Someone send me some new casters for my amp 'cause mine just snapped.

[Tedster]

There, Erik. That better? :D :D :D

[Tedster]

I almost made a mistake and spelled it "castor", like the derivative of "castor beans" and "castor oil"...but I looked it up in Webster's and one definition was "A strong smelling, oily substance obtained from the sexual glands of a beaver". I wouldn't touch that with a long pole.

[Botch.]

The load must've been too high. There's room here now for a great pun involving caster-rating, beaver sexual glands and sad nole's long poles, but I [i]just[/i] can't seem to pull it together!

[Sylver]

It makes me all warm and fuzzy to think that there is someone who is more broke than I am. :thu: I'll look through my junk drawers for you Eric!

[randy clay]

Can you afford postage from Hawaii? I've got some heavy duty ones mounted on a skip that I used to move my 4x10 around. I use a rock and roller cart now. I'd send them to you, but by slow boat, you could probably grow them before mine arrived. :D Let me know, Randy Clay you can PM me if you want

[The Bear Jew]

Sniff... Thanks, guys. I feel so loved. Send those fucking casters!

[Wewus432]

It's not that, we're scared of you. Here, take my casters just don't kill me. [img]http://www.msarochdale.co.uk/images/catalogue_4b.jpg[/img]

[The Bear Jew]

Oh yeah... BTW, I actually need more than just the casters. I need the mounts, too. Mine simply rotted/rusted away and failed at my gig this past weekend. The insides of the mounts actually fell INTO the cabinet. Ridiculous, huh? I'll get over it. Right now I have my rig sitting directly on the floor. It's weird to see it so low to the ground. But let's digress, shall we? So let's see... we have the long pole of Nole, beaver sex glands, mounting, loads, Hawaiian boats... Dammit, there's a poem in that somewhere. Where are fucking Walt Whitman or Alan Ginsburg when you need them? Oh wait... maybe they're in ajacent video booths in the back of that adult book store... GET OUTTA THERE, Ginsburg! I need a fucking poem over here, Whitman. Dammit, we named a fucking bridge after you, asshole. Get a move on...

[Wewus432]

You know what I did once Eric? I got some locking dolly wheels and just screwed them over the holes where the mounts were. Dolly wheels are bigger, roll better, and last longer than most casters. The other alternative is to just use a dolly to move the amp. That's the way I move pianos and just about anything else. Just tilt one end of the amp up, slide the dolly under, tilt down, and go.

[Sylver]

That might be a better solution. Casters tend to sieze up after a while. Then you got that crappy-shopping-cart-thing-going-on-with-the-jittery-wheel-have-to-keep-pushing-to-one-side-forget-going-up-ramps-unless-you-line-the-wheels-up-first bullshit. Get a dolly and be done wit it.

[The Bear Jew]

hmmm... Dolly wheels, huh? But doesn't that mean the cab will only roll in one direction? I mean, they don't swivel like casters, right? Bite me, casters. Why'd you have to die? Man, I'm not smart or wealthy enough for this crap. The rest of my band has top-notch gear now.... and mine is looking worse than ever... everything is covered with duct tape. I think this stuff can only take a certian level of abuse before it dies. I need a credit card so I can pay for some kind of ridiculously overpriced, trendy guitar rig. Or maybe I can get a free one somehow... Hey, remember what we said about pissing off people in order to get free shit? HEY, MESA-BOOGIE PEOPLE... YOU SUCK! YOU'RE ALL FUNNY-LOOKING! YOU DRESS POORLY! NOW SEND ME ONE O' THEM TRIPLE RECTIFIERS AND A MATCHING 4X12 CABINET... Or else... I'll treat you like the door of a city bus. Get 'em, Wewus.

[Wewus432]

They still swivel. The wheel and the base are one piece though, they don't seperate like a caster and a cup. Rolls like a breeze. The only difference is your amp sits up a little higher because the wheels are taller. Just lay your amp on its side and screw them into the bottom using a drill and some good screws. Please don't kill me. [img]http://www.kvr-vst.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]

[Sylver]

What he said, plus the bigger wheels will take little bumps and lips better than those little caster wheels.

[Wewus432]

Here's a picture of the kind of dolly I've moved hundreds of pianos with. Still looking for a link to the wheels. [img]http://www.americanmovingsupplies.com/pics/dolly_carpeted_sm.jpg[/img]

[The Bear Jew]

Hmmm... OK. I'll check out Home Depot for them. Don't worry, Wewus. I never killed anything that wasn't a city bus door. Wait... are you afraid of me? What did you do, look at my pictures? [img]http://images.mp3.com/mp3s/113/resources/146/897/files/14689713.jpg[/img] That's me on the end... with the bandanna. Is that what scares you, Wewus? Or is it the crap I write here?

[Wewus432]

Look man I'm looking for those wheels as fast as I can, quit trying to intimidate me. Here's the kind of wheels I'm talking about, some people calls em trolley wheels or even casters but they're bigger and better than the normal casters on an amp or a piano. The ones on a piano are just about useless for anything except gouging your floor up. [img]http://newhaven-usa.com/images/products/293.jpg[/img]

[Tedster]

[quote]Originally posted by TheWewus: [b]Here's a picture of the kind of dolly I've moved hundreds of pianos with. Still looking for a link to the wheels. [img]http://www.americanmovingsupplies.com/pics/dolly_carpeted_sm.jpg[/img][/b][/quote]Here's the kind of Dolly I'd like to move a couple of pianos with...or at least...uhhh...move a few things ah...mmm... [img]http://www.dollywood.com/images/Home%20-%20Dolly.gif[/img]

[Wewus432]

You can get those type wheels with locks on them too, but I used to just use a couple of wooden wedges. When you get the amp where you want it just tap the wedges under one wheel on each side and it can't move.

[randy clay]

Hey, wewus has the right idea. That's what my little rig looks like but I don't have the fancy carpet strips and mine was jury-rigged by nailing 2x4's together. Maybe I should explain what I meant by "slow boat". If I mail this surface mail, it will be put on a barge that goes to California, then via truck to wherever you are (PA?). That could take a looonng time. But if I mail it airmail, or UPS or Fedex, it would get there a lot quicker, but probably cost more than if you made it yourself. Where is that transporter beam when you need it? Scotty, beam this contraption to PA......

[Botch.]

Tedster, if you have one of those surplus-type hardware stores in your area you can usually find those type of wheels Wewus is talking about for a song. Dolly Wheels [i]would[/i] be a good name for a female country singer! :love:

[randy clay]

That's a great picture, Eric. If you'd been wearing your bandana to work maybe that nered you shared the office with would have bolted earlier :D But I want to see pictures of the roadies! Maybe a little action shot of her throwing some bozo out of the mosh pit, huh? :D Nice to put a face to the name, keep rockin'

[henrysb3]

Jeez, Ted, I thought you were talking about the wheels that came off those 'Noles. As far as casters, I like the dolly idea for a couple of reasons: (A.) you buy only one set of better wheels for all the eq., and (B.) it's much harder to keep a load from damage when parts of it want to roll around, like an amp on casters. Many years ago, I bought four hospital bed wheels from a military surplus dealer. Bolted them to a piece of 3/4 plywood and they made an awesome dolly, with the ability to lock in place. I can't begin to tell you how many tons of stuff that dolly has moved. My college team (K-State) managed to squeak out a victory in its bowl game, far less than the double digit margin that was predicted. There's always next year, but hey, isn't this next year?

[Wewus432]

That would really suck if your amp rolled off the stage while you were playing. So you could just take the casters all the way off and use a dolly. That works better than casters. Or you could put some really big wheels on it, a lawnmower engine and a steering wheel, then you could go four wheeling with your amp. [img]http://www.kvr-vst.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] When you place a dolly under something you're moving, tilt one side up, angle the dolly up to the bottom of what you're moving and then come down on the wheels,(that means two of the wheels are on the ground two are up in the air at about a 45 degree angle. DON'T leave the dolly flat on the ground and come down on it, that can make the dolly shoot out from under what you're moving. Of course you can dead lift it onto the dolly, but do your back a favor and use the tilt/angle method.

[The Bear Jew]

[quote] That's a great picture, Eric. If you'd been wearing your bandana to work maybe that nered you shared the office with would have bolted earlier But I want to see pictures of the roadies! [/quote]Thanks, Randy. Man, nothing would have scared that Doofus away. He was like a barnacle. A smelly, potheaded barnacle. He was too stupid to be scared of me. You can see our girls in this set of pics: http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=1470384&uid=823482&members=1 Sorry... no action shots. They're hard to get when people are moving around and hitting each other. Wewus... I think I'm just gonna get more standard casters and replace the old ones as soon as my finances look better. I think having the wheels as part of my rig is the best idea. Our van is packed so tightly, nothing moves at all in the back, and carrying a dolly will just take up more space. Have you seen the casters on the Mesa-Boogie gear? Those look pretty sweet.