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trolley castor question
blakep82 - 16/5/11 at 02:15 PM

when they say they're rated at, for example, 150kg per castor, does that nean a trolley using 4 of them can hold 600kg, and if i made 4 wheel dollies, to put the car on in the garage to move it about easier, the 4 dollies, with 4 castors each, are good for 1200kg? is it that easy?

adithorp - 16/5/11 at 03:38 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
when they say they're rated at, for example, 150kg per castor, does that nean a trolley using 4 of them can hold 600kg, and if i made 4 wheel dollies, to put the car on in the garage to move it about easier, the 4 dollies, with 4 castors each, are good for 1200kg? is it that easy?


Think so, except the 1200 should be 2400kg

blakep82 - 16/5/11 at 03:53 PM

oh yeah, 2400kg

the racing trucks are ballasted to about 900kg i think. so assuming mine is about 900kg without ballast, 150kg each castors are well over what i need.
something about 65kg each, with a big diameter wheel should be good then?

ideally the car should be drivable soon anyway (i said that on here in 2007) , so might not come to anything lol

jossey - 16/5/11 at 04:09 PM

just buy the wheel dollies new you can get them for £50 a set.

cant see you saving anything getting the bits and making your own..

blakep82 - 16/5/11 at 04:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jossey
just buy the wheel dollies new you can get them for £50 a set.

cant see you saving anything getting the bits and making your own..


for a set of 2 though isn't it? ideally need 4, because its to move the car sideways, without having to push it uphill out the garage, then through the dip in the drive way

can get a set of 16 castors for £56, i've got loads of steel tube i can weld up, its too thick and heavy for anything else. and it'll give me something to do... lol

[Edited on 16/5/11 by blakep82]

Ninehigh - 16/5/11 at 07:42 PM

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Originally posted by blakep82
oh yeah, 2400kg

the racing trucks are ballasted to about 900kg i think.


I first thought of this:



but 900kg?

blakep82 - 17/5/11 at 12:14 AM

yeah, 885kg
http://www.pickuptruckracing.com/tech-specs.phtml

John Bonnett - 17/5/11 at 06:38 AM

Blake, I'm about to make a set of dollies to move the car around and I thought Axminster were the cheapest for castors but you have obviously found better. Could you U2U me with details please so that I can get a set.

Many thanks

John