Several
members of SCOH (Soaring Club of Houston) who had built hangars
this past year asked me to make them copies of the dolly I had designed
for myself. I mis-counted the number of requests I had received and I have an extra dolly, which is for sale.
This dolly has a very low ground clearance (about 3/8") and the height of the plate the main wheel sits on is only about 3/4", so it's easy to load even a two place glider with just one person and not too much effort. If you have any high spots or abrupt changes in slope, this dolly may not work due to the low ground clearance.
This dolly design has a very limited ability to change direction, which is what I wanted. My glider has only 1 foot of clearance at both the nose and the tail to the hanger doors. As a result, I wanted something that was very predictable.
For my hangar, I've put down some wing tape on the concrete and it's easy enough to just follow the tape with minimal steering. To steer, I just put a slight left/right twist at the wingtip and the dolly will slowly change direction as it rolls forward. Perhaps 1-2" of left or right direction change over say a 10 foot distance....slight...
There is a built in locking bar to keep the wheel from rolling off the dolly.
Pics and short video below.
$450 plus shipping. US only.
email me at:
mzivley@daziv.com
This dolly has a very low ground clearance (about 3/8") and the height of the plate the main wheel sits on is only about 3/4", so it's easy to load even a two place glider with just one person and not too much effort. If you have any high spots or abrupt changes in slope, this dolly may not work due to the low ground clearance.
This dolly design has a very limited ability to change direction, which is what I wanted. My glider has only 1 foot of clearance at both the nose and the tail to the hanger doors. As a result, I wanted something that was very predictable.
For my hangar, I've put down some wing tape on the concrete and it's easy enough to just follow the tape with minimal steering. To steer, I just put a slight left/right twist at the wingtip and the dolly will slowly change direction as it rolls forward. Perhaps 1-2" of left or right direction change over say a 10 foot distance....slight...
There is a built in locking bar to keep the wheel from rolling off the dolly.
Pics and short video below.
$450 plus shipping. US only.
email me at:
mzivley@daziv.com
Video of Dolly in Action