I've got a 91 superjet, not that it matters I guess, that I'm building a shop cart for to roll it around on in my shop. I'm planning on making it out of wood. My question is anyone that's built one wanna post some plans or a link to some plans or something or just give me an idea of what does and doesn't work? I need it to be about 18" tall so I can push my ski right off onto my trailer and back on to the cart. Thanks for any help!!!
Other shop cart plans please
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EightySeven550
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if you have a winch on the trailer, I suggest using a mechanics creeper. you can easily winch the ski back on the trailer.
Fits the SJs very well and rolls really nice around the garage. (sits low and fits under my workbench too.)
If you dont want to use that, I'll draw one up for you tomorrow on lunch break.
Fits the SJs very well and rolls really nice around the garage. (sits low and fits under my workbench too.)
If you dont want to use that, I'll draw one up for you tomorrow on lunch break.
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I prefer steel carts myself but can usually get stuff made at work for free... Both these carts are over 9 years old.
EightySeven550
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Could be considered overkill but I set my bunks to 16" on center and put my wave III on there from time to time. Sorry I dont have any real pictures of teh cart but here is the concept.
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Bigger is better. I built my big cart to fit my seadoo and had a set of narrow bunks attached to a piece of plywood that set on top for my Superjet. The height was good for loading but too tall to work on so I built the smaller cart for standups.
Thats mine, I made it for $50 wood/wheels/screws. Built it to the height of my tailgate so I can pull it in and out of my truck bed. I messed up though because I measured it with No weight in the back of my truck so when the ski is in my bed the truck sits a couple inches lower making it difficult to slid back up onto the stand especially after riding all day and now that my rear bondline is gone I done have much to grab so its a big PITA. Im going to install some rails in my bed to fix this. Think my wheels are 2" could use bigger, but the bigger ones cost too much, didnt feel like paying $10/wheel so I just went with the smaller ones and they work fine.
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Here's mine... You probably can't see them but there are 3 - 2x4's in the middle between the bunks. This cart has been going strong for about 4-5 years. Although, I will admit that my like 1.5" caster wheels from Walmart are on their last legs and need to be replaced.
Just keep in mind that wood likes to pivot around your screws/bolts so you need to support/prevent that from happening. Cross braces work well like shown above. I just used additional 2x4 blocks around the joints to prevent flexing and torqueing.
Just keep in mind that wood likes to pivot around your screws/bolts so you need to support/prevent that from happening. Cross braces work well like shown above. I just used additional 2x4 blocks around the joints to prevent flexing and torqueing.
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Here is a picture of the one I built. It is nice having a place to put crap on. The rack the ski is sitting on is what I use to put it in the back of my truck.
I kept it simple and just bought moving dollie from home depot and some U-bolts and mounted my AC Racing stand on to it. Quick and Easy!!
http://www.x-h2o.com/album.php?albumid=965&attachmentid=154777
Also, as you can see the height is at the perfect level for me to easily slide it off my trailer and on to the stand/cart.
http://www.x-h2o.com/album.php?albumid=965&attachmentid=154777
Also, as you can see the height is at the perfect level for me to easily slide it off my trailer and on to the stand/cart.
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Try a Tuf Stand they are the best
I have a couple of them and they are making a new one for the stand up's
http://www.tufstands.com/
Just saying for the price you cant go wrong
I have a couple of them and they are making a new one for the stand up's
http://www.tufstands.com/
Just saying for the price you cant go wrong
This is more dependent on the height of your stand really. Going off memory, mine is roughly 3 feet tall with the wheels, the bunks are 12" apart, and the wheels are roughly 7-8" apart from that. So maybe 26"-28" wide wheel base. Mine feels very stable even with a heavy waterlogged ski and the legs aren't any wider than the ski itself so I've never accidentally kicked them when walking around the ski like I have with some of the really nice metal stands.
Two things I would change on my stand... First is the wheels. Mine are too small as I said before. Second, I would cut a slight curve in the front and back of the bunks because my carpet has worn through on the corners of the bunks.
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No to take away from the carts listed from tufstands,cause they look good.But $199 vs. $50,there is some cost difference,ya know.
$50 would be pushing it for a homebuilt shop stand too. I think mine was basically 2-3 2x4's ($2ea), 4 casters ($2ea), wood screws ($5 box), 6x9 foot carpet ($9). If I had bought everything I used I would've spent less than $30 but in reality, I spent less than $10 because I had bunk carpet, screws, and 2x4's laying around.
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The casters should be the most expensive part and the most important. I got away with a small set for years but they couldn't go off the concrete at all. One finally failed last month and nearly dumped my Matrix onto the concrete so I made a trip to Northern Tool and picked up a set of 3" swivels for $20.
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Here are some pictures from my shopcart I built.
