wheel skates

Made some skates from scrap material I had laying around.
layout

measuring

welded up

finished

 

Why didn't I think of that?

Thanks!

 

I need one that will roll on dirt and gravel

 

Nice work!

 

Same design with pneumatic wheels/tires in place of the rigid ones work great over dirt and some gravel.

 

Nice work, thanks.

 

That's too easy! Here I've been thinking I need to invest in a set from Eastwood. I could slap myself in the forehead for not thinking of doing it that way. Doh!

 

Hey, that's great. I need another set and was waiting around for Big Lots to get them again but that's just too easy. Cool and easy tech! Now I just gotta figure out how to scrounge all the wheels off the junked machines at work.

 

Hell, I've got a couple of sets of wheels lying around that came off of Craftsman tool boxes. They outta be heavy enough. I also have a full size bed frame (heavy angle iron) in the garage. I think I'll make some tomorrow.

 

I built 4 sets of 4 very similar, same wheels but I used old pallet racking for my scrap metal.

 

Bed frame as scrap.......I shoulda thought of that.

 

i NEVER pass a steel bedframe layin out on the curb for the trash guys to pick up.

this is good simple tech. thanks

 

wow.. ingenuity award please!

 

Thanks for the comments. As they say "necessity is the mother of invention". I needed to move a chassis around and didn't have any way to move it sideways. Had all of the pieces in my used parts bin.

 

Here's mine - also built from scrap I had laying around. I'm lazy so I wanted a set I could drive onto instead of having to jack the car up. There's maybe a 1/4" of clearance below these. These wheels proved a little more difficult to roll than I had wanted so I just picked up some ball bearing rollers from the surplus place for dirt - We'll see if those work any better.

 

Simple is the way to go.

 

Simple is always good - mine would have been simpler had I just gone out and bought the right sized angle, but I was being cheap!!!! Them's the breaks!

 

shopping carts have decent front wheels

 

Great idea, but how do you keep them from rolling away when you drive up on them? What are they made of?

 

I locked the wheels from rotating as all I wanted to do was to roll the car sideways - actually made it easier to roll with the wheels locked.

To actually have the wheels "normal" my plan was to attach some 4" wide nylon strap to the bottom of the skate and let it hang over. I am quite positive it will work, but I haven't tried that version yet.

 

i made mine out of old shopping carts i aquired. they didnt hold up so well, and had to be reinforced. i like yours better

 

Looks like I may be way over thinking this