Wheel Dolly For Hangar movement

[Zac Weidner]

I’m looking for suggestions for a type of “dolly” to put under Tripacer tires for moving in and out of my hangar.
I have a side bi-fold door that is a 20’ door. The Tripacer is just over 20’ long. It will fit if it were rolled out at an angle.
I have a concrete floor inside, 2” above the outside ground level by a ridge inside the bottom of the bi-fold door. There are rocks outside the door. Height is not an issue and I could jack each wheel up pretty easily with a floor jack to get it on and off of a “dolly”.
Is there any sort of dolly that has large enough tires to easily roll over rocks and a 2” lip? The Tripacer is pretty light (1,400 lbs with fuel) and I think it would be doable with 2 people. I’ve just never come across the right “dolly” to make it feasible.


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[Gilbert Pierce]

Sounds like you need a dolly on bush wheels.

[walt.buskey]

I wonder if you could make your own -- just get some castering wheels that are on the large size, build a wood platform that fits your plane's wheels. Having them be pneumatic might be a good idea. If you Google "pneumatic casters" you'll get a lot of hits. Grainger is a well-know supplier of such things.

Essentially... what Gilbert said!

[Steve Pierce]

I have a pair of these and they work well but you would have to use that farmer ingenuity to adapt some bigger tires. https://www.harborfreight.com/automo...lly-61917.html

[ysifly2]

Design and fab something like this.
Ramps to pull TriPacer on sideways, hitch to tractor to pull into hangar

https://www.industrialmanlifts.com/p...opter-dollies/


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[RickF]

I would take a serious look at pouring a concrete pad to eliminate the 2" inch height differential.
Then it would be a lot easier finding off the shelf dollies for the necessary maneuvering.
It would then be a one man operation.
Just a thought.

Rick

[tnowak]

A friend uses the ones that Steve P mentioned to move his Cub around inside our hangar.
However, the hangar surface is really smooth concrete and I don't think they would work on anything rough.
They certainly wouldn't ride over any edges/lips in the concrete.
TonyN

[Steve Pierce]

I saw a tug in Kansas several years ago that would move an Air Tractor sideways in the hangar to easily stack more in the hangar. saw a video more recently but now I cant find it.