let me see the way you move axles around,until they are ready to install in the rig

[boggerless]

i have a two car garage,with a one car door.it's not tall enough anyway.so i drag chit through my service door. my LIL RED WAGON has a 465/208 sitting in it. so thats out.plus i have two 14s i need to make into one.my geragy has no electricity also.so daylight is my friend.this pallet jack will be the starting point.i need to build something to put on it. what have you guys done?

 

[Col_Sanders]

Could you use 2 tranny jacks? I think I paid 75 for one at Harbor Freight a couple years ago. I think it is rated at 350 or 400 pounds so 2 of them might not be strong enough to get under or lift high.

 

[obijuan]

a buddy of mine made some roller carts for axles, its basically a 2x12 with a big V notch cut into it and gusseted to the box frame with rollers. works pretty good.

 

[76zimmer]

ditto on that idea. I got a couple machinery dollies from work, 1" thick plywood 18x18" on 4 swivel casters. You can get them at garage sales etc.

 

[boggerless]

put zero money into it,bro.and thats where i am at.the pallet jack will lift 5000lbs,so i just need to build something for it to lift.BUT the thing has to fit through a 36in door.i'm thinking a wood frame thing with the axle on an angle.?

 

[boggerless]

i was thinking that same thing. but i would like the axle to be at a comfortable heighth.skooch around it with my old desk chair.AND DAVE. i have three dolly wheels.i can't find the fourth.....big six inch greasable ones also.dammit!i'd like to be able to rotate the axle,but . thats why i'd like to see pics. just to get ideas.

 

[goofy1]

Furniture dollies from harbor freight. Or make your own from 2x4 and casters. Build your own brackets off of the dollies to make it secure and set the height that you want.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=38970

or http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93888

 

[resurrected_jimmy]

ditto on that idea. I got a couple machinery dollies from work, 1" thick plywood 18x18" on 4 swivel casters. You can get them at garage sales etc.

Home Depot uses something very similar around the garden center to move trees. check over on the side where all the mulch, rock and stuff is

 

[Babaganoosh]

I saw this on pirate and thought it took the cake.


It's a pretty slick way.

 

[ZukiJohn]

Same as above dollies...but use jack stands welded to base....

 

[sixb]

Here is what I use

Or this

 

[ZukiJohn]

What front axle in that pic?? want to sell that dually spacer off the front??

 

[resurrected_jimmy]

looks like a SRW D 60 and a 3/4ton 14 FF

 

[folkenheath]

I just use the regular two wheel upright dollies, slide them under and pivot up, they work fine for all sorts of stuff.

 

[sixb]

looks like a SRW D 60 and a 3/4ton 14 FF

Yes on the dana 60 but it's a 1ton 14 bolt

 

[sixb]

What front axle in that pic?? want to sell that dually spacer off the front??

PM'd ya

 

[boggerless]

you forgot the BROKE part Tim..every dime i spend building the cart thingy is less money i have for the axles. Mike has some cool dollys, i forgot what we moved with them??

 

[boggerless]

Here is what I use

Or this

no fair using a tracter!!they are all at my pappys.i am my own forklift here.

 

[boggerless]

i know what to do now. THANKS FELLAS!!!

 

[Big Blzn]

Similar to what others have used with the furnature dollies. When I was going through the 14 bolt and D44 I just installed I used 2 of the dollies with jack stands on the dollies. Used rachet straps hold the axles to the stands and bolted the stands to the dollies. Moved around the garage floor real easily.
Pic.