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SeeingStars
Jun 25, 2015Explorer
Kayteg1 wrote:
I see 2 problems with that front mounted tow bar.
1. it will take a helper to hitch it without jumping out of the cabin several times and the helper is not going to stand in the safest spot.
2. the coupler is design for pulling, while it has limited strength for pushing, probably good on flat, but curb, gutter and slope are not going to make it easy.
If you have 4 casters, how do you control it from going sideway?
For gutter and curb you will need some ramps no matter what you use, unless you want to put car wheels on the jack.
The plan was to use rigid casters for the back of the dolly and swivel casters on the front to keep it from going all over the place.
A small handful of people have told me that I'll need some sort of ramp even with a shallow gutter...so I'll have to rethink that part of the dolly. If I have to create a small ramp though, that probably lowers the cost of the casters significantly. The pneumatic ones I'm considering as my curb/gutter solution aren't inexpensive.
Thanks for the input. It is helpful. Before I go down this rabbit hole I want to make sure I can put it in the garage - and more importantly - do it safely. 2000 pounds of camper on wheels on a sloped driveway isn't something to be trifled with. :-)
Mike
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