Casters for chassis dolly's

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Doubleggregg

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Where is a decent place to get casters at these days? McMaster.com seems expensive as hell for what i think i would want to use. I know I can look on amazon but im worried about quality. I’ve seen cheap casters delaminate when they don’t get moved around a lot.

I am thinking a 6" solid wheel 360 degree rotation lockable and standard with ~ 1000LBS capacity per wheel.

i have seen the roundy round race car chassis dollys i dont think they are big enough. id like to make two dollys, four caster each dolly that i can sit my frame rails on

Gregg
 
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Amazon has a lot of sizes, load ratings, and good prices with thousands of reviews - I'm guessing they get the same ones sold at a lot of places but cut out the brick and mortar retailer. What chassis will be 4000 lbs - or is it a fixture table you're building a chassis on?

Here's ones @juberafab put on his table:

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Post in thread 'Jf chassis table build'

We also wanted the table to be able to move without having to use moving equipment like dolleys etc with a chassis on the table so we opted to put some pretty hefty double wheen casters on it in a way that they will always be mounted and not be in the way. I can't remember the full capacity of each castor, but I know they were capable of carrying the load of the table and a full size truck. They were priced accordingly. We mounted them on the interior four corners of the table. The were mounted so when the leveling feet were all the way up u have plenty of clearance to roll the table...
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Casters are crazy expensive. We bought 4 8" inch double wheel casters for our frame table about 5 years ago and spent like 4 to 500 on them. They are rated to move the table with a car on it. Anything quality is going to be $. Probably find some heavy duty ones on marketplace. I found some good ones at a garage sale for like $50. put them on our welding / fixture table.
 
4xFoorOffroad said:
Amazon has a lot of sizes, load ratings, and good prices with thousands of reviews - I'm guessing they get the same ones sold at a lot of places but cut out the brick and mortar retailer. What chassis will be 4000 lbs - or is it a fixture table you're building a chassis on?

Here's ones @juberafab put on his table:

J

Post in thread 'Jf chassis table build'

We also wanted the table to be able to move without having to use moving equipment like dolleys etc with a chassis on the table so we opted to put some pretty hefty double wheen casters on it in a way that they will always be mounted and not be in the way. I can't remember the full capacity of each castor, but I know they were capable of carrying the load of the table and a full size truck. They were priced accordingly. We mounted them on the interior four corners of the table. The were mounted so when the leveling feet were all the way up u have plenty of clearance to roll the table...
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We much have been typing at the same time.lol
 
4xFoorOffroad said:
Amazon has a lot of sizes, load ratings, and good prices with thousands of reviews - I'm guessing they get the same ones sold at a lot of places but cut out the brick and mortar retailer. What chassis will be 4000 lbs - or is it a fixture table you're building a chassis on?

Here's ones @juberafab put on his table:

J

Post in thread 'Jf chassis table build'

We also wanted the table to be able to move without having to use moving equipment like dolleys etc with a chassis on the table so we opted to put some pretty hefty double wheen casters on it in a way that they will always be mounted and not be in the way. I can't remember the full capacity of each castor, but I know they were capable of carrying the load of the table and a full size truck. They were priced accordingly. We mounted them on the interior four corners of the table. The were mounted so when the leveling feet were all the way up u have plenty of clearance to roll the table...
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I want something like this to move my non running / no suspension vehicle on. Id love to figure out something that would make it easyish to move vehicle from side concrete rv / trailer parking area to garage but that would mean down some kind of curb ramp and then up driveway to garage.

stock vehicle weighs around 3750 lbs id assume.

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That setup would be more like 500 lb per wheel, but always good to have a safety factor in your work. All the 6” wheels high on the Amazon list are 3-5k lbs per set of 4 so roughly double your load per wheel, but I get concerns of durability over time if you’ve seen them delaminate. If it were sitting for that long, I’d probably jack it up and put it on wood blocks and take the weight off the wheels if that’s a concern from having the weight on them for a long period of time.

In my experience with things with caster wheels, they usually outperform the method of attachment to the frame. I’ve had to reinforce crappy weld nuts or tubing that was too thin to support the load put on it from the point of contact with the wheel.


If I were trying to move the chassis on uneven ground on something like you showed, I’d probably throw on some beads that are not hard to cut off later between the truck’s frame and the dolly.
 
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I can tell you the car dollies from harbor freight are a pain in the ass to move with a double jetski trailer on them so don't scab something together from them.

Sean
 
4xFoorOffroad said:
That setup would be more like 500 lb per wheel, but always good to have a safety factor in your work. All the 6” wheels high on the Amazon list are 3-5k lbs per set of 4 so roughly double your load per wheel, but I get concerns of durability over time if you’ve seen them delaminate. If it were sitting for that long, I’d probably jack it up and put it on wood blocks and take the weight off the wheels if that’s a concern from having the weight on them for a long period of time.

In my experience with things with caster wheels, they usually outperform the method of attachment to the frame. I’ve had to reinforce crappy weld nuts or tubing that was too thin to support the load put on it from the point of contact with the wheel.


If I were trying to move the chassis on uneven ground on something like you showed, I’d probably throw on some beads that are not hard to cut off later between the truck’s frame and the dolly.
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all great points, i wasnt really thinking about them just being a device to move the vehicle. But you are right putting the vehicle on actual stands once moved would be smart. I also thought if i attempt this and do it to put a cup or channel on he top that captures the frame rail for sure.
 
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