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   / Casters #31  
With respect to casters -
Amazon has the POWERTEC 8 Inch Caster Wheels Set of 4 (2 Swivel & 2 Fixed), Large Rubber Castor Wheels (17055V) on Prime day sale for $70.

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And with respect to putting heavy equipment on casters. I've got about 2,500 sq ft of good concrete floors in my she'd in Mississippi and a lot of heavy stuff. My solution early on was to buy Harbor Freight 18 in. x 12 in., 1000 lb. Capacity Hardwood Dollies. Back when I first started buying them the were like $6@. I use 3 for my 6 inch chipper, 3 for my 5' tiller. just have to push them around occasionally to avoid flat spots
I even have a couple of 8' tables resting on them so I can very easily reposition the tables.
 
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   / Casters #32  
Gosh, I don’t use casters for heavy equipment, that is what the floor jack is for. I prefer to attach two wheels on stationary axles on one end of equipment. The other end gets a jack pad that is easily removed.

With this set-up I can move heavy things on a zero turning radius at a fraction of the cost of four casters with little chance of tipping.
 
   / Casters #33  
I wanted castors under my 1.3 ton milling machine. And they had to be retractable, which really means they needed the ability to lift the machine.
It turned out to be really difficult; but I did it.
I'll post a seperate thread.
 

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