Thanks to all that replied about the dollies. I took my cheapo Harbor Freight
dollies apart and noticed the sleeves instead of the bearings. I wish that
they at least had a grease zerk on them. Anyway, I liberally greased them and
reassembled them. I will find out today if they work. If that doesn't work I
will take them dollies back or get new casters for them with REAL bearings. I
will report back with my progress after I try the greased dollies and visit my
chiropractor. The only good thing about pushing my cars around is that I'm
burning up some calories and can justify consuming a few beers afterwards.
Thanks again!
Randy Dickson
Healey-Archaeologist
63 BJ7
66 Cobra replica
02 Mini Cooper
Quoting Mark and Kathy <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>:
> 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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