Harbor Freight Wheel Dollies review

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which simply aren't up to the task. I have a 1965 Mustang coupe with full drivetrain and interior to move about the garage, and the black ones were useless. I would have preferred to have the hydraulic Harbor Freight ones, but I can't seem to find them anywhere, so they may not be available anymore. The 67287 had the advantage of being less expensive, and on sale, plus I was able to use this coupon code, 49218639 to reduce the price of one of them even more. Total including shipping and tax was $324.25. Arrived in about five days by FedEx Home. They are easy enough to assemble, being mostly put together already. All I had to do was put casters on the outer ratcheting assembly, and insert the roller assemblies and bolt them thru. One thing I did note, was that on one of the dollies, these bolt came with acorn nuts, like the ones for the casters, but the other three dollies came with nylock nuts. On that same odd one, there was no grease on the unpainted part of the roller assembly, and the latch that holds the position of the ratcheting mechanism looked like it had been modified in production. Maybe it came from a different province. Also, be aware that these are cast steel wheels, not rubber. They are painted black, and it's hard to tell in the photo what they are. At any rate, when assembled and in place on the wheels of the car, I only needed to point the outer casters in the direction I needed to go and gave it a shove. Once I overcame the initial force needed to get it going (which wasn't much), it went almost too well. My floor is epoxied so I'm sure that helped.

Overall, I'd say these are a good deal. I'm sure they don't compare to any of the more expensive US made ones, but they meet my needs as a hobbyist.

Thanks for the input, I had some of the tractor supply version of the black ones, they were rated at 1000 lbs. After trying to move a 3500 pound car, I had four dollies with folded over castors. They took them back, but said I must have overloaded them, I told them they must have overrated them!

I've got a set of the black ones... two sets actually.. with a 75 Midget sitting on them in my basement garage. The wheels wouldn't swivel on their own so I had to turn them all by hand.

To be fair, I did not have the weight in the center of the dolleys, so perhaps my fault.

I since bought a pair of 10x12'ish wooden 1000 capacity dolleys and put some 3/4" Plywood on top. Works just fine on the rear wheels of a heavier vehicle with a working e-brake.

Killed a set of the black ones on a polised concrete floor with a vega on them. (yes a friggin Vega) Go with the mechanical wheel type ones, that's what I've got now. They work!

I had the black ones, and they sucked. Haven't tried the others, look like they might work better.

The black ones work fine for my 1375 pound kit cars

I bought some black ones 2-3 years ago from HF. Finally put them into service this past weekend on a(err under a) 1946 Willys CJ2a, probably weighs 1000 lbs soaking wet, moved once and working fine so far. Teflon lubed everything on them.

Wheel dolly doesn't strike me as rocket science, get a couple 2x4's and some decent wheels and make some.

Lately the problem has been it is cheaper to buy the dollies than it is to buy 16 new casters. Now HF has really cheapened these dollies. Back about 5-7 years ago the dollies were much better quality. They had bolts with floating axle sleeves instead of crimped non removable pins. The casters were also of lighter duty. You can really see it in the thickness of the metal.

I just bought two extras the other day and was really disappointed. I replaced the pins with 10mm bolts and greased the hell out of them even then they still didn't roll as easily as my older ones. It would be nice if we could find decent casters for reasonable money, but those are getting harder to find now days.

heres a pic of mine,note my car has no moter/trans,etc in it now. Its a 71 Buick GS

Wow. I gotta tell you, I don't buy anything "important" from Harbor Freight. This includes anything where I may be at risk; chemical masks, jacks, etc. Just my 02 cents. Great place to save on ancillary items. I don't trust the Chinese with my life.

8587GN said:

heres a pic of mine,note my car has no moter/trans,etc in it now. Its a 71 Buick GS

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Thanks for the picture. I have two pairs of that style (total 4) which I roll around cars on without issue but good to know what could happen.

I have noticed that the wheels definitely don't "turn on a dime". Bad idea to try to immediately reverse directions.

8587GN said:

heres a pic of mine,note my car has no moter/trans,etc in it now. Its a 71 Buick GS

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I see the problem, what made you think that you could roll them over a control cut in the floor?? Geez, what do you expect, everything.......

Harbor Freight Hydraulic Wheel Dollies

I have HF's Hydraulic Wheel Dollies that were previously spoken about above. They are pure junk too. I bought a set of four. Two began to leak fluid almost right after I bought them. Then, after nearly a year, the same two began to pour fluid out. I called HF about the issue. They said I would have to buy new internal jacks for them. When I ordered the jacks, they never sent them. If you want anything of value, I would stay away from HF...don't be tempted by the prices...you get what you pay for.