http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Huge-Cart-On-Casters/

This cart is all welded and is about 6-7 ft long. It is Very large
(compare with the hand truck on one picture).

The reason why they junked it is that one wheel was stuck on its hub,
which I fixed by taking it out and doing the usual thing (oiling,
frreeing up, then applying marine grease with a grease gun, etc). It
spins free now.

The kind of stuff that I could do with it is put a lathe on it or
whatever of that size, like a big 8 cylinder inline diesel. It can
probably carry 4k lbs easily.

i

Ignoramus32225 wrote:

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Huge-Cart-On-Casters/

This cart is all welded and is about 6-7 ft long. It is Very large
(compare with the hand truck on one picture).

Nice find but I thought you were running out of room.

Being in a bit of a musing mood, how does one throw away a garbage can?

Wes

On 2007-10-28, Wes wrote:
Ignoramus32225 wrote:

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Huge-Cart-On-Casters/

This cart is all welded and is about 6-7 ft long. It is Very large
(compare with the hand truck on one picture).

Nice find but I thought you were running out of room.

I will keep it in the bushes.

Being in a bit of a musing mood, how does one throw away a garbage can?

That's a good question!

Also, why do people drive on parkways and park on driveways?

i

"Wes" wrote: (clip) Being in a bit of a musing mood, how does one throw
away a garbage can?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Aren't garbage cans tapered, so they will nest? Just put the bad one inside
the good one, and hope the garbage man is smart enough to figure out what
you want him to do.

"Wes" wrote in message
...


Being in a bit of a musing mood, how does one throw away a garbage can?

Wes

It ain't easy! I had a metal garbage can with the bottom rusted completely
out of it. Week 1, just tossed it on the curb, with the rest of the trash.
When I got home it was still there. Week 2, I spray painted "toss me" in big
letters on it, it was still there when I got home. Week 3, I took and
smashed it flat as I could by jumping on it, damned near broke a leg doing
it. When I got home it was gone!
Greg

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:38:23 +0000, Ignoramus32225 wrote:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvNGnkY_S6I

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

On 2007-10-29, SteveB wrote:

"Ignoramus32225" wrote in message
...
http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Huge-Cart-On-Casters/

This cart is all welded and is about 6-7 ft long. It is Very large
(compare with the hand truck on one picture).

The reason why they junked it is that one wheel was stuck on its hub,
which I fixed by taking it out and doing the usual thing (oiling,
frreeing up, then applying marine grease with a grease gun, etc). It
spins free now.

The kind of stuff that I could do with it is put a lathe on it or
whatever of that size, like a big 8 cylinder inline diesel. It can
probably carry 4k lbs easily.

i

It looks like a stainless steel food service cart. Is it?

Steve



It is definitely not stainless, and it is way too big for a food
service cart. It is chromed or nickel plated or some such. It is about
6' long.

i

"Ignoramus32225" wrote in message
...
http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Huge-Cart-On-Casters/

This cart is all welded and is about 6-7 ft long. It is Very large
(compare with the hand truck on one picture).

The reason why they junked it is that one wheel was stuck on its hub,
which I fixed by taking it out and doing the usual thing (oiling,
frreeing up, then applying marine grease with a grease gun, etc). It
spins free now.

The kind of stuff that I could do with it is put a lathe on it or
whatever of that size, like a big 8 cylinder inline diesel. It can
probably carry 4k lbs easily.

i

It looks like a stainless steel food service cart. Is it?

Steve

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:48:23 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm,
"SteveB" quickly quoth:


"Ignoramus32225" wrote in message
m...
http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Huge-Cart-On-Casters/

This cart is all welded and is about 6-7 ft long. It is Very large
(compare with the hand truck on one picture).

The reason why they junked it is that one wheel was stuck on its hub,
which I fixed by taking it out and doing the usual thing (oiling,
frreeing up, then applying marine grease with a grease gun, etc). It
spins free now.

The kind of stuff that I could do with it is put a lathe on it or
whatever of that size, like a big 8 cylinder inline diesel. It can
probably carry 4k lbs easily.

i

It looks like a stainless steel food service cart. Is it?

Yeah, stainless. The rust gave it away, Steve.
Looks nice, zerks and all.
Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Nice find. Looks like you're becoming like me. I can't resist picking
up trash if it looks useful or saleable, or even just interesting.
When I lived in a big town, I thought I could actually make a living
from it if I chose to.

Just a week or two ago I found some 1930s electric fire bells. Brass
and red painted cast iron. Look almost like new. I might turn one into
an alarm clock, as I suck at getting up. I'll post some pictures if
people want to see.

Best wishes,

Chris

"Christopher Tidy" wrote in message
s.com...
Nice find. Looks like you're becoming like me. I can't resist picking
up trash if it looks useful or saleable, or even just interesting.
When I lived in a big town, I thought I could actually make a living
from it if I chose to.

Just a week or two ago I found some 1930s electric fire bells. Brass
and red painted cast iron. Look almost like new. I might turn one into
an alarm clock, as I suck at getting up. I'll post some pictures if
people want to see.

Have you seen that alarm clock that starts ringing and then jumps off the
nightstand and starts rolling around randomly on the floor? My wife almost
bought one for me last Christmas, but I threatened to shoot it with a
shotgun if it ever went off.

--
Ed Huntress

On Oct 29, 1:24 am, "Ed Huntress" wrote:
"Christopher Tidy" wrote in message

s.com...

Nice find. Looks like you're becoming like me. I can't resist picking
up trash if it looks useful or saleable, or even just interesting.
When I lived in a big town, I thought I could actually make a living
from it if I chose to.

Just a week or two ago I found some 1930s electric fire bells. Brass
and red painted cast iron. Look almost like new. I might turn one into
an alarm clock, as I suck at getting up. I'll post some pictures if
people want to see.

Have you seen that alarm clock that starts ringing and then jumps off the
nightstand and starts rolling around randomly on the floor? My wife almost
bought one for me last Christmas, but I threatened to shoot it with a
shotgun if it ever went off.

If you ever shoot one, make sure film it for for us to see!

Chris

On 2007-10-29, Christopher Tidy wrote:
Nice find. Looks like you're becoming like me. I can't resist picking
up trash if it looks useful or saleable, or even just interesting.

Thanks. Yep.

By the way, the cart on pictures looks smaller than it really is.

When I lived in a big town, I thought I could actually make a living
from it if I chose to.

I doubt I could, but I am still a sucker for interesting trash. Once I
picked a boat from my neighbors' trash (about 9 ft long). It was made
of plastic and I fixed it up with a glue gun. It was filled with foam
anyway, so the crack was not an immediate safety issue.


Just a week or two ago I found some 1930s electric fire bells. Brass
and red painted cast iron. Look almost like new. I might turn one into
an alarm clock, as I suck at getting up. I'll post some pictures if
people want to see.

Count me as one of them!

i

On 2007-10-29, Ed Huntress wrote:

"Christopher Tidy" wrote in message
s.com...
Nice find. Looks like you're becoming like me. I can't resist picking
up trash if it looks useful or saleable, or even just interesting.
When I lived in a big town, I thought I could actually make a living
from it if I chose to.

Just a week or two ago I found some 1930s electric fire bells. Brass
and red painted cast iron. Look almost like new. I might turn one into
an alarm clock, as I suck at getting up. I'll post some pictures if
people want to see.

Have you seen that alarm clock that starts ringing and then jumps off the
nightstand and starts rolling around randomly on the floor? My wife almost
bought one for me last Christmas, but I threatened to shoot it with a
shotgun if it ever went off.

That's quite obnoxious, but funny, do you have a URL handy where I
could look at one?

i

"Ignoramus32225" wrote in message
...
On 2007-10-29, Ed Huntress wrote:

"Christopher Tidy" wrote in message
s.com...
Nice find. Looks like you're becoming like me. I can't resist picking
up trash if it looks useful or saleable, or even just interesting.
When I lived in a big town, I thought I could actually make a living
from it if I chose to.

Just a week or two ago I found some 1930s electric fire bells. Brass
and red painted cast iron. Look almost like new. I might turn one into
an alarm clock, as I suck at getting up. I'll post some pictures if
people want to see.

Have you seen that alarm clock that starts ringing and then jumps off the
nightstand and starts rolling around randomly on the floor? My wife
almost
bought one for me last Christmas, but I threatened to shoot it with a
shotgun if it ever went off.

That's quite obnoxious, but funny, do you have a URL handy where I
could look at one?

Yeah. It's called "Clocky" and it's in the Sharper Image catalog, but it's
also all around the Web:

http://www.nandahome.com/products.clocky.html

--
Ed Huntress

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:34:04 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:


"Wes" wrote: (clip) Being in a bit of a musing mood, how does one throw
away a garbage can?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Aren't garbage cans tapered, so they will nest? Just put the bad one inside
the good one, and hope the garbage man is smart enough to figure out what
you want him to do.

My plan is to tie the lid on with a red ribbon and large bow, then put
a sign on it " this is garbage"
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:40:04 -0500, "Greg O"
wrote:

"Wes" wrote in message
...


Being in a bit of a musing mood, how does one throw away a garbage can?

Wes

It ain't easy! I had a metal garbage can with the bottom rusted completely
out of it. Week 1, just tossed it on the curb, with the rest of the trash.
When I got home it was still there. Week 2, I spray painted "toss me" in big
letters on it, it was still there when I got home. Week 3, I took and
smashed it flat as I could by jumping on it, damned near broke a leg doing
it. When I got home it was gone!
Greg
It's a wonder that they saw the difference as that is pretty much how
they used to leave mine after they dumped it in the truck. The truck
hasn't stopped for my garbage for nearly a year now. The loader grabs
the bag on the way by and swings it into the hopper. I have a corner
lot, so the truck slows down to round the corner, and since there are
only two of us (plus puppy), and I do recycle a lot, we seldom fill a
125 litre trash bag more than half full.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:33:58 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm,
Christopher Tidy quickly quoth:

On Oct 29, 1:24 am, "Ed Huntress" wrote:
"Christopher Tidy" wrote in message

s.com...

Nice find. Looks like you're becoming like me. I can't resist picking
up trash if it looks useful or saleable, or even just interesting.
When I lived in a big town, I thought I could actually make a living
from it if I chose to.

Just a week or two ago I found some 1930s electric fire bells. Brass
and red painted cast iron. Look almost like new. I might turn one into
an alarm clock, as I suck at getting up. I'll post some pictures if
people want to see.

Have you seen that alarm clock that starts ringing and then jumps off the
nightstand and starts rolling around randomly on the floor? My wife almost
bought one for me last Christmas, but I threatened to shoot it with a
shotgun if it ever went off.

If you ever shoot one, make sure film it for for us to see!

I can see those headlines now...

"Joisey Shootout Kills One"
and
"Man Indicted For Horologiacide; Sundial and Clepsydra to Testify"

--
We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small
worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies.
-- Etty Hillesum

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:21:50 -0700, Christopher Tidy
wrote:

Nice find. Looks like you're becoming like me. I can't resist picking
up trash if it looks useful or saleable, or even just interesting.
When I lived in a big town, I thought I could actually make a living
from it if I chose to.

Just a week or two ago I found some 1930s electric fire bells. Brass
and red painted cast iron. Look almost like new. I might turn one into
an alarm clock, as I suck at getting up. I'll post some pictures if
people want to see.

Best wishes,

Chris
Now if they work on mains voltage you've got it made. This is what I
threatened to do when Junior lived at home but had passed up my chance
at the bell. I did find that a large hand full of ice cubes eight
minutes after his alarm went off (snooze button = 9 minutes) worked
wonders; after two applications, the snooze button was never used
again (he slept in his birthday suit at the time - I don't know since
he married). Now he has her car ready when she is ready to leave for
work, then he goes in and gets half his days work done before he
leaves the house.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:24:26 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:


"Christopher Tidy" wrote in message
ps.com...
Nice find. Looks like you're becoming like me. I can't resist picking
up trash if it looks useful or saleable, or even just interesting.
When I lived in a big town, I thought I could actually make a living
from it if I chose to.

Just a week or two ago I found some 1930s electric fire bells. Brass
and red painted cast iron. Look almost like new. I might turn one into
an alarm clock, as I suck at getting up. I'll post some pictures if
people want to see.

Have you seen that alarm clock that starts ringing and then jumps off the
nightstand and starts rolling around randomly on the floor? My wife almost
bought one for me last Christmas, but I threatened to shoot it with a
shotgun if it ever went off.
I had one with two bells on top and the clapper between them. When it
started to ring, it was a rather sedate dong dong dong but
after ten seconds it cut loose with both barrels. First time it went
off in the hunt camp, my uncle threatened to use it for target
practice.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:39:38 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote:


"Gerald Miller" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:34:04 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:


"Wes" wrote: (clip) Being in a bit of a musing mood, how does one throw
away a garbage can?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Aren't garbage cans tapered, so they will nest? Just put the bad one
inside
the good one, and hope the garbage man is smart enough to figure out what
you want him to do.

My plan is to tie the lid on with a red ribbon and large bow, then put
a sign on it " this is garbage"
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

Where I live, you MUST label a garbage can you actually want the trash men
to take, or, no matter how torn and tattered, they'll give it back to you
once the garbage is out of it.

Steve

Our city fathers got tired of hearing the same people complain about
holiday Monday garbage foul ups, so they changed to a six working day
rotation and gave everyone a calendar to show when garbage day will
be. This way you can go nearly two weeks between pickups over
Christmas. Fortunately the weather is cold enough that the stink isn't
too bad, and they relax the four bag limit as well at this pickup.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

"Gerald Miller" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:34:04 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:


"Wes" wrote: (clip) Being in a bit of a musing mood, how does one throw
away a garbage can?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Aren't garbage cans tapered, so they will nest? Just put the bad one
inside
the good one, and hope the garbage man is smart enough to figure out what
you want him to do.

My plan is to tie the lid on with a red ribbon and large bow, then put
a sign on it " this is garbage"
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

Where I live, you MUST label a garbage can you actually want the trash men
to take, or, no matter how torn and tattered, they'll give it back to you
once the garbage is out of it.

Steve

"Gerald Miller" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:40:04 -0500, "Greg O"
wrote:

"Wes" wrote in message
...


Being in a bit of a musing mood, how does one throw away a garbage can?

Wes

It ain't easy! I had a metal garbage can with the bottom rusted completely
out of it. Week 1, just tossed it on the curb, with the rest of the trash.
When I got home it was still there. Week 2, I spray painted "toss me" in
big
letters on it, it was still there when I got home. Week 3, I took and
smashed it flat as I could by jumping on it, damned near broke a leg doing
it. When I got home it was gone!
Greg
It's a wonder that they saw the difference as that is pretty much how
they used to leave mine after they dumped it in the truck. The truck
hasn't stopped for my garbage for nearly a year now. The loader grabs
the bag on the way by and swings it into the hopper. I have a corner
lot, so the truck slows down to round the corner, and since there are
only two of us (plus puppy), and I do recycle a lot, we seldom fill a
125 litre trash bag more than half full.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

Where I live, they have the same trucks. We have the chest high swing top
roller trash cans. They only pick them up once a week. We have to tow them
by ATV a quarter of a mile to where they are picked up. There are only the
two of us, and we still had to call to get a second trash can, as one was
not adequate.

(For the confused, I have four residences in different states, so the
previous post is applicable, too.)

Steve

Ed Huntress wrote:

"Christopher Tidy" wrote in message
s.com...
Nice find. Looks like you're becoming like me. I can't resist picking
up trash if it looks useful or saleable, or even just interesting.
When I lived in a big town, I thought I could actually make a living
from it if I chose to.

Just a week or two ago I found some 1930s electric fire bells. Brass
and red painted cast iron. Look almost like new. I might turn one into
an alarm clock, as I suck at getting up. I'll post some pictures if
people want to see.

Have you seen that alarm clock that starts ringing and then jumps off the
nightstand and starts rolling around randomly on the floor? My wife almost
bought one for me last Christmas, but I threatened to shoot it with a
shotgun if it ever went off.

--
Ed Huntress

They would make a nice Christmas present to my employees.

John

On 2007-10-28, Camilo Ramos wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:38:23 +0000, Ignoramus32225 wrote:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvNGnkY_S6I


very funny.

i

Ignoramus32225 wrote:
On 2007-10-29, SteveB wrote:
"Ignoramus32225" wrote in message
...
http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Huge-Cart-On-Casters/

This cart is all welded and is about 6-7 ft long. It is Very large
(compare with the hand truck on one picture).

The reason why they junked it is that one wheel was stuck on its hub,
which I fixed by taking it out and doing the usual thing (oiling,
frreeing up, then applying marine grease with a grease gun, etc). It
spins free now.

The kind of stuff that I could do with it is put a lathe on it or
whatever of that size, like a big 8 cylinder inline diesel. It can
probably carry 4k lbs easily.

i
It looks like a stainless steel food service cart. Is it?

Steve



It is definitely not stainless, and it is way too big for a food
service cart. It is chromed or nickel plated or some such. It is about
6' long.

i

Looks more like a shelf stockers cart (like they use in stores to move
boxes of merchandise around the aisles) but it's missing the handle from
the swivel caster end.

--
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York
NRA Member
Pacifism - The theory that if they'd fed
Jeffrey Dahmer enough human flesh,
he'd have become a vegan.

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:00:17 -0500, Ignoramus32225
wrote:

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Huge-Cart-On-Casters/

This cart is all welded and is about 6-7 ft long. It is Very large
(compare with the hand truck on one picture).

That looks like a cross between a 4-wheel hand truck and a
restaurant dunnage rack - used to keep bags & boxes of food off the
floor and "away from filth and vermin".

On wheels is nice. because they can roll it into and out of the
walk-in fridge or freezer while loaded. Double your storage space by
storing stuff "in the aisle" for a day or two, roll it out when you
need to get to the permanent shelves.

Technically, if you store any food directly on the floor (even if
it's packaged or canned) and the health inspector sees it, (s)he has
the power to say "It was on the floor, it may be contaminated. Trash
it. Now." (Same thing holds with improper storage temperatures.)
And if you don't want the Economy Sized Pile O' Trouble coming down on
your tuchis, you do what they say.

The reason why they junked it is that one wheel was stuck on its hub,
which I fixed by taking it out and doing the usual thing (oiling,
freeing up, then applying marine grease with a grease gun, etc). It
spins free now.

They run a restaurant, not a repair shop - to them it's cheaper to
toss it and get a new one.

The kind of stuff that I could do with it is put a lathe on it or
whatever of that size, like a big 8 cylinder inline diesel. It can
probably carry 4k lbs easily.

But with the hard rubber wheels you can't leave a really heavy load
(over 500 Lbs. or so) sitting on it long term without the casters
first flat-spotting and then cracking and falling apart. For that
kind of use you need the cast-iron centered wheels with molded on thin
tires, or solid cast iron.

-- Bruce --

On 2007-10-31, Bruce L Bergman wrote:
The kind of stuff that I could do with it is put a lathe on it or
whatever of that size, like a big 8 cylinder inline diesel. It can
probably carry 4k lbs easily.

But with the hard rubber wheels you can't leave a really heavy load
(over 500 Lbs. or so) sitting on it long term without the casters
first flat-spotting and then cracking and falling apart. For that
kind of use you need the cast-iron centered wheels with molded on thin
tires, or solid cast iron.



Bruce, this seems to be a material other than rubber, such as
polyurethane. Would it change anything?

i

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:14:42 -0500, Ignoramus1192
wrote:
On 2007-10-31, Bruce L Bergman wrote:

The kind of stuff that I could do with it is put a lathe on it or
whatever of that size, like a big 8 cylinder inline diesel. It can
probably carry 4k lbs easily.

But with the hard rubber wheels you can't leave a really heavy load
(over 500 Lbs. or so) sitting on it long term without the casters
first flat-spotting and then cracking and falling apart. For that
kind of use you need the cast-iron centered wheels with molded on thin
tires, or solid cast iron.

Bruce, this seems to be a material other than rubber, such as
polyurethane. Would it change anything?

Might, but I'd try to ID the wheels and look them up in a catalog to
make sure what they were made of and the ratings. No sense destroying
the wheels, then you have to find or buy another set.

The trick for long term storage of 'overload the wheels' heavy stuff
is to park the cart where you want it, then jack it up and slide wood
blocks under it to take the load, one end at a time. And you don't
have to worry. ;-)

-- Bruce --

On 2007-11-01, Bruce L Bergman wrote:
On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:14:42 -0500, Ignoramus1192
wrote:
On 2007-10-31, Bruce L Bergman wrote:

The kind of stuff that I could do with it is put a lathe on it or
whatever of that size, like a big 8 cylinder inline diesel. It can
probably carry 4k lbs easily.

But with the hard rubber wheels you can't leave a really heavy load
(over 500 Lbs. or so) sitting on it long term without the casters
first flat-spotting and then cracking and falling apart. For that
kind of use you need the cast-iron centered wheels with molded on thin
tires, or solid cast iron.

Bruce, this seems to be a material other than rubber, such as
polyurethane. Would it change anything?

Might, but I'd try to ID the wheels and look them up in a catalog to
make sure what they were made of and the ratings. No sense destroying
the wheels, then you have to find or buy another set.

The trick for long term storage of 'overload the wheels' heavy stuff
is to park the cart where you want it, then jack it up and slide wood
blocks under it to take the load, one end at a time. And you don't
have to worry. ;-)



Bruce, I agree totally with the idea of jacking up the cart.

My old cart, that I made from wood and Harbor Freight casters, is
made with non-rubber wheels that do not sag.

I can take extra pictures or write down the manufacturer name of the
casters.

They seem to be bigger than my 650 lbs rated casters as far as
quantity of iron is concerned.

i

On Oct 28, 12:00 pm, Ignoramus32225 ignoramus32...@NOSPAM.
32225.invalid wrote:


I use one like that to cart engine blocks around. I also take old
shopping carts, plasma cut the baskets off, and use them to do the
same thing. I also have a custom-built cart for my 150 lb competition
robot which also turns into a table (the two large handles fold back
underneath and lock into legs) and which holds over 1500 lbs--I've
used it to move my 21" Clausing drill press twice now.

On 2007-11-01, woodworker88 wrote:
On Oct 28, 12:00 pm, Ignoramus32225 ignoramus32...@NOSPAM.
32225.invalid wrote:


I use one like that to cart engine blocks around. I also take old
shopping carts, plasma cut the baskets off, and use them to do the
same thing. I also have a custom-built cart for my 150 lb competition
robot which also turns into a table (the two large handles fold back
underneath and lock into legs) and which holds over 1500 lbs--I've
used it to move my 21" Clausing drill press twice now.


Moving around engine blocks and lathes is the kind of work that I have
in mind, also.

i

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:17:13 -0700, Bruce L. Bergman
wrote:

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:00:17 -0500, Ignoramus32225
wrote:

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Huge-Cart-On-Casters/

This cart is all welded and is about 6-7 ft long. It is Very large
(compare with the hand truck on one picture).

But with the hard rubber wheels you can't leave a really heavy load
(over 500 Lbs. or so) sitting on it long term without the casters
first flat-spotting and then cracking and falling apart. For that
kind of use you need the cast-iron centered wheels with molded on thin
tires, or solid cast iron.


When I stored my wood lathe (about 200kg) in the seatainer for a
year or so My son forgot the remove the old lawnmower wheels used to
roll it around and they cracked with the weight on the headstock on
them. Very difficult to roll with a big flat on each wheel. Did a
temporary fix with sacktruck wheels but have to scrounge more
lawnmower wheels when the next kerbside cleanout is announced, maybe
an ad in the local freecycle will find some.

Alan