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Caster Wheels for a engine lift???

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JD Seller

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I have a cheap engine life. I use it around the shop for light duty stuff. It is rated at #3000. The trouble is the caster wheels are junk. It rolls very hard. I looked at several places today and did not find anything with a weight rating close to what you would want. Three hundred pounds was the heaviest I found. They had a cast steel wheel but light duty ,almost tin, mounts.

I would like them to have a total height of around 3 inches. I think I would want at least a rated capacity of #1000 each. Anyone know where to get quality caster wheels.
 

jd

think about the height of the wheels... get it too high and it wont roll under where you need it to be. my two ton has cast steel wheels with no bearings and it's a bear to move with an engine on it... I did make some 'over the road' wheels for moving it around in the grass or gravel.

john
 
I put a set of mcmaster swivel casters under mine. I also cut the end off where the' television cart" sized casters attached and used a piece of 1/2X4" wide plate that I had broke to a 45 degree angle. I managed to get everything back together at the same height and didn't lose ability to get under stuff. HTH Tom
 
I got some several years ago from MSC Industrial Supply. Used them to make a carriage for under a 1943 16H Southbend metal lathe so we could move it when we needed extra space. Paul
 
JD,
The smaller the wheels, the harder they roll. A little stone becomes a PBIA.

I have iron casters on mine. No idea where I got them from.

Could you make a bracket to mount larger wheels in front and behind the engine lift, yet keeping the lift low enough to get under what you are working on?
 
Have you tried just oiling the wheels you have. I had a lift that has been sitting outdoors for 20 years and the boards it was sitting on rotted away letting the casters sink in the ground. I cleaned the wheels up and worked oil in them and they worked great.
 
Stephen the old wheel mounts are bent so the wheels rub the mount. So with weight on them they just lock up.
 
I agree with GEO, get bigger wheels, even if you need to make a saddle and mount on side of lift, every little thing stops small wheels.
 
Hello JD Seller,

Northern tool has them in many capacities. Here is one

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I agree with GEO...
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Not every day we hear that!

But, I also agree. Moving up from three inch casters to five inch casters only raises the lift an inch, I would think you could live with that most of the time.

I think the steel ones referenced would work best, unless your shop is clean enough for nylon (mine sure is not)

I'm re-engineering the solid wheels on my garbage tote to replace them with inflated rubber tires, so it does not rumble like a freight train down my long driveway.
 
I use casters ONLY on the rear of the engine hoist. On the front I use (home made) heavy duty, wide (about 3 inches wide) steel wheels. Diameter of these wheels is the same as the distance from the floor to the top of the frame. If the frame will fit under, the wheels will fit under. These wheels are mounted forward of the front of the frame and with the wheels parallel and on the same axle center line. This makes the lift MUCH easier to handle and move with weight on it. I like this arrangement and it works well for me. Just one approach.
 
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