From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vk9gnn$mv2t$2@dont-email.me...   
      
   Actually their individual load times four.  Just like any other caster.   
   Trailer jacks is not a bad idea, and I have seen this sort of thing done   
   on other equipment.  They are also available (at a substantial cost) at   
   much higher ratings.  Having seen a few failures generally the   
   limitation of most lighter ones is the plastic wheel.  I've seen them   
   break.   
      
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   I found tongue jack replacement wheels in a discount store to add on with a   
   longer axle.   
      
   Steel wheels aren't that hard to make. I welded crossed plates for spokes   
   into a slice of 6" stainless pipe, bored the center a snug fit for pipe and   
   welded it, then bored the pipe to accept needle bearings cut from stainless   
   welding rod. These are the oversized all-terrain replacement wheels for my   
   platform lift which is stored on sometimes wet ground.   
      
   The HF 1300 Lb electric winch starts with a considerable jolt and is meant   
   to mount on horizontal pipe with the included straps. The cable would bunch   
   up at an end instead of winding evenly if the winch was somehow hooked to a   
   trolley hoist and could tilt.   
      
   I scratch-built a trolley with a flat bottom the winch bolts to. That was   
   the project behind my posting of a few years ago about boring a recess to   
   press in a bearing. Mostly I use this trolley with a chain or lever hoist   
   hung from a central eye bolt because the electric winch is too hard to   
   control precisely. When positioning a log or partly cut cant on the sawmill   
   I lift it only enough that it can be slid into position and will stay there.   
      
   The electric winch was good for stacking logs because I could stand clear in   
   case the pile shifted. Stacking cut timbers with it was a nuisance because   
   it wouldn't partially support them while I aligned the stack.   
      
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