Looking for a simple homemade way of moving a 10′ brake solo.
Like maybe the ridgid MSUV but bigger I guess. Any backyard engineers come with a simple solution? I got a Tapco 19″ and it’s a handful. Not so much for transporting to and from the job as moving around on site and storing.
Being all in one stand/roller might be best. I just hate to BUY something that could be cobbled up..I have a Mig and odds and ends of steel fiddly bits.
I’d rather throw a few bucks to a fellow BT headscratcher than buy a factory stamped out add on.
Edit: I swear I put this in the Tools folder, I dunno why it popped up here.
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Edited 1/13/2009 9:33 am ET by Sphere
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Picked up a Topco 19" last fall. Still sitting in the shop on horses where I unloaded it. You're right about the heft of the thing. Sez on mine to handle with two people.
On the Topco web site (or some such site) there is a rolling stand that folds up. maybe uou can get a good enough picture to fab your own. I plan on going to one of the local rental outfits to see if they have the stand to got some ideas.
-Paul
I have the 19" 10-6 tapco as well.
It does say to handle with two people.
I hang mine on the truck rack by myself, but it is not easy.
I never set it on the ground because I can't hardly get it back up, always on horses.
I have no stand for it. The one they sell for it has fairly crappy wheels on it and didnt work well on the job. (former boss had same brake after he used mine once, he bought the stand)
I always wanted to put a flip up type stand on my flatbed trailer. Haul the brake to the job with trailer full of siding or windows. When you need brake, flip it up and use it. Creates more walking though since the brake would always be on trailer.
I could do the same idea on a truck, change around what I have now a bit, but still not truely portable.October 17th, 2009
Jeremy and Lisa
Was there ever any doubt?
Yeah, small wheels are not gonna fly here, and I don't HAVE two people all the time. I'm thinking Ironing board meets baby stroller wheels..or a big as* Hand truck.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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I've got the folding wheel kit for one I might be talked into selling. It's got about 6" dia.wheels. I took 'em off 'cause it takes more room to store and I wasn't moving it around any.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
Cool..lemme scope it out when I get back up for parts.
I might enlarge the wheels if possible, for my rough terrain here.
Could you add 2 @ 13" flat with a 2" up turn at 90degrees by 60" long to my tally? Might be Saturday at this rate.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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I might enlarge the wheels if possible,
Might be tough - they fold under and the brake sets on them when they're not in use. It's designed for job site use. I'll dig the rig out this week some time. Email me a drawing of what you want bent. I don't understand.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
Will do..hey, stay warm. I just brought back another huge load of wood chunks, might last the week if it gets as cold as I saw on the news.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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I put a couple of old hand-truck wheels on a 12' chop-saw table. I'd pick up one end, and wheel it around. Trouble is, you need a lot of room to maneuver something that long: if I needed to make a sharp, right-angle turn, that meant that I had to walk almost 19' in an arc -- 1/4 of the way around the outside of a 24' dia. circle. Sometimes you don't have that much room.I thought about rigging one end of the table with the equivalent of the tips of bicycle forks. When I wanted to wheel the saw station to another location, I'd pop in my wheel, tighten the quick-release, and go.That way, I could steer it the way I steer a wheelbarrow -- raise the hand on the outside of the turn, and the wheel will carve into the turn.I was going to cut a slot in my table to let the wheel protrude up through, so that my "forks" could be small, notched pieces of angle iron nestled up where they didn't hang down and get in the way.Don't know whether this solution is adaptable to your brake... But the steering problem is the same, so consider a single wheel -- Old wheelbarrow wheel permanently attached on a hinged fork? Small garden-cart wheel? Don't let the leg get too tall, too much leverage, or your brake will tip over just like an overloaded wheelbarrow.GLAPP(Good Luck, And Post Pics)AitchKay
Thanls, i'll see what Grant has stashed away before I fire up the welder.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Dale tells me part of the rig is still hooked to the brake which is out at his shop.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
Here it is:
http://www.magnumtools.com/shopexd.asp?id=5587http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
Musta added it to yours after we quit the trailer holder.
I'll see what I can come up with, but that looks pretty well designed.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Musta added it to yours after we quit the trailer holder.
Nah - there's two horizontal receiver members shown that bolt to the brake and the rest clips on and off.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
that looks pretty well designed.
It works well for moving it around on the ground, but won't make it jump up on the truck racks.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
Ok, I recall. I hauled the break ( better spelt) once in the van, no fun moving that sukker. It'll be staying here mostly, but I'd like to wheel it in and out of a shed. It will ride in the Ford if it has to travel, I can maybe get it in the bed and up by myself..
Mostly want it out of the weather, but not in "storage".Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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When I hauled it around a couple of times, I put it in the bed pretty easily.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
I like that idea.
Now I want to get off my dead #### and go out to the shop.
Cold, no heat, nah, back to playing pool till my email dings again.
October 17th, 2009
Jeremy and Lisa
Was there ever any doubt?
I got one I bought off some guy that said he bought it from Blodgett.
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Please share your ingenious device when it comes to fruition.
Mine is wrestled handily on top of the trailer when I need it--infrequently--or used on horses at home.
When I do move it alone, I clamp my "Dolly Cartin" (trojan's little two wheeled clamping cart) to it, pick up one end and go.
I do know I can easily make it 100 lbs heavier..LOLSpheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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I have the same animal & fastened wheels too the bottom of the rails on one end. Still a heavy bastard
I just use helping words when I have to move it.
I always thought if this was the only type of work I did it could just stay set up in my trailer and I'd be set. But like most of use here, we do lots of everything.
The best is when you just have to bend up a few things. All that work dragging it out and all.
My brother called me the other morning & asked to use it, told him its out back in the shed stored for the winter to knock him self out.
That was Monday, tommorow morning its suppose to be -12 here, thank God for global warming.
One thing fabing your own thing is weight, add 3 more pounds & it may be the deal breaker No one should regard themselve as "God's gift to man." But rather a mere man whos gifts are from God.