Educate me on casters

[pjtexas1]

Yes. 24" T-Pit. When I bought it there was no issues as long as I was in and out of the garage. Beyond that was trouble. Now with the modifications it's great and a one man job to move.

And it looks a lot better!

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[TuscaloosaQ]

Just my opinion.... sometimes if you have 4 swivel casters they are actually fighting each other when you try and move the unit..... might be better to have 2 fixed casters...... if you have a receiver welded on and make a handle coming out of it for pulling you will get more leverage

 

[EdF]

Agree with TuscaloosaQ!

 

[CptKaos]

A good heavy duty caster isn't going to be cheap, but well worth the price if you plan to move that beast around much. The bearings and races in the cheap casters are soft and gall easily causing them to bind up.
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Larry

 

[Richard_]

Pallet Jack https://www.uline.com/BL_1914/Heavy...VE8ZkCh3rmAmJEAAYASADEgIrtPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[FashionBiff]

Pallet Jack https://www.uline.com/BL_1914/Heavy...VE8ZkCh3rmAmJEAAYASADEgIrtPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Thats a great idea.

I would contemplate a wagon style cradle welded up so you transport it around the yard or into a trailer.Using a 12 to 14 wheel that would give you good mobility. With this set you do not modify the smoker and you already have the 4 jacks to get it in or out of the cradle if need be for a trailer build.

 

[Czarbecue]

Pallet Jack https://www.uline.com/BL_1914/Heavy...VE8ZkCh3rmAmJEAAYASADEgIrtPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I think I will need a fork lift to get it back onto a trailer unless they make pallet jacks that will left it up 16"? To get it off, I wrestled it down a ramp and used ratchet straps for leverage.

 

[FrozenTundra]

The metal casters was not working for me so I took them off. Also a good security measure since it makes it immobile. Is there a better option to move 1300 pounds of steel? I haven’t done an official measure but the bolt that holds it together is 1/2” I think.

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[Nuco59]

I had some small steel casters on my vertical...I was cheap, they were tiny- but rated for the load (cooker was only about 400 lbs). They sucked -hard. So I got some larger one (daddy was right about me not being a fast learner)- Rolled better on a perfectly clean concrete floor, but the smallest sliver of wood would bring it to a dead halt.

Got some polyurethane coated and they are sweet.