My Welding Cart Entry

[mendoje1]

Hello All! Here's my contribution to the welding cart database, hope someone else finds it useful!

After rummaging around the archives for a while, the latest 2009 Miller catalog provided me some inspiriation:


So for $15 Craigslist supplies the dolly, normally about $50 at Harbor Freight:


Cut off the superfluous parts, all the rest came from the scrap pile:


Painted:


All done ! (Lincoln SP135+, 172 cuft C25, 83 cuft Ar):


Thanks! Jeff

[smyrna5]

Nice work. Looks easy to go off-road with it. How's she handle?

[Wyoming]

Nice cart Jeff. You might want to dig up a short section of pipe a bit larger in diameter than your tank and weld it down there on the base to keep your bottle from wobbling off the cart.

[Eugenius76]

Good idea space saving, and you can take it off road, all you need now is a caddy to help

[mendoje1]

Thanks for the comments guys!

The cart handles great, it's well balanced when fully on it's wheels, even though there's quite a bit of weight. Upright it's extremely stable, I would have to crash my truck into it to tip it over.

When I picked up the dolly originally, the seller had two to pick from, one had solid tires, the other inflated. For now I'm glad I went with the pneumatics, as it rolls over everything so smooth. We'll see though how long they last.

During the build I pondered options to secure the tank bottoms. The tanks are strapped very tightly against the center post, you really have to work hard to budge them. As suggested, I thought of welding on a lip, but I really didn't want to lift that large 173cf tank over it. I'll probably fab a hoop of some sort which will bolt onto the wheel fenders.

And as noted, one of my favorite features is it's very compact, it takes just a hair more floor space than the dolly by itself!

Jeff