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[Waorani]

Friend loaned me a set of these jacking wheel dollies. Being a Harbor Freight hater I was skeptical but these have turned out to actually work and they roll well in contrast to most chinese wheel dollies. I think these are older style so not sure about current version. But they ought to given $130 price ea.

 

[knuckle47]

I have seen these on Overhaulin’ and FantomWorks… never had any.. do you jack up the vehicle and then place it under it? What does the pedal do? Sorry…

 

[Waorani]

You can certainly do that but they're intended to simply roll in place and lift the wheel by squeezing the legs together in a kind of ratchet action when you step on the pedal. There's two more casters on ends of legs you can't see. Only problem I've run into is having them all the way closed on a small tire and then not unlocking like they should to lower. In that case you need to jack up with something else to release the mechanism. Probably not an issue on larger tires. And of course you need inflated tires to work. At this point I've only used on a couple light Corvairs but will probably try on 50's lead sled soon.

 

[knuckle47]

@Waorani from the posts that you’ve made and the cars you find interesting I know we have the same interests..I have said before that I was born 50 years too late and then the tech side of me says….50 years too early. When I was younger …1960’s as a kid I remember the $75.00 cars were everywhere and some of the coolest vintage motorcycles were literally in the trash pile in front of the house for the next trash day pick-up.

I had seen sets of these online in pop-up ads. My 4-post lift has these cantilevered arms so when attached, the weight of the runways lifts the entire thing and you can roll it to a new position using the nylon 8” (?) poly wheels. The floor in the shop is epoxy flake, that makes things roll well and cleanup is AMAZING. I think steel wheels may present a problem with a bunch of weight. AND…. There is now so much crap in there as much as I would love a set of them, all I’d be able to too push them 2 or 3 feet sideways.

I will be selling a T-bird this fall and that will free up some space to make nice room for a set of these to have good use. 1920’s and 1930’s cars just get me the right way

 

[Waorani]

That's how stuff becomes rare. Scrapped/trashed until it gets old enough that someone remembers the one they had in their youth and wants one again. I sold my first camaro and a couple of broncos for pennies compared to what they're worth today because they were just old junk vehicles that I had no where to store.

My neighbor is the local carb guy and can rebuild just about anything. But for whatever reason he hates those teapot carbs on the old T-birds.

 

[knuckle47]

My mom’s car, a ‘56 in 1964 had caught fire in a parking lot. I had come to find out the Nick-name for these carbs is “towering inferno”

 

[aztoyman]

Just to let anyone know that has large tires. My 37's are too big unless I jack up the truck and set it down on the jack. Otherwise they are awesome and durable.

 

[Waorani]

Honeymoon is over. Used today on 50s Buick wagon and it was a struggle. ~ 4400lb so w/in 1250lb each rating but very difficult to roll or change direction just like most crappy dollies. Also difficult to jack to the point that I doubt a small person could do it. They work good on light vehicles but that's about it. Almost bought a set this weekend when they were discounted to $95ea but glad I didn't .

 

[knuckle47]

wishful thinking I guess? This is something that would be pretty helpful if it actually performed the way you see them work on tv

 

[e9999]

can't quite tell for sure from the pic, but doesn't look like the wheels have real bearings. If that is indeed the case, it's not surprising they won't move very easily under a serious load.

 

[SNLC]

Best tool I have found for removing tie rod or drag link ends.

https://www.harborfreight.com/3-4-quarter-inch-forged-ball-joint-separator-99849.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=12144811130&campaignid=12144811130&utm_content=117789318958&adsetid=117789318958&product=99849&store=54&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADAHb4fP71bNTEgRmePAmYQS70Qmx&gclid=CjwKCAjw8rW2BhAgEiwAoRO5rA7tw80JAUryt3vT2j4CXLPq2NkBJdDHskgyN0-ot03c63x_2XUqURoCiHEQAvD_BwE

We have busted a few but they are cheap and probably last a diy person awhile. It will mess up the threads on the tre but if you put a nut on to protect them good to go.

Cheers