The handcart has a pair of larger wheels at the back of the load-carrying platform and a rear axle located above the plane of at least the forward portion of the platform. Smaller caster wheels are mounted on the lower portions of the super structure of the cart. The caster wheels extend longitudinally forward from the forward corners of the platform. The lower portions of the super structure and the caster wheel are attached to the platform by gusset plates or arms. The gusset plates or arms may be welded to the platform and the lower portions at an acute angle relative to the upper surface of the platform.