T-Bar Mount: Connect Two Pool Service Carts to Your Truck at the Same Time

The T-Bar Mount is designed for pool service professionals who wish to connect tow service carts to their truck at the same time. The T-Bar mount was created by T.Dula Inc., in order to make it easy to mount two service carts to your truck. The T-Bar is quick and easy to install and is also less expensive than having two receivers welded onto your truck frame.



The T-Bar mount can be ordered directly from T.Dula Inc and it runs around the $250 price range. It is less expensive than leaving your truck all day at the welder to have two receivers welded on. All you need is a standard Class III Receiver mounted to the bottom of your truck.

To order the T-Bar mount contact T.Dula directly thru their website: http://www.tdula.com/

The anti-wobble bolt is pretty effective, I also had my welder shimmy a piece of metal into the Receiver to help make it even more stable. I also have a piece of wood taped on between the T-Bar Mount and my truck bumper to eliminate all wobble. Wobble is bad for the carts as it will wear down the hitch over time. You can even have your welder install an anti-wobble bolt similar to the ones that come on T-Bar Mount to your Receiver.

Wood jammed under bumper
Metal Shim in Receiver











There are several companies that make service carts but I think T.Dula is the best. My last service cart was from them and it lasted almost 20 years. The hitch is also superior and built to last virtually forever. I also use a Power Vac on my pool route and the T-Bar Mount is perfect for it also. So no matter the situation I have both my Service Cart with my manual vacuum and my Power Vac on my truck at all times.

If you are serious about servicing pools I highly recommend a service cart. Once you get one you will wonder how you survived without one. It just makes your day that much easier. And the T-Bar Mount is the best way to mount your service carts.

A bit about my service truck and how the T-Bar mount is fairing after about 8 months now. My truck is a 2005 Nissan Frontier with a good towing capacity and a maximum hitch tongue weight of 800 lbs. With the T-Bar mount and two carts I would say the total weight is around 200 lbs. So mounting the two carts is no strain at all on the frame of my truck
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The T-Bar Mount has held up extremely well as I park my truck outside and I have already had a couple of chemicals spilled in it. This thing is well made and virtually indestructible. With that said, if you have a very small service truck, check with the manufacturer to see if you can safely mount two carts to the back with the T-Bar Mount as every truck is different.

Also, since every truck has a different height from the receiver to ground, you may need to have a custom shanks made in order to mount your service cart. The Power Vac cart has a very adjustable hitch so that was not an issue. T.Dula does make a shank for their service cart and in my case it was almost the perfect height so that I could just role the service cart up to the hitch without having to lift it. I go over this in more detail in the video I filmed on the service cart.

Pool Service Cart by T.Dula Specialties: https://youtu.be/g-fp5l6_wZc
Electric Vacuum Cart (12 Volt Cart): https://youtu.be/fUZJuMTF4gg


So if you are interested in having two service carts on your truck, the T-bar mount is the way to go.

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