Ideas wanted (metal related)

Get one of the little tripod folding camp stools and a bungee cord. Use the bungee cord to strap the camp stool to the dolly. Remove the camp stool when needed in a few seconds.

1" conduit clamps bolted to a chunk of plywood. Two good hinges to attach to the seat platform. Another pair of hinges for a fold out seat brace under the platform.

I have been taking a 2 wheel dolly to workshops where there isn't enough bench space for the last few years. I made a shelf for it that might answer your "seat" needs: I simply bent two L shaped brackets out of 1/2" square bar with legs each about 1 foot long. I attached them to the uprights of the dolly with radiator hose clamps. 2 clamps for each leg. One of the clamps is prevented from sliding downward by a cross member on the dolly. The horizontal legs of the L brackets would obviously point toward the front of the dolly. I simply C-clamp my little bench top to the horizontal legs, but you might want to do something more creative. In my case, I set my shelf at about 30 inches high, but you would use a lower cross member, so you could sit. Again, in my case, I have to place a heavy object on the "toe" of the dolly, so it doesn't tip back when I am using the shelf. This wouldn't be an issue for you. To remove the shelf brackets, I just loosen the hose clamps slightly, pull out the L brackets and leave the hose clamps in place. I'm a blacksmith, so the dolly is really handy anyway for the 2 or 3

5-gallon pails full of tools that many of us bring. If you, too brought some kind of container, you could buy more stuff!

Hope this helps, Pete Stanaitis

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On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:22:19 -0700, the infamous "Ivan Vegvary" scrawled the following:

Holy Moley! That's a big meet, isn't it?

You're talking about a hand truck, right?

You could always cut a slot in the seat and drop it down over the uprights, welding buttons on the uprights for stops. Or you could weld brackets on the top, mount casters, and build a new handle. Then extend the original platform plate with an L-shaped seat

I have one of these. Mount a seat on the bottom plate. Or, just put a trunk on it and sit on that. Fill it up with your swap goodies + lunch, snacks, and lots of extra water.

I took one of these to COMDEX every year, tied to the back of my belt:

It went up and down stairs easily and every 30 seconds, I'd hear "Damn, great idea. I'll have to do that next year." I even had my business signs on the side like an old horse-drawn job.

-- May those who love us, love us; And may those that don't love us, May God turn their hearts; And if he doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles, So we'll know them by their limping. --old Gaelic blessing

I have always liked those two wheeled dollies that had a fold down arm that made it a four wheel cart. If you can't find one with a seat on there, it would not be hard to weld one on. Don't forget your Bar Buoy, horn, and MP3 player. Have fun.

Steve

Make it look like this

I'd cut a plywood rectangle and attach rope to each corner. The rear ropes tie the seat to the uprights and suspend it from a crossbar, the front ones run down diagonally from near the handles. You could bungee on a boat cushion.

If you buy something large you can fold or remove the seat and maybe even use the wood and rope to help secure it.

A simple way to attach the rope to the seat is to drill a hole the rope barely fits through near each corner and thread the rope down through the rear hole and diagonally across underneath, then up through the front hole. Tie a figure eight knot under the holes so the rope won't pull through. Then if the plywood cracks the rope still supports you.

jsw

How about a 5 galon bucket with a "hunters bucket seat" top? You can use the bucket to store your purchases.

Go to a golf store, they have seats that clamp onto pull-carts.