[Shop-talk] Trailer storage idea

[Steven Trovato]

I don't know of any car dollies that you can drive onto.  The only 
ones I know of that don't require jacking are go-jaks and their 
clones.  Go-jaks are great, but expensive.  They, and all of the 
dollies I am familiar with, have casters.  I have never heard of 
dollies with rollers.  An asphalt floor would definitely be a problem 
for most dollies with casters.  Any with high quality casters are 
awesome on a truly flat concrete floor.  As the floor surface gets 
rougher, they get much harder to use.  Note, I said high quality 
casters.  Many dollies come with terrible casters, especially any of 
the cheap Chinese ones.

For boat trailers I have used jacks like this:

https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Jack/Dutton-Lainson/DL22300.html

I have considered mounting another pair at the rear end of the 
trailer for maneuvering in situations like yours.  I haven't ever 
tried it, though.  They aren't too expensive, though, if you want to 
give that a try.  My trailer is open.  This may not make sense for an 
enclosed trailer.

People have been maneuvering trailers and cars using floor jacks for 
ages.  Of course, that doesn't work too well on a rough surface either.

-Steve

At 05:17 PM 10/20/2016, eric at megageek.com wrote:
>I have an idea that I was wondering if anyone could let me know 
>their opinion.
>
>I have a large dual axle car trailer.  I store it in a building and 
>I need a fork-lift to maneuver it into it's storage space.
>
>I was wonder if I could use a set of car dollies (the ones that go 
>under the tires) to pull the trailer straight back onto them and the 
>manually push the trailer laterally into it's spot so I wouldn't 
>need to use the fork-lift.
>
>Here are my concerns...
>
>1 Getting the trailer on and off the dollies (do I need to jack it 
>up or can I drive them on them.)
>
>2 What is a good set of dollies?  (I only need to move it laterally, 
>so I don't need a set with casters, just the ones with the rollers 
>should be fine.)
>
>3 Finally, the building has an asphalt floor.  I would imagine that 
>the rollers would sink into them.  So I would need to get them on a 
>wood plank.  What is the minimum thickest of plank to prevent 
>sinking, but easy enough to roll the trailer onto?
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