Side dump cart

A side dump cart comprising a frame, wheels attached to and supporting said frame, a platform assembly having a load-carrying platform pivotably mounted to said frame for tilting about a substantially horizontal platform axis from a load travel position to a load dumping position, said platform having an off-load side, said cart being free of obstruction to the falling of load from said platform off-load side, a latch, means movably attaching said latch to said frame and permitting said latch to move from latching to unlatching positions, said platform assembly having means thereon releasably engageable by said latch for preventing said load-carrying platform from tilting from travel postion to dumping position, said latch having a pressing means operably associated therewith and having a pressing surface which when pressed by the cart operator will cause said latch to move from latching position to unlatching position, a movable guard extending across said pressing surface for preventing accidental pressing by the operator, guard control means attached to said movable guard and movably connected to said frame for permitting the operator to intentionally move the guard away from the pressing surface, whereby upon intentional movement of the guard control means to withdraw the guard away from said pressing surface, the operator can gain access to the pressing surface and unlatch said load-carrying platform causing same to automatically tilt toward its off-load side.