Building a dolly track

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Lor

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I'm in the process of building my own dolly track. At first I was thinking using PVC pipe like many how-to tutorials but I am not sure if it is strong enough for 20pounds rig plus a person on the dolly track system. What are my options?
 
PVC will hold you + the gear. I'm about 185 and i've used a 30 pound rig with no problems. Pick up 1" 480 psi rated PVC from home depot or lowes and that should do the trick.
 
Thank you for the response; however, my issue is the PVC pipe will bend if the landscape is rough and/or uneven. If I have use shims or raise the PVC pipe to level it, this will make the PVC break or bend. Any suggestion on how to resolve this issue?
 
So, does anyone have any idea how to compensate for rough and uneven landscape with PVC pipe? If not, what are other materials that can but add minimum weight?
 
schedule 40 pipe, but its super heavy. You won't have a worry in the world about weight problems, except for the weight of the job itself.
 
Thanks for the response but I don't believed you understand the issue I'm facing. That is, how do I compensate for the pvc pipe from bending and breaking if the PVC pipe is not on flat surface? In a rough and uneven landscape, I'm positive that the pvc pipe will bend and break. In addition to that, how do I level the pvc pipe track on rough and uneven landscape without bending and breaking?
 
By plywood and put it under the the track so it'll be nice and flush.

I'd do it in pieces and I would buy latches so each 3x3 piece of plywood you can latch together, you can build it to your own needs. I'm making my 3x3 x 15 pieces. You can get thick plywood or not so thick plywood, its all up to you.
 
can be a bit of a PITA to transport (think roof racks), but I bought some 1x3" spruce at Home Depot and just mounted the PVC directly to it . . . drilled straight through it (then made the top hole a little larger so the screw would go through/inside), screwed it right down on to the wood permanently. I ended up making 6 of these so I have 3 sets each about 9 1/2 feet long. When necessary I connect them with simple gate hooks (and there is a dowel inside that keeps them centered & together.
 
Honestly, I wouldn't trust PVC pipe to do all that amazing of a job. Its too light and reacts to the slightest of vibration. You can get steel 1" piping at home depot for something like $10 per 10 feet. Use flush wooden dowels to connect the ends (Gorilla glue 1 end) and drill holes to attach braces on the bottom portion of the piping. Much like was done with the Eazy Dolly.

http://www.eazydolly.com/ Check the vid and pictures.
 
Skapo said:
Honestly, I wouldn't trust PVC pipe to do all that amazing of a job. Its too light and reacts to the slightest of vibration. You can get steel 1" piping at home depot for something like $10 per 10 feet. Use flush wooden dowels to connect the ends (Gorilla glue 1 end) and drill holes to attach braces on the bottom portion of the piping. Much like was done with the Eazy Dolly.

http://www.eazydolly.com/ Check the vid and pictures.
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I ended up in using 1" steel fence pipe for mine. Although I can't make it curve, it's more stable and I can use less wood underneath it to prevent from bending. In addition, since this steel pipe is made for fencing, the part where two pipe connects are flush so there is no need to create my own little diy connector.
 
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