Heavy lifting dollies from gas bottles and scrap!

**Turboconqueringmegaeagle** · Sep 20, 2017, 09:35 AM

I DONT STEAL STEEL, THE RAIL IN THIS VIDEO WAS OBTAINED LEGALLY!
Quite an exciting little project I hope you will enjoy and/or find usefull, I was able to lift and move a 20' legth of mainline track by myself until i came across soft ground then i needed help.

I'd made wheels like this for barrows before now but this was the first time id made them heavy enough to handle this weight.
I have also found a number of other uses for the lifting dolly, namely pulling up old fencing, the chain digs into old posts and allows for a lift straight up, I was going to try and jack a car up but if i damage my partner's car I'll have to take the kids to school myself.

**Ralphxyz** · Sep 20, 2017, 08:05 PM

and what are you going to do with a 20' piece of track?

Ralph

**NortonDommi** · Sep 20, 2017, 11:13 PM

I have scrap.
I have a welder and know how to use it.
I have a brain and know how to use that too.
Ergo I have tools.
That is a very nice piece of steel you have. Very enjoyable watching someone else breaking a sweat too.

**DIYer** · Sep 21, 2017, 07:22 AM

Thanks Turboconqueringmegaeagle! We've added your Heavy Lift Dolly to our Dollies and Stands category,
as well as to your builder page: Turboconqueringmegaeagle's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Heavy Lift Dolly by Turboconqueringmegaeagle

tags: dolly

**Turboconqueringmegaeagle** · Sep 22, 2017, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by Ralphxyz

and what are you going to do with a 20' piece of track?

Ralph

The worlds shortest passenger service.....
It is the modern high carbon welded track by TATA, i wanted to get to know it so i made a knife

Originally it was my intention to build a power hammer but quite a few people have offered me money for the knife now so i am thinking about selling completely useless 30lb bowies to idiots at $500 a pop then buying a power hammer that is less likely to kill me than one ive made from rail!