vandelay industries
1/2 ton status
https://www.harborfreight.com/2-piece-1500-lb-capacity-vehicle-dollies-67338.html
i bought two sets of two each, i think it was $116 for me after tax.
i generally DO NOT recommend these dollies and here's why:
---Now, i do mess with mostly small chevys----vega, monza, cavalier,chevettes etc. (and that is one advantage with small cars = less weight)
--- AND, despite having shitty levittown construction, my concrete garage floor is actually somewhat smooth.
However, despite having those two things seemingly in my favor, when i used these dollies to move a 2,500 lbs cavalier, it was not "easy."
Admittedly, i did have part of the garage carpeted (i don't know why i did this, i just did.....) Once i got the car off the carpet, it was easier to push, but still not that easy to push. The other thing is that, a lot of the times, i had to manually position the dolly wheels, with a long screwdriver, in the direction i wanted to go. Whereas on the higher end dollies, the dolly wheels tend to easily steer in whatever direction you want to go(not to mention they roll easier in general). i think wheels and bearings are everything.
Verdict:
If you have to move anything heavier than 2000lbs. , which means fullsize blazers, trucks, suburbans etc., are definitely OUT of the question, i DO NOT recommend these dollies. They simply don't work very well even on lighter vehicles.
What i REALLY wanted were the GoJak dollies; These are wondiferous and the car will feel like it is on ice, but they are like $1000 and i don't have that much spare change on me now.
So, maybe what you could do is buy one at a time at $250 each and then get three cheaper dollies. Then after a few months get another one, then a few months another and so on. Then sell the other three cheaper dollies although they really aren't worth much anyways.
Looking at some of the reviews of the harbor freight copies of the GoJaks, they don't quite measure up.
So, i aspire to buy GoJaks.
i bought two sets of two each, i think it was $116 for me after tax.
i generally DO NOT recommend these dollies and here's why:
---Now, i do mess with mostly small chevys----vega, monza, cavalier,chevettes etc. (and that is one advantage with small cars = less weight)
--- AND, despite having shitty levittown construction, my concrete garage floor is actually somewhat smooth.
However, despite having those two things seemingly in my favor, when i used these dollies to move a 2,500 lbs cavalier, it was not "easy."
Admittedly, i did have part of the garage carpeted (i don't know why i did this, i just did.....) Once i got the car off the carpet, it was easier to push, but still not that easy to push. The other thing is that, a lot of the times, i had to manually position the dolly wheels, with a long screwdriver, in the direction i wanted to go. Whereas on the higher end dollies, the dolly wheels tend to easily steer in whatever direction you want to go(not to mention they roll easier in general). i think wheels and bearings are everything.
Verdict:
If you have to move anything heavier than 2000lbs. , which means fullsize blazers, trucks, suburbans etc., are definitely OUT of the question, i DO NOT recommend these dollies. They simply don't work very well even on lighter vehicles.
What i REALLY wanted were the GoJak dollies; These are wondiferous and the car will feel like it is on ice, but they are like $1000 and i don't have that much spare change on me now.
So, maybe what you could do is buy one at a time at $250 each and then get three cheaper dollies. Then after a few months get another one, then a few months another and so on. Then sell the other three cheaper dollies although they really aren't worth much anyways.
Looking at some of the reviews of the harbor freight copies of the GoJaks, they don't quite measure up.
So, i aspire to buy GoJaks.
