05-23-2016, 08:01 PM | #1 |
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Does anyone know of a car dolly that actually allows you to move the car easily?
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05-23-2016, 08:07 PM | #2 |
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Re: car dolly
Are you talking about the dollies that go under each wheel to move the car around in the garage or a tow dolly?
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05-23-2016, 08:08 PM | #3 |
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My Harbor Freight ones worked well on my
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05-23-2016, 09:40 PM | #4 |
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I have the Harbor Freight dollies. I'm using them on a concrete garage floor and it is a real effort to move the car around. I expected them to work better.
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05-23-2016, 09:49 PM | #5 |
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I bought the HF dollies on sale, $69 each. They work great for me. I have 4 cars in my 3-car garage
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05-23-2016, 09:53 PM | #6 |
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I speak from some experience as I have seven sets of them. The best were made by a company in New Jersey that has since stopped making them and the worst are the Harbor Freight versions. |
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I went through this.. The Harbor Freight ones I have I can barely maneuver a car around. I bought 3 sets of the ones in the link below. I can easily move a hard with no effort on them. They are a bit more expensive.
http://www.amazon.com/Pentagon-Tools...+dollies&psc=1 |
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I oil the rollers and swivels ,makes a lot of difference.
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These are the type you can jack up the car with - no need to raise car and place atop the dolly. As I recall these were about $80 each after I'd used the 20% coupon that HF has plastered everywhere Pittsburgh Automotive 62234 1250 lb. Capacity Vehicle Positioning Wheel Dolly 1250 lb. Capacity Vehicle Positioning Wheel Dolly Item #62234 [/B]
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We bought a set of them several years ago and put them together without looking at the instructions. They were terrible. Turns out that we had put them together with the bolt going in from the top and the nut and washer down below on the caster side. If you picked one up, and turned it upside down, the caster would swivel freely. However, when we put the car on them, the bottom end of the bolt was long enough to hit the caster to keep it from swiveling. We took them all apart and put them together with the bolts coming up from the casters and the nuts and washers up on top. Worked fine.
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As with Kube, I researched these. I have used Gojak previously. Purchased (4) from HF.
Disassembled them, greased the roller bearings in the wheels, and the caster bearings. Real easy to use. No problems. $$$ saved vs. Gojak. And cannot tell the differences on a concrete floor. Use them on a F150 Super Crew, to the 49 wagon.
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The Harbor Freight ones that I was referring to are the cheap ones without wheel bearings. The ones that Mike is referring to with the wheel bearings sound good, but then the price reflects the difference, just like the old adage.
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If you want the best - these are it. A friend has a set like these and they are "trick"
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The "better " Harbor Freight units work fine for me .
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The smoothness and level of the floor makes a big difference. I have some from the UK equivalent of HF and they are not much good. But that is due to my floor being considerably less than perfect. If the floor was smooth and level I assume they would be good with the fettling as described above.
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I have a set of Go-Jacks that get regular use. Barely lean on the vehicle and it rolls. Smooth concrete flooring,
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Smooth concrete really helps !
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Smooth concrete?? What's that??
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05-26-2016, 05:34 PM | #20 |
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I use the cheapie HF dollies for my Model A's with no problem.
I took the wheels and bushings apart and packed them with heavy red chassis grease and re-assembled. 5 years later, still maneuver well, just me pushing. I think the trick is to grease the heck out of them and they will roll just fine. They were $39 a pair when I bought them. |
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