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sdbob 05-26-2023 07:39 PM

Need casters for 4 engine stands.Where to buy?
 
I have 4Pontiac V8s,2-400s,2-455s complete.in garage I want portable. I've made the storage stands, now for the casters. I was thinking 3 inch. Should I look at Harbor Freight(I think sometimes quality isnt worth the time)?. Or look on line? They wont be moved often just to clean

Scarebird 05-26-2023 07:56 PM

I have a bunch of the Costco wire rack casters.

Keith Seymore 05-26-2023 10:51 PM

McMaster Carr catalog.

https://www.mcmaster.com/search?q=Caster

K

sdbob 05-27-2023 07:05 AM

Thanks guys. Funny when I worked at Kennametal all those industrial suppliers catalogs were accessible to me as we used all of them. The only one I kept was a Ryerson.

61-63 05-27-2023 09:25 AM

Northern Tool if you have one near you. They have a big selection of casters better stuff than Harbor Freight and much cheaper than McMaster Carr although McMaster Carr has best quality IMO.

Keith Seymore 05-27-2023 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdbob (Post 6429901)
Thanks guys. Funny when I worked at Kennametal all those industrial suppliers catalogs were accessible to me as we used all of them. The only one I kept was a Ryerson.

Remember those huge "Thompson" catalogs?

I do love the internet when it comes to finding things.

Usually.

K

sdbob 05-27-2023 09:59 AM

What was nice around here when all the plants were going full tilt. They would take their 'junk' to junk yard in Latrobe, Lattanzios,he had new steel of any kind plus the 'scrap' from the plants ,wheels, carts,anything you could imagine,cheap.Also cars,I got a HD 3.42 posi for my 63 GP, Pontiac heads, all the stuff cheap,$20.00-30.00 range. Now it's all gone.A the good old days.

burd 05-27-2023 12:20 PM

There’s a Castor store in Madison Heights Mi , try them.

Sirrotica 05-27-2023 12:26 PM

I've pirated some off of shopping carts that were run over by snowplows at our local Walmart. Getting someone to give you permission to remove them is sometimes pretty difficult though.

That being said, Amazon lists them, link:

https://www.amazon.com/shopping-cart...acement+wheels

I have them on more than one fabricated cart in my garage, they are damn tough.

Scarebird 05-27-2023 01:25 PM

How many do you need?

I may be able to get 16 into a USPS FRP

SRR 05-27-2023 02:14 PM

Ace Hardware sells them also. Check Craigslist too.

grandam1979 05-27-2023 09:15 PM

Menards has lots of casters

sdbob 06-02-2023 09:49 AM

Thanks again guys. I'm still ckg prices and quality. I did find about 4 at home. Forget where they came from!

salem1912 06-03-2023 01:18 PM

https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/...616581800.html

He selling just the caster also.

sdbob 06-06-2023 10:32 AM

Well after searching through a box(there were a lot of small wheels on top of big wheels),I found 8- 5 inch wheels. I have no idea when I bought these wheels. Now I found enough. I guess I got to look first in all my 'stuff'.


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