Yep, I've built a couple dollies just like that. Casters on one, in-line on the other. Sometimes I wish casters were on both ends, but it's usually just a convenience issue. On difficult moves, the in-lines do provide added security and stability; knowledge that the thing will go where you want, that is. ;-] William R. Monroe On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote: > William Truitt wrote: > >> " Non-caster wheels offer more stability on an diagonal incline >> and offer a more secure transit in general." >> >> Please support your conclusion that non-caster wheels (straight line >> wheels) >> offer a more secure transit in general (than a pivoting wheel such as seen >> on a piano dolly) >> > > In my reluctant experience, casters don't. At least they don't in the > direction I want to go at any given time. Having fought the random > directionality of casters way too many times, I'd not take exception to > inline wheels. Seems to me that casters on one end of the dolly and inline > wheels on the other might be the best of the positive, and the least of the > negative. You could steer (!!!) without lifting (!!!). > > !!! > Ron N > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100410/55b16d8c/attachment-0001.htm>
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