As happenstance would have it, I made myself two sets of these just this
past weekend.
Bill of materials for 8 roller plates:
32 200lb capacity casters
1 2"x8"x8' board cut to 1ft lengths
4 1"X3"X8' finished pine board
128 2.5"x1/4" bolts & nuts
Bolt the caster onto the bottom of the 2x8x12's, then make a 'lip around
the tip with the 1x3.
Put one under each wheel. Will hold 1600lbs per axle. Cost is about $14
each, plus your time. Make sure car is in gear before you go rolling it
around or they tend to roll off...Hence the lip (and the use of
*finished* 1x3, which is not rounded on the edges).
Or buy the 500lb pre-mades, though these generally have three wheels
per, rather than 4, and cost about $15 each.
The only way I could ever get 3 cars into my 2 car garage in Wisconsin
was with these critters. It's the only way I'm gonna get 2 GT's, a Spit,
the TR6, the FV, and a Miata into the garage this winter...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R. John Lye [mailto:rjl6n@server1.mail.virginia.edu]
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 7:49 AM
> To: John Lehman; FOT
> Subject: Re: Hello, dolly?
>
>
> At 05:35 PM 10/23/99 -0400, John Lehman wrote:
> >Is there something commercially available?
>
> There sure are - they are dollies that fit under the four wheels.
> I've seen in a variety of places, but can't remember where for sure
> off the top of my head (maybe Harbor Freight or Northern Hydraulic,
> Griot's Garage, Summit Racing?).
>
> later,
>
> John Lye
>
> '59 TR-3A, '62 TR-4, '70 GT-6+
> email: rjl6n@virginia.edu
> homepage: http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~rjl6n/homepage.htm
>
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