Kathleen,

This is neat! One of the first projects I was involved in when arriving at Penn State was to find a company that specialized in custom trucks so we could get one to transport maps from our Map Library to Cataloging and back safely. What we ended up with has a cradle aspect similar to yours but its on the bottom shelf as opposed to the top. Ours is all wood as well. They were used for a time but for several years now they're stationary carts within the department, though the important aspect is the shelves are over-sized so most maps we bring up still are stored flat, as they should be, while going through the cataloging process. 

Your new truck looks sharp!!! (noted the MSU green color too )

Paige

From: "Kathleen Weessies" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, December 5, 2014 10:07:28 AM
Subject: Custom map cradle