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Review on ๐Ÿช† Dolly Dollies with High Tipping Capacity for Gallon Casters by Edwin Cen

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Meets my needs. Assembly is not a big deal. The item was badly damaged during shipping.

I have a Solo Stove bonfire (medium) and love it. Some people have a grown-up drink or two after a long day at work. I go outside after work and enjoy the fire in my fireplace. :) Although my Solo Stove is stainless steel and I cover it before it rains, I kept it on some tile to make sure it didn't rust or soil the patio cobblestones. (I know, unlikely.) A friend of mine mentioned a few weeks ago that someone he knew had put their smoker on a 55 gallon drum cart and I was like, "Hmmm. my Solo Stove too." Doing some research later, I saw that I wasn't the first to come up with the idea of the cart, and better yet, it seemed to fit the application. While others seem to have such a cart Having used this successfully, I had concerns: - What if the ring of the cart was too tight around the perimeter of my Solo Stove Bonfire and that tight fit is blocking/preventing air intake from below? ? - What if the "inner "Screw heads happened to live in the 'wrong' position when the bottom rim of the Solo cooker was, requiring the oven rim to sit on top of all eight screw heads OR the oven had to be slightly off center to clear the screw heads while some heads were off center of the rim and some inside were? - Will the lack of brakes (on one or two wheels) be a problem? - Will PV Bber wheels get hot/melt? - Will my cart come with old long bolts preventing that do the wheels turn freely? None of the above issues turned out to be a problem. - My Solo Stove oven is 19.5" in diameter and the product description of this cart says it will hold "most standard drums up to 23-5/8" in diameter, with just over 2" rounder gap remains. (If my measurements are correct, a 27" Solo Stove Yukon would sit on the dolly's round ring, and a 15" Ranger would be more than 4" from the ring.) - I haven't measured, but if I did Looking at the photo, you can see the screw heads are more than an inch from the edge of the oven, so that wasn't a problem. I rotated my oven/cart combo into position, and while it's not fixed in one place, it also doesn't roll unless I give the inside a good push/pull with a poker (which I don't usually do , unless he doesn't scatter embers or anything, and I want to move it away from our patio furniture, which would be a lot harder without a cart!). If I really had to park it and keep it in place, I'd probably just put a piece of firewood or kindling under a wheel or two. - On previous burns, I could place my hand on the outer bottom edge of the plate and it felt relatively cool. Now that it's on top I imagine it runs even cooler now than it did before and I don't think that melt wheels will be a problem. My car was delivered with "new" (?) short bolts, so no problem here either. (One bolt assembly was missing a split washer. I figured it wouldn't be a good idea to get up and get it out of the washer case.) The inside of one of the car's "arms" was badly scratched, much more than a wheel flange had on Transport rubbed it, but I didn't think it would make sense to send it back to Revain and wait for a new car. I hope the rust doesn't get too bad at this point. If it works I'll sand and paint it. To that end, the wagon is gray rather than silver, and I'm skeptical that it's actually powder coated, but I'm not an expert on powder coating, so maybe it is. was wrapped in a thin piece of polyethylene film. I've been thinking about this for a while and have no idea why.) Although the stitching looks pretty bulging, they appear to be intact, which is the most important feature I suppose. Oh, when I opened the two wheel bag, a small (half a grain of rice?) piece of rubber fell out. I checked the wheels for a missing piece of rubber but to no avail, so maybe it was just a small sprue I had with me. I was expecting the rubber portion of the wheels to be a bit stiffer, but they are pretty soft. If they show any signs of warping or mark our patio (or I want one or more with a brake) I will look for a replacement as I imagine they are a pretty standard flange/size. I didn't see anyone mention bolt/nut sizes in the reviews/responses so before assembling I grabbed my metric combination wrenches and found that a 12mm wrench was good for bolts and a 13mm wrench was good for nuts was. The two blind bolts on each wheel were a bit awkward to attach, but nearly impossible. Overall I am happy with the value I have received (and expect to continue to receive) from this car. It would have been nice if it came unscratched (or without a washer), but this isn't a surgical device, so I wasn't expecting perfection. In conclusion, I would like to say that in no case should a stove with an active fire be placed on any wheels. That's a very bad idea, and a lot of bad things can happen because of a failed furnace. So don't do it. Remove the hob from the cart before using it and wait for the hob to cool before putting it back on the cart. Ignore my photo or consider it the result of brilliant Photoshop work.

Pros
  • Certified
Cons
  • Cord is shorter than other picks