Tub Dolly

[wilkrod]

Hi all,
I have the suspension completly removed from my 944S resto project, and need to drop the tub on to some sort of dolly to be able to move on and off lift, outside for pressure washing, etc.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks for the help
Regards
Jeff

[mepstein]

Bolt a couple furniture dolly's together.

[962porsche]

the casters will lose it's balls all over your floor .
a low cost way is to order 4 casters from harbor freight the ones that you would need are about 15 dollars each . then get two 4x4's to run along the under side of the car from the right side to the left side then 3 2x4's and run two on the out side along the rockers and then one from the right front to the left rear of the car . lag bolt all of the wood together . your looking at a total cost of about 100 dollars to build a good strong car dolly . i have 4 of them in my shop . i use them to get cars around to the back of the shop so we can sand blast them with out and supension on the cars . do not use it to do your body work on they are just dollys .

[Tom '74 911]

I just fabricated one a few days ago for my 911. I'll post a few pics later this evening. . .

[Tom '74 911]

Here's some pics. I used 3/4" allthread at each post so I could micro-adjust them to ft. Also each post can be extended in 1.5" increments. The torsion tub sits on the legs w/the curved sections and the front legs bolt to the tub just behind the front cross member.

Overkill? You bet! But cool and functional too. . .

[Gillies]

I also built one last summer...not quite as rugged as Tom's but effective nonetheless.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

here's mine.

[wilkrod]

Wow, very impressive.
Thanks very much for sharing your ideas.
I guess I better get to work.
Regards
Jeff

[Fishcop]

If you need to flip the car for any reason an octisserie arrangement might be useful...

[MTemp]

Might be a bit late, but in case you haven't got around to making one yet.....

I made one like the one's shown above where the car rests on the dolly/cradle. That's fine for moving around your garage or workshop but less good if/when you want to take it to get blast cleaned or painted. That's because it means you have to strap the shell itself to the trailer as well as the dolly, and the inevitable rubbing on the journey is difficult to keep from marking the shell/paint job.

Better to build the dolly so you can add bolt-on brackets that attach to the rear torsion bar bracket holes and the front crossmember bracket holes, and so firmly attach the shell to the dolly. If you know you want to do this from the start then you can place the main struts so that these 'bolt-ons' are in line with the struts. Then when you transport the shell you just have to secure the dolly to the trailer.

Mick

[stinkbugimages]

It is draaw?

[kj9438]

hi guys want ask question on how to put chassis on to the dolly ? using engine crane ?

[Fishcop]

Jack the car high front and rear, wheel dolly under and lower it. A good dolly design will see it slip between the front and rear wheel base with wheels/tyres on.

And in case it hasn't been mentioned, be careful if you're dollying a car with the engine in as there is significant weight over the rear half of the dolly making maneuvering tricky and unwieldy. I personally wouldn't dolly a car until most of the interior and engine are removed.

[kj9438]

thanx john .

[onboost]

Very cool..

Although not hard to figure, it would be cool if the demsions and bar stock sizes were provided.

Thx

[Druck1]

I built this dolly so I can take the tub to various sub-contractors. A tube slides into the front with a hitch on it. Add a set of HF trailer lights and good to go. It also puts the tub a a nice working height.

[BK911]

Here's one from 4x4's.
Basically a set of saw horses on casters.
Jack up the back, slide one under the car.
Jack up the front, slide the other one under the car.
Simple one man operation.
I have also connected front and back together with a 2x4 when moving around a lot.

[BK911]

[78SCRSMAN]

Well neener neener, I have one too