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I use a Home Despot bought furniture dolly for my 600#+/- ballast box, and it works great...especially after i put a decent set of casters on it to replace the cheap Chinese junk that constantly would bind on the kingpin.
 
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Now THIS gives me hope !!! I desperately need a couple dollies to put implements on to maximize what little space i have in my 20 X 24 barn. Unfortunately, the floor is still wood...... and not very smooth. My concrete floor is definitely not in the five year plan. I've been wrestling with how To accomplish this...... and golf cart style, or maybe even riding mower style wheels would probably do the trick. Now to find some on the cheap (or better yet, free) !!
 

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Here's the latest update.

Another wild hair (I have lots of those :D)

It would be pretty easy to add a bolt on lifting frame to utilize the tractor forks as a rough terrain pallet jack, although this particular rig would need narrower pallets. I personally don't have any need for this, just another passing thought.

Now working on the final lifting arm and hook details. (I did try a temporary lashup and test with my 400+ pound box blade which went very well indeed, but I didn't take any pix just in case the safety police were watching :eek:)

Regards
Sherweld
 

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Didn't intend to hijack this thread, so here's the final test result.

This poor old rotovator came with the tractor, and I haven't had a chance to mess with it, so it's been sitting in the weeds waiting for some love. Today as a test of the (guess I should call it a dolly) dolly, I dug the rotovator out and moved it to where I could simply hook it up to the tractor. Slick as could be.

Also in the "wild hare" department, I realized that I can easily set the rotovator up on some sturdy work stands to give my old bones some respite during reconditioning, as well as reposition if needed without firing up the tractor.

Another thought would be, stacking attachments at least two high (with proper stands) to save even more storage space.

The only thing besides paint for the "Dolly" is a simple brake of some sort because it rolls so easily that even on an almost imperceptible grade, it wants to sneak off before I can throw a chock in front of the wheel.

A Happy Camper
Sherweld
 

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I have one of these Harbor Freight Tools . I got it on sale and with one of their periodic 15 or 20% off coupons, so it was about $200.

This and a few sections of 4 x 4 allows me to move any implement and is handy for a lot of other stuff also.
 
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I have every implement on wheels. All but the chipper stand were built out of bed frames I scavenged off the side of the road. I buy the HF 4 or 5" swivel casters when they are on sale and weld them on. I can swap implements and wheel them to the back of the barn in a few minutes. I think even my tough farmer neighbor is warming up to this idea....
 
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Anyone have a dolly design for a chipper that they could share. Mine is so top heavy that I'm concerned about tip over. What makes it worse is that I need to roll it on gravel/dirt. Right now I man handle it by walking it around. Hard on me, and on its legs.
 
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I built two different sized dollies to store my ballast box and BX42 chipper in the garage. I got the idea from the guys on this site and what a great idea it was. I had almost a full sheet of 3/4" pressure-treated plywood sitting around from another project and it ended up being just enough to build two substantial dollies to hold these heavy items. I doubled up the plywood for each one, screwed the two sheets together, drilled and recessed holes for the carriage bolts and bought some hefty casters at the local Tractor Supply Store. I also put a few coats of polyurethane on each dolly just because I felt like it. I think I could probably put a lot more weight on each dolly based on the capacity of the casters times 4 and the capacity of doubled-up 3/4" plywood but that's how I like to build things. It's great to be able to just ease my 400 lb. chipper around the garage if I need to move it for some reason. Money and time well spent.
 

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