Implement Dollies

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You wouldn't be able to buy much steel tubing and casters for the price of these. Could use a pair of them in tandem if weight was a concern.
Harbor freight has a 25% off coupon ending today. (Sunday)

X2. Can't get much cheaper than these. I use one on each corner for my rotary cutter. Lasted for over 10 years so far. Larger size casters would definitely roll better, but then, I'm cheap, errr thrifty.

If/when the dolly starts rotting out, I save the casters and use them under pallets for other implements, or to make home-made dollies. The casters do need grease or oil occasionally, but they're fine for home-made dollies for large pot plants.
 
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The Harbor Freight furniture dollies are not useful for implements with any decent weight or size to them. The casters are too small and the bearings are poor. I put an empty ballast box (about 120 lbs) on one and it didn't want to roll on my concrete barn floor. The dollies themselves are not that large, so for a tractor width implement you'd need multiple dollies.

I can weld but wood is cheaper so I made mine from 2x6s and 2x4s. The box blade dolly works well. The combination pallet fork and grapple or bucket dolly saves space but with two attachments it's pretty heavy. Even with 6" casters it takes some effort to get it rolling.
 
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Well since the thread has morphed over to wood dollies, here are two of my three castor dollies made with one castor 1-1/2 inch shorter than the other two:

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The Harbor Freight furniture dollies are not useful for implements with any decent weight or size to them.

They are not super heavy duty but I find them quite useful. I have about 6 of the 12 x 18 dollies and use them for all kinds of things. I put one under each end of my 5 foot box blade and it's no problem to move it around on the concrete floor. I also use them for my snow plow and I've even used 4 for a lawn mower, one under each wheel. I did custom build a dolly for my snow blower, partially because it's heavy but mainly because it's such an awkward shape with the three point mount that needed support.

At $7.99 on sale you can't go wrong. I've bought a couple just to take apart for the casters. I put them under my table saw and my welding table.
 
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Here's my fel dolly that you could easily make out of angle iron.
 
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Here is my box blade dolly, that could be copied with rectangular tubing:

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I just bolted casters to the bottom of my carry all. I’ll grab pics but it’s works great
 
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I utilized a couple solutions. On my carryall, I modified the frame to include integral castors. When I set it down in my building, I just wheel it where I want. Like many, I whipped up,a quick wooden dolly for my ballast box. Eventually I’d like to make them for most if not all of my implements. It sure makes organization of implements in the building easier. Overview of both in the following videos.

Tractor 3-Point Hitch Carryall - YouTube

Storage Dolly for John Deere Ballast Box - YouTube

I’m pretty sure I stole your idea and put the castors directly onto the carry all. Worked like a charm
 
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I built a dolly for my ballast box by connecting two HF 1000 # rated furniture dollies with a sheet of plywood. These dollies have 3" casters, as I recall. The ballast box weighs about 1,200 #. I just recently filled the box with sand and yesterday for the first time put the box on its dolly. I can roll the box and dolly on our concrete floor, but it is not easy. I will probably build a new dolly for the box using some 6" casters I have.
 
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I built a dolly for my ballast box by connecting two HF 1000 # rated furniture dollies with a sheet of plywood. These dollies have 3" casters, as I recall. The ballast box weighs about 1,200 #. I just recently filled the box with sand and yesterday for the first time put the box on its dolly. I can roll the box and dolly on our concrete floor, but it is not easy. I will probably build a new dolly for the box using some 6" casters I have.

The HF dollies come in two sizes.
12" x 18"
18" x 30"
They both go on sale at various times.
Right now the 12" x 18" are on sale (until 04/30) for $7.99
I mostly use the smaller dollies, and screw a used piece of plywood on top, to get the platform shape I want.
I need to pick up 7 before the sale ends on the 30th.
 

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