I have another brand, these are heavy steel (1/4 inch) with three
wheels, generally triangular in shape. Just push the car up on the
dolly, no jacking required. Then a rod goes across the "big" end to keep
the car from rolling back out. Sometimes I use 2, sometimes 4. As long
as the floor is concrete, they roll really easy. Couldn't be happier.
Where I have placed some old kitchen vinyl on the floor to keep the
concrete clean though, it rolls up in front of the wheel, and creates a
problem. I don't remember where I bought them, but I am familiar with
the Harbor F and Northern T versions, and this is not them. These are
more expensive. In another week I will be home and can email photos
off-list.
dicksonr@uwm.edu wrote:
>Healey Listers,
>I have to move my cars around my garage in the anticipation of getting a
>friend's Healey in to do bodywork on it.
>Does anybody out there use car dollies in their garage to move Healeys or like
>sized car around? I just bought four car dollies from Harbor Freight. Each
>dolly has four cast iron wheels. Last night I placed my Cobra (same wieght as
>my Healey) on all four and could not budge the car. I then placed the front
>wheels on the ground and left the dollies under the rear. The car could then
>be pushed but just barely.
>I was under the (false) impression that cars could be easily pushed around the
>garage floor with these dollies. I was careful and made sure that all wheels
>were in the same direction too. I was leaning on the car super hard and it
>took about 15 minutes to move it just 20 feet! Also, I may be fat, but I think
>that I'm strong enough to move a car as I used to squat over 400 pounds.
>Well,
>I wasn't expecting the old dry-ice puck from high school physics class but I
>was
>expecting it to move much more easily than it did. Obviously there is a lot
>more friction than with just the tires on the ground.
>
>Therefore, my questions are:
>1.)Do I have some cheapo dollies and others work better?
>2.) Should I disassemble the wheels and grease them to reduce friction?
>3.) Should I just flood the floor with water and leave the garage door open
>this
>winter so that I could easily slide the cars around on ice?
>
>Randy Dickson
>Healey Archaeologist
>63 BJ7
>66 Cobra replica
>02 Mini Cooper
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