[Fot] The garage mahal

[Norlin Engineering]

Concur.  Regarding the soft wheels, I put some large pneumatic tired casters
on my chassis rotisserie.  The good part is it doesn't move when your
working on the car.  The bad part is it doesn't move easily when you want to
move it, even with lots of air pressure.

Jim

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Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 12:53 PM
To: Mark Vaden
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Subject: Re: [Fot] The garage mahal


Sure, as long as the casters are good quality and the floor is smooth
and clean. Even a small piece of junk is good-sized relative to a
caster wheel diameter. The wheel has to go over anything it hits and
that means lifting the weight on that wheel over the obstruction using
the lever of the wheel. the bigger the wheel, the easier it is to go
over obstructions. Or you can use soft wheels and deal with a lot of
friction.  I assume you're intending to use wheel dollies--most have
small diameters so your floor needs to be smooth and spotless. On Apr 7,
2008, at 10:25 AM, Mark Vaden wrote:

> I too am building a garagemajal, and I am trying to figure out the
> best way to store my trailer. Has anyone tried putting their trailer
> on casters with the race car on the trailer? I have a TR4 race car,
> and I am hoping that I can do this and still push it around myself. I
> figure my trailer weighs about 1000-1500lbs.
>
>
> TIA,
> Mark
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