As far as having it usable offroad, that's a tough one.
I tried to make a dolly for my slide-in camper so I could move it around on the relatively smooth gravel floor in my shed, using 12" pneumatic caster wheels.
Each wheel supposedly holds 300lbs, and my camper only weighs 1500lbs. I figured 10 wheels would be enough for the job.
When I first dropped the weight of the camper on the dolly, I couldn't move it. It just would not roll on the gravel. I had to pump up all the tires to 60PSI and manually steer all the wheels in the same direction, then I could BARELY push it around by hand.
The wheels wanted to dig in even on the hard-packed gravel.
The next spring all the tires were flat.
On concrete you can get away with very small wheels, but on gravel you need big tires if you want to be able to push it around by hand. Not real practical with a shop crane.
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