Wheel Dolly / Skates

[Paul H]

I need 4 wheel dolly / skates to move my Vitesse around within the garage . Fairly even concrete floor. Any recommendations as to a supplier ? 
Paul 

[ahebron]

Cant recommend a supplier as I am a wee bit away from you but I would go with the ratchet type that pull in and lift the wheel.

I have three different sets of wheel dolly
1st I made myself out of 1" galv pipe into box section tees making a square with castors on each corner, these were used on a car that the tyres didnt matter.
2nd is a set of 4 ratchet type that are great as you do not need to raise the car to fit them, these live under my Vitesse 6 with the scissor hoist.
3rd set are pressed steel curved that the wheel sits but you need to jack the car up to use them and the castors catch on stuff on the floor.

So my recommendations are go for whatever dolly suits you but make sure the castors are free running and big enough to not jam on shrapnel that gets on your garage floor.

 

[Badwolf]

What about 4 heavy duty plant pot trollies, or DIY with 1" ply as a base and a heavy duty caster/wheel at each corner?

[68vitesse]

Have four from machine marts but a bit difficult to move the car about even after fitting larger casters.

Regards.

Paul

 

[Paul H]

6 minutes ago, 68vitesse said:

Have four from machine marts but a bit difficult to move the car about even after fitting larger casters.

Regards.

Paul

 

Thanks Paul , that was my thoughts 

Paul

[Pete Lewis]

aldi are doing heavy duty castor dollies  this week  would they take the weight    no idea  but quite chunky 

worth alook at £12.99 each   do  round and rectangular 

Pete

[Colin Lindsay]

23 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said:

aldi are doing heavy duty castor dollies  this week  would they take the weight   

No they don't. Tried one (LIDL are the same sort of thing), it split in two the moment the weight of the car settled on it. The board is a compressed type of thing that just collapses.

However: the castors are quite good so buy one, take the castors off and fit them to a suitable piece of wood or hardboard that will take weight. Much cheaper than buying castors alone and I've wheeled practically entire cars about on two of them.

[PeteH]

Some years ago I "aquired" two steel framed bread tray castor units, the type that trays of bread are delivered on?. Those castors are quite heavy duty. over the years I have moved everything from a full size cast iron Bath!, to 1/2t or more bags of sand /gravel etc on them. They would likely cut down to make very useful wheel "dollys"??. The survivor, one was crushed by an LGV, though I do have 3 of the castors, is being eyed up to convert into an Engine Stand.

Pete

[Badwolf]

4 hours ago, Pete Lewis said:

.....  do  round and rectangular 

Hmmm. Rectangular castors, now there's innovation!!??

[PeteH]

1 hour ago, Badwolf said:

Hmmm. Rectangular castors, now there's innovation!!??

A whole new variation of being "square wheeled"?.---------( for the unitiated, stopped in C-B Jargon)

Pete

[68vitesse]

Aldi list the dollies as Workzone with a maximum capacity of 250 kilo perhaps ok for the back but not the front especially if you have a six cylinder weighing it down.

1000 Kilo about the weight of a Vitesse with a lot of front end bias.

Regards

Paul

[Chilliman]

I've got a set of these, which I picked up when they were on offer, still about twice the price of conventional dollies but work superbly & saves the hassle of jacking cars on & off in a restricted space.

[Clive]

Curveball.... a friend (Classiclife, Richard) has a set of mobile axle stands. They are excellent, he uses them to roll either his vitesse or daimler around. I have been tempted, as they can get the car nice and high if required. 

 

[JohnD]

If it's just to move the car around, these skates are a lot cheaper than the hydraulic type:

https://www.vevor.co.uk/wheel-dolly-c_11510/car-tire-dolly-2-wheel-dolly-set-3000-lbs-total-capacity-for-tow-p_010212487128?gclid=Cj0KCQjwj7CZBhDHARIsAPPWv3dwvbsoD9FRjvX3JPRiNuHTTsAVe6g207eYdb0_zqsVX9R2kOek71QaAqYSEALw_wcB

[68vitesse]

Skates etc. are always.

Regards

Paul