)
Folded quickly
Cons
Flimsy the joint was failing after six months
Small wheels
Smaller footprint that the husky
Crescent cart theoretically
Pros
Heavier duty
Bigger wheels
Folds quickly
Cons
Still hefty ( 37 pounds)
More expensive
Jesse M
The film industry figured this out decades ago. Get a 2 level Magliner Jr or Sr. they cost nearly $1000 new but I’ve gotten several on the secondhand market for between $200 and $500. Worth every penny, virtually bulletproof, breaks down and folds up. There’s a reason they’re trusted with supporting a quarter million in camera equipment and lenses on a daily basis.
Rx9
This is just a ruggedized version of the Origami cart sold at high end home goods stores.
It makes sense for a small number of applications, but for most, there are better options.
Walt Bordett
I think this folding cart with a top and open shelves is very versatile. I can see using it with covered bins, tool cases and supplies and parts used on the job. I like the idea of the Magliner folding trucks mentioned before me. I will check those out. A good hand truck and a stack of stackable boxes is very versatile for transporting to and from a jobsite. A cart is much handier in use on site.
I love the new info I get from the comments on this site. Thanks to all who contribute.
Dave McKean
This rolling shelf system just looks so cool!!
It would impress most home owners on how organized this contractor tools are when going from room to room. This $300 would definitely neaten up my indoor job sights and keep the guys from going back to our vans time and again !! Good impression investment !!
Paul C.
Olympia is a very similar design but with even smaller casters.
Comments about tge casters are spot on. We gave up on the Olympia.
There is another similar one made for the aircraft industry. Way better design but it’s well over $500 USD.
As to why…the Rubbermaid and similar fixed carts would take up half the back of a van or pickup. Onky our mechanics with large utility beds have enough space.