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Drag prevention wheels [message #118457] Fri, 11 March 2011 17:13 Go to next message
Bobby Lee is currently offline  Bobby Lee   United States
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Had wiped out both Harbor Freight casters on the last trip, and was about to click on "place Order" for a couple of Grainger swivel casters at $48.95 each (PN 2649)when the princess said "why don't you check with the guys on the net to see if there are better/cheaper ones somewhere?" So does any one have a source to share? Also, is 1000 pound load weight enough?
Thanks for your input
Bobby Lee
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Austin, TX

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Re: Drag prevention wheels [message #118460 is a reply to message #118457] Fri, 11 March 2011 17:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
C Boyd is currently offline  C Boyd   United States
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Bobby Lee wrote on Fri, 11 March 2011 18:13

Had wiped out both Harbor Freight casters on the last trip, and was about to click on "place Order" for a couple of Grainger swivel casters at $48.95 each (PN 2649)when the princess said "why don't you check with the guys on the net to see if there are better/cheaper ones somewhere?" So does any one have a source to share? Also, is 1000 pound load weight enough?
Thanks for your input
Bobby Lee
78 Royale
Austin, TX







These aren`t casters, but a lot of coaches have them.
http://www.appliedgmc.com/prod.itml/icOid/1026

C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee

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Re: Drag prevention wheels [message #118461 is a reply to message #118457] Fri, 11 March 2011 17:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Bobby, I saw something slick at Applied last month. Instead of wheels it is a hard rubber pad about 4 inches thick. 25 bux I think. Use them til they wear down too low and get another set. If I needed rollers I would try those pads from Jim.
Dan

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Re: Drag prevention wheels [message #118463 is a reply to message #118460] Fri, 11 March 2011 17:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dennis S is currently offline  Dennis S   United States
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Chuck and other 23 ft coach owners,

Any of you find a need for the drag blocks or casters?
I see no evidence my 73, 23 ft, has ever drug the frame.

I like the looks of the blocks.

Dennis


C Boyd wrote on Fri, 11 March 2011 17:31

Bobby Lee wrote on Fri, 11 March 2011 18:13

Had wiped out both Harbor Freight casters on the last trip, and was about to click on "place Order" for a couple of Grainger swivel casters at $48.95 each (PN 2649)when the princess said "why don't you check with the guys on the net to see if there are better/cheaper ones somewhere?" So does any one have a source to share? Also, is 1000 pound load weight enough?
Thanks for your input
Bobby Lee
78 Royale
Austin, TX







These aren`t casters, but a lot of coaches have them.
http://www.appliedgmc.com/prod.itml/icOid/1026

Dennis S
73 Painted Desert 230
Memphis TN Metro

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Re: Drag prevention wheels [message #118464 is a reply to message #118463] Fri, 11 March 2011 17:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
C Boyd is currently offline  C Boyd   United States
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[quote title=Dennis S wrote on Fri, 11 March 2011 18:35]Chuck and other 23 ft coach owners,

Any of you find a need for the drag blocks or casters?
I see no evidence my 73, 23 ft, has ever drug the frame.

I like the looks of the blocks.

Dennis





Dennis: I haven`t had a dragging problem and I do not have the dash valves to raise the rears.

C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee

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Re: [GMCnet] Drag prevention wheels [message #118465 is a reply to message #118463] Fri, 11 March 2011 17:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
KRDietz is currently offline  KRDietz   United States
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Drags the very back of the hitch assembly now and then. More of a
design flaw of my hitch than anything else...

But no - my Short Bus version of a GMC doesn't do this.

Kelvin


> Chuck and other 23 ft coach owners,
>
> Any of you find a need for the drag blocks or casters?
> I see no evidence my 73, 23 ft, has ever drug the frame.
>
> I like the looks of the blocks.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> C Boyd wrote on Fri, 11 March 2011 17:31
>> Bobby Lee wrote on Fri, 11 March 2011 18:13
>>> Had wiped out both Harbor Freight casters on the last trip, and was about to click on "place Order" for a couple of Grainger swivel casters at $48.95 each (PN 2649)when the princess said "why don't you check with the guys on the net to see if there are better/cheaper ones somewhere?" So does any one have a source to share? Also, is 1000 pound load weight enough?
>>> Thanks for your input
>>> Bobby Lee
>>> 78 Royale
>>> Austin, TX
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> These aren`t casters, but a lot of coaches have them.
>> http://www.appliedgmc.com/prod.itml/icOid/1026
>

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Re: [GMCnet] Drag prevention wheels [message #118466 is a reply to message #118465] Fri, 11 March 2011 18:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I thought the pads were a good answer unless you rub daily. I will see if I can get Jim to bring some to Patterson. I drag going into our driveway, sometimes, if I have the ball hitch in for the vdub. It is a 4 inch drop. With the thru the bumper hitch I never drag with coach alone. I ripped all of the PO installed stuff out frrom under there so there is nothing to hit anyway. The Maserator is up high.
dan

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Re: [GMCnet] Drag prevention wheels [message #118476 is a reply to message #118457] Fri, 11 March 2011 20:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I rarely drag in my 73 26 foot GMC.  My rare dragging and those of the PO have rubbed the frame quite thin.  I installed the blocks Dan mentioned about 8 months ago.  It was fairly easy and inexpensive.  I am now dragging twice as much since the low spot is the blocks.  That means I drag about 3 times a year.  One drag was serious enough that it would have made my frame quite thin; it took about an eighth of an inch off of the pads.  I think they are plastic.  One of the best and most economical upgrades I have made.  If I had put in casters, I expect I would have dragged more since they extend down further than the pads.

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Re: [GMCnet] Drag prevention wheels [message #118478 is a reply to message #118476] Fri, 11 March 2011 21:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I made a set of those drag blocks and installed them several years ago. Mine were a 1/4 moon shape and about 2.5" thick. I made them that shape only because the piece of material I got for free was about an 8" circle. I suggest that you get the rectangular ones that Jim K sells. They should be more than adequate and you will save a lot of time trying to fabricate your own. Mine have a few scratch marks in them but other than that have held up well. Also mine are white and the black ones Jim sells will never be noticed underneath the coach.


Ken Burton - N9KB
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Hebron, Indiana

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Re: [GMCnet] Drag prevention wheels [message #118480 is a reply to message #118478] Fri, 11 March 2011 21:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I don't think I have ever dragged the rear of my coach so I'm a bit surprised how many people who have provisions for that.

Bob--who's not into drag

Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ

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Re: Drag prevention wheels [message #118483 is a reply to message #118457] Fri, 11 March 2011 21:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
WD0AFQ is currently offline  WD0AFQ   United States
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Thanks for that report Doug. I am going to make sure Jim brings me a set to Patterson. I like the fact that they really won't show. I think Ken mentioned that. We have a little dip so the water can run by, at the end of our drive, at the street. I have put a few gouges in the street when the 4 inch drop hitch is inserted. Maybe these will rub and stop that.
Dan

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Re: Drag prevention wheels [message #118484 is a reply to message #118457] Fri, 11 March 2011 21:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Both of 'us' drag... Surprised

CBWood
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Re: [GMCnet] Drag prevention wheels [message #118489 is a reply to message #118480] Fri, 11 March 2011 22:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Mar 11, 2011, at 10:23 PM, Bob de Kruyff wrote:

> Bob--who's not into drag


So Bob, you weren't in any of those convention pics I've seen?

Tim Conway
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Re: [GMCnet] Drag prevention wheels [message #118490 is a reply to message #118478] Fri, 11 March 2011 22:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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G'day,

I had problems with the 3" sewer dump on Double Trouble dragging entering
and leaving gas stations on crowned roads. I was going to fit some rollers
but stumbled on the blocks that Bert & Faye Curtis make and sold by Jim K.

I have a Blaine Merrill through the bumper hitch and decided to get one
extra block made to bolt to the bottom of the bumper hitch as the sewer dump
is right next to it.

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=28381

The block is NOT installed yet. I'll take a picture once I get it installed.

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Re: [GMCnet] Drag prevention wheels [message #118491 is a reply to message #118489] Fri, 11 March 2011 22:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Tim Conway wrote on Fri, 11 March 2011 21:04


On Mar 11, 2011, at 10:23 PM, Bob de Kruyff wrote:

> Bob--who's not into drag


So Bob, you weren't in any of those convention pics I've seen?

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Oh Oh

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Re: [GMCnet] Drag prevention wheels [message #118567 is a reply to message #118457] Sat, 12 March 2011 17:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Bob your not driving a camper,stay away from the swivel casters and
get a roller wheel that looks and works good.
I'm not at a place where I can send you pictures of one.
There are Urethane blocks the you can also use that look good and work well.


On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Bob Lee <handybob@austin.rr.com> wrote:
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> Had wiped out both Harbor Freight casters on the last trip, and was about to click on "place Order" for a couple of Grainger swivel casters at $48.95 each (PN 2649)when the princess said "why don't you check with the guys on the net to see if there are better/cheaper ones somewhere?" So does any one have a source to share?  Also, is 1000 pound load weight enough?
> Thanks for your input
> Bobby Lee
> 78 Royale
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Re: [GMCnet] Drag prevention wheels [message #118571 is a reply to message #118567] Sat, 12 March 2011 17:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
USAussie is currently offline  USAussie   United States
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Hey Kan-O-Tomatoes!

You sell the bloody things!

http://www.appliedgmc.com/prod.itml/icOid/1026

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Rob M.
USAussie - Downunder
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Bob your not driving a camper,stay away from the swivel casters and
get a roller wheel that looks and works good.
I'm not at a place where I can send you pictures of one.
There are Urethane blocks the you can also use that look good and work well.

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Re: [GMCnet] Drag prevention wheels [message #118575 is a reply to message #118571] Sat, 12 March 2011 17:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Rob, Jimmy never pays close enuff attention before jumping in. He should have seen we have been advertizing the dang things for 2 days. Laughing
dan

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Re: [GMCnet] Drag prevention wheels [message #118623 is a reply to message #118575] Sun, 13 March 2011 01:04 Go to previous message
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I think this is the stuff I made mine out of:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#hdpe/=beszm1

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