Moving car - sliders?

[ger]

Hi Folks,

Looking for some components to build a solution to my space issue..

Problem:
Garage is just wide enough for 2 cars, but in order to fit 'em both in, one car needs to slide aside. I've used wheel dollies, (machine mart), Go-jack type things and mobile axle stands and they all kinda work.
The pain is having to jack the car up in order to get in or out !

I'm looking for a drive on-drive off system.

Solution:
A couple of drive on ramp type things mounted on a rail for ease of sliding !

I want it to be super low so it does not get in the way

To make it work I need some really tough wheels/rollers and a rail for them to run in ! Any thoughts on where I can source, (cheaply), something like this....(to run on top of a angle bolted to floor)



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Reckon I'll need about 20 of them.

There are commercial systems available but too expensive for me !



Cheers
Gerry

[joda]

At the Footman james show last weekend in Birmingham I saw a company with motorcycle movers, they would be ideal for what you are looking for, see if I can get a link



if wide enough for a car wheel, 2 of these would make a roll on roll off car mover

i have a slightly bigger than a double garage with 5 cars in it, 3 are moved into place by the traditional wheel skate type

[optimusprime]

Could you not chop out your garage floor and insert some square section 'U' channel across the garage and use as a 'track' to run some castors in?
Advantage of being able to source castors easily,plus 'track' would be 'flush' - ish with the floor.

If you see what i mean.

Or even run these in the track? Put a pad on the top for the wheel.

www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=shifting+skates&_sacat=0&_from=R40

[montythemole]

I've used two sheets of hardboard before, like the back of a flat packed item, shiny sides touching and really surprising how easy you can slide a car about on them!

[ruffgeezer]

I'd go for a set of wheel skates, they'll fit on any car then.

[sheffieldcortinacentre]

i made 2 H frames from box section with caster in each corner, one under each axle.
no channels to get blocked up or rails to trip over.

[jamesp]

put 2 metal strips on the floor then park on baking trays itll slide

[Davey]

We have a four post ramp at work with a rolling jack, the wheels of which are steel centred nylon these run in a chanel on each side of the ramp something like that could work.


Like that but nylon wheels and sideways rolling could be possible and easy too make.

[twizzle]

when i had my first garage it had a single up and over door but it was a double unit, i went out and found 8 14 ft half inch thick angle to run across the garage as rail's then i made 4 trolleys to carry each wheel then i could drive what ever size car up on to the rollers and then push one to one side and drive the other along side it

[dreadnought]

Source a local gate manufactur. They will be able to supply the track to sink into your garage floor and the special rollers to match, i used to work for a comoany that made roler gates' anD its all pretty cheap.
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[Implandy]

go to your local shop, wait til the bread delivery and scam the trolleys the bread baskets come on, cut and shut they work perfectly, everything from an Imp to a Landrover get moved on mine

[bazzateer]

Dec 27, 2012 20:11:11 GMT Implandy said:

go to your local shop, wait til the bread delivery and scam the trolleys the bread baskets come on, cut and shut they work perfectly, everything from an Imp to a Landrover get moved on mine

Keith! That's naughty! :-)

[omega]

Dec 28, 2012 6:11:58 GMT bazzateer said:

Dec 27, 2012 20:11:11 GMT Implandy said:

go to your local shop, wait til the bread delivery and scam the trolleys the bread baskets come on, cut and shut they work perfectly, everything from an Imp to a Landrover get moved on mine

Keith! That's naughty! :-)

but cheap!