Resent. Got lost in the cosmos some where.
>I just returned from the back 40 to check out my dollies. The difference
>is that some dollies have "ball bearing" casters and the "cheapos" don't.
>My Harbor Freight units just have a shaft for the wheel axle with no ball
>bearings what so ever.
>
> Happy Grunting, Mark
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <dicksonr@uwm.edu>
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 11:02 AM
> Subject: Anybody use car dollies?
>
>
>> Healey Listers,
>> I have to move my cars around my garage in the anticipation of getting a
>> friend's Healey in to do bodywork on it.
>> Does anybody out there use car dollies in their garage to move Healeys or
>> like
>> sized car around? I just bought four car dollies from Harbor Freight.
>> Each
>> dolly has four cast iron wheels. Last night I placed my Cobra (same
>> wieght as
>> my Healey) on all four and could not budge the car. I then placed the
>> front
>> wheels on the ground and left the dollies under the rear. The car could
>> then
>> be pushed but just barely.
>> I was under the (false) impression that cars could be easily pushed
>> around the
>> garage floor with these dollies. I was careful and made sure that all
>> wheels
>> were in the same direction too. I was leaning on the car super hard and
>> it
>> took about 15 minutes to move it just 20 feet! Also, I may be fat, but I
>> think
>> that I'm strong enough to move a car as I used to squat over 400 pounds.
>> Well,
>> I wasn't expecting the old dry-ice puck from high school physics class
>> but I was
>> expecting it to move much more easily than it did. Obviously there is a
>> lot
>> more friction than with just the tires on the ground.
>>
>> Therefore, my questions are:
>> 1.)Do I have some cheapo dollies and others work better?
>> 2.) Should I disassemble the wheels and grease them to reduce friction?
>> 3.) Should I just flood the floor with water and leave the garage door
>> open this
>> winter so that I could easily slide the cars around on ice?
>>
>> Randy Dickson
>> Healey Archaeologist
>> 63 BJ7
>> 66 Cobra replica
>> 02 Mini Cooper
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