Hi all!
I had considered movers dollies (Harbor Freight, Northern Hydraulic) at
about $20 each, if I had ever to move cars around in that manner. They
are pretty wide, have four casters each, and would probably need
something across the open strip in the middle to prevent the wheel from
falling through. I have seen the purpose-built dollies at swap meets
and such, and I sure can't afford $300 for four of them!
Just an idea -- hope it helps.
Also, when I bought my street Spit Elliott, the previous owner had
squirreled him away into a side corner of the garage with a floor jack
under the back end. He was able to do it by himself, and it made room
for their two cars for winter!
Keep Triumphing,
Susan :)
Bob Lang wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I tried fabricating some dollies so I could move my project around about
> two years ago. A word of advice: don't use the dollies in conjunction
> with jack stands unless the dollies have a very broad width. My dollies
> were only abour 12 inches square - they should have been more like 18
> inches. At any rate with a small "base", they are very "tippy". Good
> thing the car was only a frame at that time... ;-)
>
> That having been said, there are a number of vendors out there - one
> would be Kingsbury Dolly Company from beautiful Walpole, NH. See
> www.kingdolly.com for more info. Figure $150 per pair. Expensive - but
> nice. And shop around, I've seen these dollies on all the big tool catalogs.
>
> I'd heartily endorse the "buy it" option in this case, but if you must
> build - remember the saying: "I aho laula" - wider is better. Sorry for
> the Hawaiian digression.
>
> The type of dolly that goes under the wheels (with the wheels still on
> the car) are of course your safest bet. With respect to sloped floors,
> have some "wheel chocks" handy when you roll the car.
>
> And remember that a whole car has alot of intertia. Please be careful.
> All above references are from experience. I was lucky - no bodily harm
> and no property damage. You might not be so lucky.
>
> rml
>
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