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Hardware search: Lever action caster

Hardware search: Lever action caster

Hardware search: Lever action caster

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I'm looking for some casters that will lift a heavy piece of machinery off the ground momentarily to roll into a different location.  I'm picturing a foot pedal, while using the wheel as a fulcrum to tilt each side of the machinery off the ground a very small amount.  Similar to some of the bases sold to transport wood working machinery.  I've searched all over industrial supply websites to no success.  Can anyone recommend a website or specific product?  All I have found so far is patents.    

RE: Hardware search: Lever action caster

Long answer:
Office supply stores sell 'desk lifters', that pick up a loaded desk and allow you to move it on casters and set it down.  I can't recall seeing anything intended for larger loads than that, but you didn't tell us how heavy your load is.

Short answer:
Call a rigger.
When the crew shows up, bet them a couple hundred bucks that they can't do the job more quickly than the boss said they could.  They will win the bet.

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

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