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"All-terrain" main wheel dolly
All - I am looking for an "all-terrain" wheel dolly for a 15M glider main wheel. I am familiar with the GoJack type products (http://www.zendextool.com/gojak/ ) but unfortunately, the size of the casters will not handle gravel surface. Tires will probably have to be 10" pneumatic to do the job on gravel.
I am looking for pictures of a DIY solution, an existing products, or ideas on how to go about it. The wheel dolly needs to be multidirectional and be able to handle a gravel/unimproved hangar floor. Thanks for any ideas or leads! Bastoune |
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"All-terrain" main wheel dolly
On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 12:39:37 AM UTC-5, Bastoune wrote:
All - I am looking for an "all-terrain" wheel dolly for a 15M glider main wheel. I am familiar with the GoJack type products (http://www.zendextool.com/gojak/ ) but unfortunately, the size of the casters will not handle gravel surface. Tires will probably have to be 10" pneumatic to do the job on gravel. I am looking for pictures of a DIY solution, an existing products, or ideas on how to go about it. The wheel dolly needs to be multidirectional and be able to handle a gravel/unimproved hangar floor. Thanks for any ideas or leads! Bastoune Something like the below but with the casters replaced? Looks like they should be removable. I could see building a simple ramp/chock combination to allow you to roll the glider into the higher dolly. http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/stor...ster--6-in-dia http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/stor...e?cm_vc=-10005 |
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"All-terrain" main wheel dolly
On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 12:39:37 AM UTC-5, Bastoune wrote:
All - I am looking for an "all-terrain" wheel dolly for a 15M glider main wheel. I am familiar with the GoJack type products (http://www.zendextool.com/gojak/ ) but unfortunately, the size of the casters will not handle gravel surface. Tires will probably have to be 10" pneumatic to do the job on gravel. I am looking for pictures of a DIY solution, an existing products, or ideas on how to go about it. The wheel dolly needs to be multidirectional and be able to handle a gravel/unimproved hangar floor. Thanks for any ideas or leads! Bastoune These guys could figure it out -- http://www.cynergyergonomics.com/tra...otorized-dolly but it might be cheaper to do some paving :-). Evan Ludeman / T8 |
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"All-terrain" main wheel dolly
On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 6:15:14 AM UTC-8, Tango Eight wrote:
These guys could figure it out -- http://www.cynergyergonomics.com/tra...otorized-dolly Cynergy, I like that. It sounds like the warm fuzzy intersection of cynicism and lethargy. |
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"All-terrain" main wheel dolly
On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 9:51:26 AM UTC-5, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 6:15:14 AM UTC-8, Tango Eight wrote: These guys could figure it out -- http://www.cynergyergonomics.com/tra...otorized-dolly Cynergy, I like that. It sounds like the warm fuzzy intersection of cynicism and lethargy. I can do both but can't decide which to do first. UH |
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"All-terrain" main wheel dolly
On Monday, December 15, 2014 10:39:37 PM UTC-7, Bastoune wrote:
All - I am looking for an "all-terrain" wheel dolly for a 15M glider main wheel. I am familiar with the GoJack type products (http://www.zendextool.com/gojak/ ) but unfortunately, the size of the casters will not handle gravel surface. Tires will probably have to be 10" pneumatic to do the job on gravel. I am looking for pictures of a DIY solution, an existing products, or ideas on how to go about it. The wheel dolly needs to be multidirectional and be able to handle a gravel/unimproved hangar floor. Thanks for any ideas or leads! Bastoune We had a 'glider spoon' at the old Enstone GC. It was used on an uneven surface to stack gliders in the quonset style hangar from the end. I built a couple locally, one for my self and another for the club as we had gravel floors. Most gliders were on dollies, which only moved in and out sideways.. The hangar floor and ramps were paved a few years ago, so now castering dollies are in use. A 'glider spoon' has two 10 or 12 inch wheels, a round ring with a dish or chains for the main wheel and a long handle. The glider is lifted and jockeyed with the handle. One person can lift a two-seater like a Grob-103 or an L-23. Indeed, the spoon has been used on a few occasions to rescue the two-seaters with flat main wheels from the runway and return them to the hangar for repair, sometimes a few hundred yards without too much effort. Haven't found a picture yet. Frank Whiteley |
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"All-terrain" main wheel dolly
All,
Thanks for the inputs. Frank - If I picture what you are describing, the glider is rolled onto a dish that somehow holds the main wheel. There are two 10" wheels that are offset from the dish and connected to a handle. By applying pressure down on the handle, the dish is lifted (almost like a hand truck) and the glider becomes mobile. I assume that this contraption is all metal, correct? How long was the handle approximately? Thanks B. |
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At 06:52 18 December 2014, Bastoune wrote:
All, Thanks for the inputs.=20 Frank - If I picture what you are describing, the glider is rolled onto a d= ish that somehow holds the main wheel. There are two 10" wheels that are of= fset from the dish and connected to a handle. By applying pressure down on = the handle, the dish is lifted (almost like a hand truck) and the glider be= comes mobile. I assume that this contraption is all metal, correct? How lon= g was the handle approximately? Thanks B. We used these for many years for hangar packing too. The whole thjng was steel and the handles were around 12 feet. The main wheel sat in a ring. There were many trailing edge dings to the wings over the years from the handles so we switched to main wheel dollies. John Galloway |
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At 12:09 18 December 2014, John Galloway wrote:
At 06:52 18 December 2014, Bastoune wrote: All, Thanks for the inputs.=20 Frank - If I picture what you are describing, the glider is rolled onto a d= ish that somehow holds the main wheel. There are two 10" wheels that are of= fset from the dish and connected to a handle. By applying pressure down on = the handle, the dish is lifted (almost like a hand truck) and the glider be= comes mobile. I assume that this contraption is all metal, correct? How lon= g was the handle approximately? Thanks B. We used these for many years for hangar packing too. The whole thjng was steel and the handles were around 12 feet. The main wheel sat in a ring. There were many trailing edge dings to the wings over the years fro the handles so we switched to main wheel dollies. John Galloway I saw one of them when I was at Portmoak in September, can't remember exactly where but probably around the original hangar. |
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