The Auto-Shift Hydraulic Elevating Cart minimizes worker bending and lifting through its ergonomic design and portability. Material can be easily loaded onto a cart from a table, lowered to a safe transporting height, and raised to upload at destination. The two (2) speed auto-shift foot pump includes a soft-lowering down valve. CART-550-AS: Number of strokes withoutweight is 13 and with weight 25. CART-1000-LD-AS: Number of strokes without weight is 15 and with weight 62. The unit moves easily on four polyurethane 5" diameter casters; two swivel with brakes and two rigid.