Implement dollies.

[FTG-05]

I've built a number of dollies. All have used poly wheels. Every time I buy a set I wonder about the steels wheels. I see most photos are poly. Anyone have both types and do they prefer one over the other?

I don't need to move things often when it's cold, but do enough that the biggest issue I have in Minnesota right now is the grease in them (when purchased) gets very stiff when at below freezing temps, My barn is not heated. Is there a way to condition them in the warmer months to get them to turn a bit easier in the winter months? I was wondering if I could add graphite powder or something to them and try to work that in.

I'm wondering about this as well. Lots of good ideas in here. Wish I had a spare concrete floor for them.

 

[bmontini]

I'm wondering about this as well. Lots of good ideas in here. Wish I had a spare concrete floor for them.

All depends on how much weight you need to support on that dolly as well

 

[SmallChange]

Does everyone have outbuildings with concrete floors today? It's been almost 50 years but the family farm I grew up on had dirt floors for trailers and implements. The dairy barn, mechanic, welding, and feed storage areas were the only ones with nice floors. Pretty much everything I remember was parked only one deep for ready access.

Does everyone have too many toys? Or, too little land and building? I have been out of action for too long.

This is the big deal for me. I have a barn with a decent little tractor bay, except the floor is dirt, and it slopes a bit. Whenever I use a big tarp on something and it gets worn, dirty, torn, et cetera, I lay it on the tractor bay floor, adding to all the other ones there, so my flooring is now a weird composite of heavy canvas and woven ripstop polyethylene, cleaner than bare dirt but still not something you could roll a dolly on.

So what I did was put an I beam up in the air, spanning crossways over the whole bay. I put a HF beam trolly and 1 ton chain hoist on it. I have a bit of freedom to move implements with it to either side of the bay and, more or less, shift them the hard way enough to make room for most of them.

This whole thing started years ago with my 3 pt auger. I could unmount or remount it by breaking it down into smaller components that I could lift, but that was a huge pain. So I hung it on a cable. That is a very nice setup because the cable lets me lean it around this way and that to align the 3 pt pins, really move it in any direction but vertically (and the tractor does that one). What I have now is an elaboration on that plan.

I think I spent around $500, which was way less than concrete would have cost, considering the leveling issue too. I have some loose ends to finish up, but hope to post a little build thread soon....