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I am hoping someone here is more familiar with caster wheels for carts, dollies, skates, etc than I am... What I am trying to find are casters where the swivel locks, not the wheel. Reason being is I want to make a dolly where at least one pair of wheels can lock in a fixed direction and the other pair can swivel, but the fixed wheels can be unlocked so as to allow all 4 to swivel when needed. So far the casters I can find where the swivel locks are "full lock" casters that lock both the wheel and the swivel. That won't work. If I can't get a caster that the swivel only locks, and doesn't have a wheel lock, then the wheel lock and the swivel lock will have to function independently of each other, not at the same time. Otherwise I can't roll the dolly around with the swivels locked... The reason for needing part-time fixed & swivel on a pair of wheels is the tracking. It is very difficult to get 4 swivel casters to track straight and I don't want to fight the casters to try and roll straight. I want to have one fixed (at times) pair of wheels so I can steer from the other end without loosing the tracking on the opposite end. If I put fixed wheels on one end (non-swivel "casters") then that will make pivoting in tight quarters, or lateral rolling, impossible.Of the scenarios I can think of - I think if I had to compromise then I think using rigid (non-swivel) casters would be the way to go - the more important movement/function is the ability to track straight while steering from only one end.On edit - the fabricator in me kicked in. I suppose I could make a way to lock swivel casters - like a couple of rings welded on with a bolt that I could tighten to keep the wheels locked in position. I would say "pin", but a pin lining up with a couple of holes, depending on the position desired, won't hold very tight = there would be slop in it that will detract from the locking purpose. A bolt or two could be tightened to take out the slop.Last edited by FlyFishn; 04-03-2022 at 12:43 PM.
Reply:We use them at work, Colson is the brand of choice, and depending on the size and weight requirements it is all in their book. I have a tool box on 4 swivels that lock. 2 are locked and 2 are not currently. We have used American casters too, but they don't seem to hold up as well as the Colson casters. Not bagging on them, but our transportation department has destroyed everything we put out there. The Colson's have survived the longest. Sent from my SM-G960U using TapatalkI haven't built anything I can't throw away. Perfection is the journey. Mac
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Originally Posted by Mac's Crew
We use them at work, Colson is the brand of choice, and depending on the size and weight requirements it is all in their book. I have a tool box on 4 swivels that lock. 2 are locked and 2 are not currently. We have used American casters too, but they don't seem to hold up as well as the Colson casters. Not bagging on them, but our transportation department has destroyed everything we put out there. The Colson's have survived the longest. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
Reply:Hmmm.... didn't know these existed.... https://colson.ca/casters/?_features=swivel-lockThe harder you fall, the higher you bounce...250 amp Miller DialArc AC/DC StickF-225 amp Forney AC Stick230 amp Sears AC StickLincoln 180C MIGVictor Medalist 350 O/ACut 50 PlasmaLes
Reply:I didn't know they existed either until I bought this Makita generator
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Reply:The locks will put it in one of 4 positions. They will not move. If I unlock them I can make all 4 go in the same direction to put them into a tight spot.My little toolbox has 1500 lbs each caster. Rolls great.Sent from my SM-G960U using TapatalkI haven't built anything I can't throw away. Perfection is the journey. Mac
Reply:The brakes ont the caster get sketchy but work well if you don't drag them with a forklift. Sent from my SM-G960U using TapatalkI haven't built anything I can't throw away. Perfection is the journey. Mac
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The brakes ont the caster get sketchy but work well if you don't drag them with a forklift. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
Reply:This is turning out to be an interesting search... So it appears that one of the biggest problems with swivel casters is that the kingpins can fail under heavy loads and shock loads. I can't say I've ever had a caster "fail". I can recall some that have deformed and had missing bearing balls = very sloppy, but I've never seen one "break" during use that I can ever remember. Maybe it is more common than I think. Colson's castors that I looked through are kingpinless designs. Another brand I came across is Service Caster. Check the link below:https://shop.servicecaster.com/Swive...30-par-slb.htmColson looks like they are a Canadian company, and distribute within Canada - not the US. I did message them to see what availability they have of their products here in the US. As for Service Caster - the pricing info I can find on their site shows the kingpinless designs are significantly more expensive than kingpin. And the smallest wheel they offer in that design is a 6". I was looking at 5" but I will have to measure. I am not sure what the size is of the ones I have off the top of my head (blue composite ones from Harbor Freight [Edit 1 - online it says they are 3"]). I need bigger wheels, but not THAT big. I think my newer hand truck wheels are 6" and they are pretty big.Edit 2 - My thoughts on wheel size were to get bigger wheels than the dolly wheels I am currently using. The other issue I have to consider is overall height. In all honesty, the dollies I have are a challenge from the height perspective already. We moved a piano with them and getting the piano off the ground with levers and blocks far enough to get wood and dollies down under it was a challenge. Add 3-5" more height to that and then you have a real challenge!! Thats the 2nd bulky/heavy thing I've levered and blocked up and rolled on dollies - but I will need to do that several more times in the future, and ya never know who might call for help too. Thats in addition to all the shop/garage purposes. Shop/garage I can't see the height being an issue - I am usually using a hoist or crane of some sort. Though, that is part of the idea of moving heavy/bulky things inside too - make a gantry either using 2 A frame ladders and a beam between, or make my own legs/braces for the beam. Lots of ideas.Last edited by FlyFishn; 04-04-2022 at 06:53 AM.
Reply:I get a lot of casters from serviecaster.comThey have a lot of different options and they have always been helpful. They should have anything you need.
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Originally Posted by FlyFishn
This is turning out to be an interesting search... So it appears that one of the biggest problems with swivel casters is that the kingpins can fail under heavy loads and shock loads. I can't say I've ever had a caster "fail". I can recall some that have deformed and had missing bearing balls = very sloppy, but I've never seen one "break" during use that I can ever remember. Maybe it is more common than I think. Colson's castors that I looked through are kingpinless designs. Another brand I came across is Service Caster. Check the link below:https://shop.servicecaster.com/Swive...30-par-slb.htmColson looks like they are a Canadian company, and distribute within Canada - not the US. I did message them to see what availability they have of their products here in the US. As for Service Caster - the pricing info I can find on their site shows the kingpinless designs are significantly more expensive than kingpin. And the smallest wheel they offer in that design is a 6". I was looking at 5" but I will have to measure. I am not sure what the size is of the ones I have off the top of my head (blue composite ones from Harbor Freight [Edit 1 - online it says they are 3"]). I need bigger wheels, but not THAT big. I think my newer hand truck wheels are 6" and they are pretty big.Edit 2 - My thoughts on wheel size were to get bigger wheels than the dolly wheels I am currently using. The other issue I have to consider is overall height. In all honesty, the dollies I have are a challenge from the height perspective already. We moved a piano with them and getting the piano off the ground with levers and blocks far enough to get wood and dollies down under it was a challenge. Add 3-5" more height to that and then you have a real challenge!! Thats the 2nd bulky/heavy thing I've levered and blocked up and rolled on dollies - but I will need to do that several more times in the future, and ya never know who might call for help too. Thats in addition to all the shop/garage purposes. Shop/garage I can't see the height being an issue - I am usually using a hoist or crane of some sort. Though, that is part of the idea of moving heavy/bulky things inside too - make a gantry either using 2 A frame ladders and a beam between, or make my own legs/braces for the beam. Lots of ideas.
Reply:Put locking casters on small welding table, added a hoist well works for me.
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Reply:Thanks for all the replies. I am settling on a 6" caster by Colson. There is a vendor they referred me to called Service Castor - it is their model 71 series. That is apparently identical to the Albion series 110, linked below from a different vendor (I can't find the level of detail on the other vendor's site right off the bat):https://accesscasters.com/110xs06228...el-caster.aspxAll these swivel casters have the indentations for the 4 way swivel locks. Brakes are optional also. I'm getting both for all wheels. I think that makes the most sense - a bit more expensive to do that but I can't decide how I want the layout to be so this will give me the option of what wheels to fix and when. As far as wheels go - I am getting a set of flat soft wheels and ergonomic (rounded) polyurethene wheels. The poly has almost 2x the load capacity. I figure the times I may want the higher load capacity I'll be working on hard surfaces (concrete/asphalt) so the ground pressure of the tread on the ground surface won't be much of an issue. However, the flat tread style will have more floatation - less ground pressure (larger footprint) - I am hoping that helps rolling over carpet. And inside use the soft tread will be nicer on floors in general, what ever the material (stone, tile, wood, you name it). With 600lb capacity per soft wheel - that is still higher than anything I can think of that might be moved. Even if I drop down to the thought of only 2 wheels distributing the weight (think uneven ground) - that is 1200lbs. If all 4 wheels are distributing the weight that is 2400lbs. The poly's are 1250lbs/ea. I will start another thread on the dolly design - it has morphed substantially from a simple large platform dolly (think conventional cheap 4 wheel furniture dolly, only a lot bigger) to a hydraulic lifting "furniture mover" of sorts.Last edited by FlyFishn; 2 Weeks Ago at 07:08 AM.
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