or her work required to push a heavy load on the hand truck especially when moving the heavy load up inclines some embodiments locate the power assistance wheel in a generally centered position between the pair of hand truck wheels such that load balancing stability is improved application_number US 82644404 A description the present invention is best understood by reference to the detailed figures and description set forth herein embodiments of the invention are discussed below with reference to the figures however those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the detailed description given herein with respect to these figures is for explanatory purposes as the invention extends beyond these limited embodiments the present invention is directed towards assisting hand truck operators in the moving and balancing of heavy objects across relatively flat surfaces or inclines in one aspect of the present invention a hand truck may be configured according to an embodiment of the present invention as shown in the rear exploded view of fig1 in the figure a hand truck 100 has or is made to have a cross support 105 and a lower mounting plate 110 in some alternative embodiments cross support 105 may not be need and is optional as described below a power assist module 120 is fixedly joined to lower mounting plate 110 in a multiplicity of known ways by way of example and not limitation bolting or.