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I have a car in the garage that is nose in that I need to get out and turn 180 degrees and put back.
In the real world this would be easy, but seeing as I have had the head refurbished, it will be easier to work on if the car is turned around.
Car skates seem the most logical way, so does anyone have any recommendations, Machine Mart ones etc ?
Thanks in advance.
In the real world this would be easy, but seeing as I have had the head refurbished, it will be easier to work on if the car is turned around.
Car skates seem the most logical way, so does anyone have any recommendations, Machine Mart ones etc ?
Thanks in advance.
I bought some of these recently: https://www.sgs-engineering.com/wnd4000-450kg-whee...
I got a new project car and the rear tyres have been flat for decades, brakes stuck on, so I used two of them under the back of the car to speed the recovery up, and they're pretty good. My shed floor is "ripply" concrete (I don't know the proper name for it) and they're OK over that. As above, they'd be no use on soft ground of any sort, and there was a bit of messing around as the garage we were pulling the car out of had a 2" drop down to the driveway. I got them from Facebook marketplace, though that site has very variable pricing - the guy was asking £80, but at the time they were only the same new.
I did want some of the hydraulic ones that you just put alongside the wheel and pump up, so there's no need to jack the car up first, but they're a lot more expensive, even used. I did notice that Lidl have wooden dollies in at the moment for about £12 each, not sure how much weight they'll take and today is not a good day to go there.
I got a new project car and the rear tyres have been flat for decades, brakes stuck on, so I used two of them under the back of the car to speed the recovery up, and they're pretty good. My shed floor is "ripply" concrete (I don't know the proper name for it) and they're OK over that. As above, they'd be no use on soft ground of any sort, and there was a bit of messing around as the garage we were pulling the car out of had a 2" drop down to the driveway. I got them from Facebook marketplace, though that site has very variable pricing - the guy was asking £80, but at the time they were only the same new.
I did want some of the hydraulic ones that you just put alongside the wheel and pump up, so there's no need to jack the car up first, but they're a lot more expensive, even used. I did notice that Lidl have wooden dollies in at the moment for about £12 each, not sure how much weight they'll take and today is not a good day to go there.
droopsnoot said:
I bought some of these recently: https://www.sgs-engineering.com/wnd4000-450kg-whee...
I got a new project car and the rear tyres have been flat for decades, brakes stuck on, so I used two of them under the back of the car to speed the recovery up, and they're pretty good. My shed floor is "ripply" concrete (I don't know the proper name for it) and they're OK over that. As above, they'd be no use on soft ground of any sort, and there was a bit of messing around as the garage we were pulling the car out of had a 2" drop down to the driveway. I got them from Facebook marketplace, though that site has very variable pricing - the guy was asking £80, but at the time they were only the same new.
I did want some of the hydraulic ones that you just put alongside the wheel and pump up, so there's no need to jack the car up first, but they're a lot more expensive, even used. I did notice that Lidl have wooden dollies in at the moment for about £12 each, not sure how much weight they'll take and today is not a good day to go there.
Following on from this, their revised version with bigger wheels are on offer today, £50/pairI got a new project car and the rear tyres have been flat for decades, brakes stuck on, so I used two of them under the back of the car to speed the recovery up, and they're pretty good. My shed floor is "ripply" concrete (I don't know the proper name for it) and they're OK over that. As above, they'd be no use on soft ground of any sort, and there was a bit of messing around as the garage we were pulling the car out of had a 2" drop down to the driveway. I got them from Facebook marketplace, though that site has very variable pricing - the guy was asking £80, but at the time they were only the same new.
I did want some of the hydraulic ones that you just put alongside the wheel and pump up, so there's no need to jack the car up first, but they're a lot more expensive, even used. I did notice that Lidl have wooden dollies in at the moment for about £12 each, not sure how much weight they'll take and today is not a good day to go there.
https://www.sgs-engineering.com/wd2000-450kg-wheel...
Krikkit said:
droopsnoot said:
I bought some of these recently: https://www.sgs-engineering.com/wnd4000-450kg-whee...
I got a new project car and the rear tyres have been flat for decades, brakes stuck on, so I used two of them under the back of the car to speed the recovery up, and they're pretty good. My shed floor is "ripply" concrete (I don't know the proper name for it) and they're OK over that. As above, they'd be no use on soft ground of any sort, and there was a bit of messing around as the garage we were pulling the car out of had a 2" drop down to the driveway. I got them from Facebook marketplace, though that site has very variable pricing - the guy was asking £80, but at the time they were only the same new.
I did want some of the hydraulic ones that you just put alongside the wheel and pump up, so there's no need to jack the car up first, but they're a lot more expensive, even used. I did notice that Lidl have wooden dollies in at the moment for about £12 each, not sure how much weight they'll take and today is not a good day to go there.
Following on from this, their revised version with bigger wheels are on offer today, £50/pairI got a new project car and the rear tyres have been flat for decades, brakes stuck on, so I used two of them under the back of the car to speed the recovery up, and they're pretty good. My shed floor is "ripply" concrete (I don't know the proper name for it) and they're OK over that. As above, they'd be no use on soft ground of any sort, and there was a bit of messing around as the garage we were pulling the car out of had a 2" drop down to the driveway. I got them from Facebook marketplace, though that site has very variable pricing - the guy was asking £80, but at the time they were only the same new.
I did want some of the hydraulic ones that you just put alongside the wheel and pump up, so there's no need to jack the car up first, but they're a lot more expensive, even used. I did notice that Lidl have wooden dollies in at the moment for about £12 each, not sure how much weight they'll take and today is not a good day to go there.
https://www.sgs-engineering.com/wd2000-450kg-wheel...
For a one time use I'd just be jacking up in the centrish of front or back and spinning it around on a trolley jack. I've got some skates (the useless kind you need to jack the car up then lower in to, rather than the self jacking type) and they are more hassle than they are worth for most jobs. About the only thing I'd say they "may" be well worth using for is if you have a non runner you regularly need to shuffle around in to odd positions on a perfectly smooth floor. It's a fairly niche job. For pretty much anything else an alternative exists that's either free or better imo.
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