An alluminium dolly

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thEcompoSer

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I've been looking around to find someone who has made an alluminium dolly. I havn't found any information about it.

Someone who can help me here??

I'll aprecciate every coment!!
 
I've used some before. Birns and Sawyer rent one that folds up in a case. I didn't like it. It was heavy and (due to the hinge) not solid. Wooden Nickel (I think it was them...) rented a "cheese plate dolly" Basicly an aluminum skateboard wheel dolly with tons of holes drilled out to cut cut down weight. Even still it was *way* to heavy.

The best is just plywood. Strong and light. Mine is 2 layers of 3/4" screwed together to make it 1.5" thick. It's light enough to throw in the back of my SUV and strong enough to support a truck. (if need be?!?)
 
There's at least a couple aluminum (and very portable) dollies in the DIY forum (I know because I made one).

Did you try searching for "aluminum"?
 
Thanks for helping me people, im new here and im trying to understand how does the thing work here.
Im looking for some kind of lightweight dolly that support the inclemency of time and some considerable weight on it. A dolly that looks professional no home made.
I wondering if some of you guys got some kind of diagram or step by step guide who explain the way to do this machine.
 
Hi Rikaruz. I was initially thinking about making a skater-dolly out of aluminum, but found out that it was too expensive. It's much more affordable to go with steel - and it's pretty strong too. I can understand why you'd want a lightweight dolly, but the added weight of a steel-dolly makes it more stable than one in lightweight aluminum.

You're welcome to check out the skater dolly I'm currently making. They will be $450 if you want one. Check out the DIY thread.

Tony
 
The one really good thing about a heavier setup is I find it's easier to get a clean fluid push. I actually throw a sandbag on my tripod spreaders to keep it more stable when pushing, mine is a single 3/4" plywood version.
 
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