Originally Posted by
eesakiwi
Thanks for that plastic pipe idea, years ago i found that wooden posts work better than Steel tubing on concrete, they absorb the high points of the concrete chip surface, spread the load out better & bigger diameter rolls better.
But i hadnt thought of using plastic pipe. Water mains offcuts would work very well.
I have shifted a lot of machinery, lathes etc over the years. But that would have saved a lot of that time. ( & a capstan lathe slipping off the 2 inch dia steel bar stock we used once. )
A very early memory was watching Dad shift a small building ( large room/shed ) on rollers, by himself.
It's amazing what can be done with a few rollers and a bit of ingenuity. There was a 10 x 12 concrete slab on the property when i bought it. The former owners had intended to build a shop there but then couldn't get a permit to build because it was too close to the neighbor's property line. I had some empty oxygen tanks on hand and used those as rollers to move the slab to a better location. It all worked out.
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