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Posted by: scottb Mar 10 2007, 08:37 PM

saw this on the 'bay.....

seems like a good idea to me. bit like a well planned out appliance dolly for an engine. no affiliation.... yadda... yadda.... yadda....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150099373164&ru=http://motors.search.ebay.com:80/150099373164_W0QQfromZR40QQfviZ1

Posted by: Rotten Robby Mar 10 2007, 09:11 PM

QUOTE(scottb @ Mar 10 2007, 06:37 PM)

Posted by: Gint Mar 10 2007, 09:28 PM

I bought one of those a couple of months ago. It was pretty damn heavy. I don't doubt that the actual shipping costs may have been close to what he charged anyway.

I'm going to out a motor on it tomorrow. If you bump this thread tomorrw evening to remind me, I'll let you know how it works.

Posted by: BarberDave Mar 11 2007, 12:05 PM

It,s not to good to use to work on a engine, great to roll around garage or storage. Harbor freight has regular engins stand w/ wheels on sale for $69.00
some times. I would get one (or two ) of those. My 2 cents Dave

Posted by: scottb Mar 11 2007, 05:32 PM

QUOTE(Gint @ Mar 10 2007, 11:28 PM)

Posted by: Gint Mar 11 2007, 06:35 PM

You know, it's a great idea, but I should have made my own. The open side for jack clearance is great. However...with a thermostat installed, the bottom of the case won't quite fit between the rails of the dolly. It ends up resting on the sheet metal thermostat bracket, and also the oil filter (not that big a deal really). If it were 1/4" wider, it would be fine. I currently have a motor with no thermostat, tin, ignition or induction sittiing on it. It's OK for that.

Edit: If I built my own I would also use casters with bigger wheels to make rolling over concrete expansion cracks easier.

Harbor Freight sells furniture dollys for $16.00 (with bigger wheels). My fully dressed 2.0 is now resting comfortably (and stable) on one of those.

Posted by: URY914 Mar 11 2007, 06:41 PM

Do not get one of these. While they look like a great idea, they bind under load. All those joints are too sloppy and it just doesn't work. It will hold a couple of hundred pounds like they say but it won't lift that much weight.

Another HF door stop.




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Posted by: Elliot Cannon Mar 11 2007, 09:18 PM

Furniture dolly. "Works fine...lasts a long time."

Posted by: scruz914 Mar 12 2007, 12:32 AM

A former roommate cut a shopping cart down to make a dolly. We used to remove our bus engines with it. Re-enforecement is easily done with a sheet of plywood bolted to the tubing.


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Posted by: Vacca Rabite Mar 12 2007, 08:02 PM

I have off tomorrow, and I was actually thiking of running to the hardware stor for a little angle iron and welding one together. Bet it could be built for under $30, depending on the amount of steel needed, and what I had to pay for the steel.


Zach

Posted by: sk8kat1 Mar 13 2007, 09:07 AM

I bought the type 1 version and I thought it worked really well

Posted by: Air_Cooled_Nut Mar 13 2007, 02:30 PM

QUOTE(Vacca Rabite @ Mar 12 2007, 06:02 PM)

Posted by: jd74914 Mar 13 2007, 08:12 PM

QUOTE(Air_Cooled_Nut @ Mar 13 2007, 04:30 PM)

QUOTE(Vacca Rabite @ Mar 12 2007, 06:02 PM)

I have off tomorrow, and I was actually thiking of running to the hardware stor for a little angle iron and welding one together. Bet it could be built for under $30, depending on the amount of steel needed, and what I had to pay for the steel.


Zach

The castors will cost more than the steel