Anyone know of anywhere I can get caster type locking scaffold wheels that would work outside on dirt not just on concrete floors? This is for 5′ by 5′ standard style scaffold.
I can get larger wheels with screwdown jackstands but it is real pricey about $1000 here in canda.
Thanks
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I use standard CI caster wheels on dirt and grass all the time. They cost about 45-50 each in Quebec. They roll a little rough but it works. Keep a few pieces of scrap 2x8 around for shims.
If you want those big pneumatic caster wheels, you're gonna have to pay for them. I've only seen them in use once; commercial outfit building a car dealership had them on a 4-level-high rolling tower they were using inside the building to rough the electric.
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http://www.scaffoldmart.com/scaffold-wheel.html
Works fine on fairly smooth ground
I bought mine at a caster store, serious, we have a store that just sells wheels, $100 for 4, but harbor freight or northern euipment should have them too
I can find lots that are for a hard surface like a concrete floor I am looking for something to be used outside in uneven dirt on a construction site.
make yur own...
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"Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints"
Thought of that using wheel barrow wheels. I am no welder so I would have to hire it out and in the end may cost just as much as buying.
Edited 10/28/2009 10:32 pm ET by cjeffrey
the last kind of tire you want would be one that could go flat or is mushy/soft...
find a caster that will mount to yur scaffold and change the tire out with a wide hard one...
look for everything to be boltable..
maybe you'll need to drill a hole or two...
give a little / take a little...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
"Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints"
too bad he cant find some tires off a riding lawn mower, the big wide tires. We have off road scaffold here that you pull behind the truck with car tires, they jack up about 15 feet, they are about 20 feet long, usually yellow. they look home made but not
I agree with IMERC. Make your own. After reading this thread I intend to go to Harbor Freight and get 4 large casters with bolt on flanges. I will drill matching holes in my existing scaffold pads so I can convert it from stationary to rolling in twenty minutes or so.Making reliable brakes might take a little ingenuity but I am sure there is a way to do it.The castors should only cost 10 or 15 dollars each.I liked the idea of smooth rolling pneumatic tires until the scary implications of a flat tire crossed my mind. If I was really into it I could get big tires foam filled but it would add a LOT to the cost.Karl
cushy tires would add to "sway" which could lead to tip over...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
"Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints"
Any front mounted mower deck should have wheels ideally suited for this that you could cut off and weld to the scaffold but I think you would want to add screw jacks or crank down trailer jacks. As others have said, flats might not be a good thing. Alternatively, I have people weld the wheels to a hinge set up that they can swing down for rolling and up for use. Saw it on soccer goals but the idea would be the same.
I got mine at Princess Auto for $25 apiece. 8"x2"
They don't have the rotation lock like the more expensive ones do, but they work very well for me.
j
do you use the 8" in rough ground, dirt and muck? I wonder will they roll ok in this or are they for hard surfaces only?
actually, I find they roll TOO well on hard surfaces. They work great for grass and gravel and not even too bad in garden dirt like many people have next to their houses. Plywood or OSB subfloor works fine. They're too hard and smooth for a smooth finished concrete floor. Even with the locks on it's too easy to slide them around, even with 2 racks of scaffolding on them. Not great for clay-base muck like I find around new construction sites since the clay sticks to the wheels and gets jambed up in the brake assembly. One of the many good reasons to avoid working in clay muck. I know another contractor in this area who has a set of pneumatic wheels that he uses for working solo on insulation in high vaults and so on. He puts enough air in them so they roll but not so much that they roll easily. Enough stability to work and enough rolling to move himself around the room without getting down. j