Tool box rolling cart

[DEMON44]

Going to build a rolling cart for my rollcab next week. Going to remove my stock wheels. Need to have fork pockets under it too. Have a general plan for it, seen lots in different shops I've been in and around.

Have a general plan for it I think. No built in side cabs or anything fancy. Any dos or don'ts out there?

 

[ryoken]

never seen such a thing.. subscribed... I've had my snappy boxes on forklifts a few times....

 

[DEMON44]

the plan.

Cut solid piece of 3/8" as the base. About 70" x 27"

Attach castors. 8" x 3" HD rated. Locking.

Plasma cut 1/4" plate pieces for the fork pocket underneath. 8" x 4" on approx 27" Centers. Useful plus adds some extra rigidity underneath.

Plasma cut edge rails. Front edge single piece 2" tall x70" 1/4". Rear 3" tall same. Sides taper 2" to 3". Going to bend some heavy wall pipe for the handle. So it doesn't flex. Weld down to small over hang on 3/8" base on swivel castor side.

 

[DEMON44]

never seen such a thing.. subscribed... I've had my snappy boxes on forklifts a few times....

No? Like 90% of the guys in my shop now have one of some sort of other. But also I work in remote mining. Might have something to do with it.

 

[ryoken]

that's what I was figuring.. different environment than most... post pics...

 

[sweetk30]

I always wanted to build a 6" lift kit for my tool box .

it would bolt up to the stock wheels pads and then the stock wheels bolt to it .

also would have a tow point and the whole bottom would have a storage shelf with expanded metal on I .

 

[BadDog]

I put some of my boxes up on 6" industrial casters to ease moving loaded. I then built "low-boy" rolling trays that slide in and out beneath them. Did the same thing under my lathe, which sits on ~6" columns I made to raise it to a more comfortable level for use. The hold some of my heavy accessories and tooling on some, stock of material on the another.

 

[DEMON44]

I'm definately useing 8" by 3" wide castors. Maybe ones with a rubberized strip around it. Like all steel with a thin strip of something.

 

[BadDog]

A few things to look at is durometer of the "tires" and crown. Particularly on casters crown and harder tires are important. In fact, I don't know of any real good reason for a softer tire for boxes. The very nicest and easiest to roll/turn are the no tire steel casters, but those will damage lots of floor surfaces. I've got 8" steel casters on my heavy grinder table. It weights somewhere north of 1500 lbs and rolls easily. But it can mark my epoxy coated floors.

 

[DEMON44]

You are probably right. My box probably weighs 2500lbs. Our floors are steel sheeted

 

[DEMON44]

Went with 8x2" composite wheels. Swivels are double locking. Greaseable bearings. Rated 1500lbs per corner. The steel 8x3s that I wanted were $200 each. So ya that didn't happen. The pipe frame was to tie the handles in together.

 

[DEMON44]

 

[DEMON44]

Just cause.

 

[ryoken]

bada$$.....

 

[DEMON44]

Sheeted the bottom. Urethane for giggles.

 

[DEMON44]

Going to tie the handle crossbars into the OEM handle mounts with a small strut for good super structure.

 

[warrpath4x4]

put a tow bar on that thing, one of our techs had a cart with a tow bar when he started here, then he switched to a bigger box then a service truck

 

[DEMON44]

All my crap has been in my road boxes in a service truck for the past 6 years already. I'm over that.

Gonna back plate the words with a yellow plate to match the box. Bumble bee style rig.

 

[rdn2blazer]

Bad Ass Luke. Dig it.

 

[DEMON44]

Set in. No extra insurance for shipping toolbox. Fine. Go go gadget rollcage.