[Shop-talk] Trailer storage idea

[john niolon]

Eric, never seen a set of dollies without casters and everyone I’ve seen used, you had to jack the wheel up and slide the dolly under it...never seen any drive on.   there is one set that is more expensive that has built in jacks 
http://www.bendpak.com/shop-equipment/carts-and-dollies/rcd-1500.aspx.   I would imagine with 4 wheels it’s more trouble to jack them up with one wheel raising and one lowering...  guess it would depend on how often you want to do this... 

the asphalt is another matter also... depending on the weight of the trailer, the dolly wheels would probably settle in. More things to do laying down planks or plywood. I’d say 1/2-3/4” plywood would be easiest.  Mine are harbor freight... cheap... but the wheels suck... cast iron with no bearings or bushings.  I swapped them out for ball bearing wheels of hard plastic and it make 200% difference.

I’ve moved lots of trailers from 6’ to 40’ around the shop with a fork lift and a ball on a piece of rectangular tubing that fits the forks... on a concrete floor...  once you get your steering thinking backwards it’s easy... but it’s a big shop.  At one time I could turn around a 40’ inside the shop in a three point turn... too much crap in there now to do it... use the drive thru doors !!!

another idea... build a lean-too adjacent to shop to hold the trailer !!! problem solved with more shop space.

john

From: eric at megageek.com 
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 4:17 PM
To: Shop-talk at autox.team.net 
Subject: [Shop-talk] Trailer storage idea

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? 


Thanks! 


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Eric P
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