OT? - Sack trucks at Aldi

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Regards,

Kim Siddorn

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kimsiddorn
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Heck. Wonder how much weight those tyres will take? At that price a couple of those trucks could be recycled into a nice little four-wheeled truck contraption...

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Jules

Just what I thought!

Regards,

Kim Siddorn

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kimsiddorn

Same wheels as those truck you can buy, I have had a sack barrow like these for years and I shifted a 4 cal cast iron engine on no problem.

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campingstoveman

They're pretty good and they were even better at the 15 quid I paid last year.

OTOH, the one with the three-way "starfish" wheels cost more and is a right old pain to use. It's no better at climbing stairs than something with decent sized simple wheels, and because it becomes a 4- wheeler on the flat, it's a pig to get round corners.

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Andy Dingley

This NG must have more influence than we imagine - rolled up at local store immediately after work, all the other Thursday specials were still there but the sack trucks had sold out!

NHH

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NHH

I couldn't get there until the afternoon & got the last one. All the arc welders had sold out.

Regards,

Kim Siddorn

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kimsiddorn

I wouldnt bother they are rubbish

The one I was given last year had a hollow tube for an axle and at the first sign of any weight ( A lister D ) it collapsed

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The wild eye

I wouldnt bother they are rubbish

The one I was given last year had a hollow tube for an axle and at the first sign of any weight ( A lister D ) it collapsed

I have had one for a few years and recently shifted a 4 cyl engine that took four of us to put in the trailer and mine coped easily.

Martin P

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campingstoveman

That doesn't sound good! Maybe replacing the axle with something solid if possible would be an idea, or at least welding on a bit of strengthening material. Heck though, at that price it'd worth it just for the wheels I think.

As an aside, never homebrew a trailer using old kids bike wheels. I loaded about 600lbs onto mine (built in about an hour from junk) - the frame held up nicely, but two of the tyres blew out and then one of the wheels began to collapse (it's a bit egg-shaped now)... :-)

cheers

Jules

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Jules

I suppose really it depends on how old the kid was Martin ..... ;o))

Aldi had a different & much lighter one for sale a few months ago. Good for taking to Enstone et all! The current one is sturdy, five feet high & the axle is solid. The wheels have pinmatic tyres and ball bearings.

I was impressed & shifted a ST dynamo, steel mounting plate & Villiers Model

15 and the lighting board (say 150lbs+) all at once & it didn't blink. Much easier to get the broad tyres over steps too.

Regards,

Kim Siddorn

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kimsiddorn

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