Albion Casters- Amazon sets of 4 cheap!

[tarbellb]

I have a bit of a caster fetish as I am always equipping my various tools/storage/etc.. with casters.

Anyways, after buying a bunch for myself I though I would share.

Albion brand (high quality) has sets of 4 casters on blow out in Amazon. I believe this is error of sorts, seems Amazon may be getting out of the caster business as many of the casters only show qty 1 and on sale. But when the product is a pack of 4 at qty 1 its on sale for a very good price?

You have to search "Albion (pack of 4)" otherwise results get messy.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_...rds=albion+(pack+of+4)&ie=UTF8&qid=1500503161

For perspective, these are selling for $5-20/ea where they normally sell for $20-80/ea.

 

[edboyles]

Great job!!

I bought three sets.....about $10/wheel with shipping is cheap.....1000lb casters.....

 

[Ign]

Thanks I grabbed a 4-pack of 6" sold by Hand Trucks & Casters (not Amazon). $70 for four decent 6" casters seemed good, although they're only rated 800# ea they are swivel w side brake. These also had "clearance" in the item description.

Now, I have zero idea what I'm gonna do w 6" casters - yet!

 

[57TWPW]

there are a ton of variations:
Will the extra soft stand up in the garage?
What about those wiyh. delrin bearing?

 

[57TWPW]

Also for a work bench do you guys recommend 4 swivel or 2 fixed and 2 swivel? Please advise so I can ****** up some deals!! Thanks for the tip!

 

[tarbellb]

Extra soft would be good for something like rolling work surface that does not take lots of heavy loads. Derlin is similar, more brittle, but would be good for a equipment stand etc...

If keeping your work stationary is important, you should definitely look at braking casters. But if you really need it to stay, "locking + braked" casters are great, locks the directional spin and the wheel rotation.

 

[BMack37]

Thanks, I needed some casters and these are much nicer than I was going to buy and I got two sets for the price of one.

 

[Tinner]

I got two sets for an upcoming project. Thanks for posting.

 

[tonyciambrone]

Wow- some really good deals. Albion makes really great industrial casters, and indeed, can reach into the $80 a piece range.

 

[olytdi]

What am I missing? When I clicked the link, the cheapest were $90?!?!

 

[Digital4n6]

Much appreciated.

Set a budget of $100 and made it with only a few pennies to spare!

 

[Digital4n6]

What am I missing? When I clicked the link, the cheapest were $90?!?!

The link was the last page when they were sorted from lowest to highest. At the bottom of the page, click the link to bring you back to the first page.

 

[2manytools]

well dang, a day too late for me. I would have much rather bought new, & ones that matched the original hole pattern, but I recycled some casters to put on my Weber grill I got on clearance at HD a few months back. They say 'backyard grilling' but their grill wheels aren't worth a hoot for rolling on a lawn. They also seem to bind up easy, and not even roll. Ended up having them welded on by a neighbor, but would have been nice to have a easy removal option.

good find OP

 

[PDXFactory]

Thanks OP - while I was late to the game, I picked up a set each of the 05 series 5" rigid and swivel casters. Around $12/ea delivered is a good deal for those. The 05 series must be for food processing equipment - it's all stainless with delrin bushings. Many of them didn't have matched sets for rigid/swivel. I have projects that need 'em though!

 

[57TWPW]

Thanks OP!
Got some sets!

 

[krouchchocolate]

Thanks I grabbed a 4-pack of 6" sold by Hand Trucks & Casters (not Amazon). $70 for four decent 6" casters seemed good, although they're only rated 800# ea they are swivel w side brake. These also had "clearance" in the item description.

Now, I have zero idea what I'm gonna do w 6" casters - yet!

Do you have a link to this? Can't seem to find it on amazon.

 

[Ign]

Do you have a link to this? Can't seem to find it on amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XS8NTZY/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Shows on their own website at $131
http://www.casters-sales.com/set-of...l-with-brakes-h246-620pa-s-slb246-620pa-s-org

They also had the 8" set at the same price on Amazon as of yesterday

 

[tarbellb]

Glad im not the only one who likes a good set of casters.

Mine have all shipped, I should be getting them tomorrow. Hopefully they are indeed sets of 4.

The description list 4 pcs + the shipping weight is about right.

 

[57TWPW]

I can finally get rid of anything I have with HF casters! I hate those, seriously. They jam, they mar, they "track" all over the place even if the floor is smooth, leave skid marks. I scored a set of colosons for free and what a difference. I know Albion is same level so should be great!

First plan is to upgrade my HF moving dollies with some of these.

 

[57TWPW]

Thanks again Tarbell!!!

Post some pics of your caster projects when you can!!

 

[jbibler]

My wife hates this "deals" section... I need nothing, but i just come here and go crazy. I'm buying casters... I don't know why I need them, but I feel like I need them. ha ha

Josh B.

 

[tarbellb]

For context, the green casters are 5" and 7-8lbs each.

Delivery guy did not like it, scattered my boxes all over my driveway.

Got the black 6" casters for $50, normally $250...

 

[Ign]

My wife hates this "deals" section... I need nothing, but i just come here and go crazy. I'm buying casters... I don't know why I need them, but I feel like I need them. ha ha

Josh B.

You just need to increase your purchase activity further. My wife can't keep track, she finally just gave up. Then again she never nagged, she just liked to see what I got and what it does.

 

[Retlaw 66]

Thanks for the heads up!
I bought a few sets of 4" and 5" for general use, and a set of the $70 8" polyurethanes to build a car body cart!

Plan to put wheels on my sandblast cabinet so I can roll it outside, and build some dollies for various tractor implements.

 

[Ign]

Thanks for the heads up!
I bought a few sets of 4" and 5" for general use, and a set of the $70 8" polyurethanes to build a car body cart!

Plan to put wheels on my sandblast cabinet so I can roll it outside, and build some dollies for various tractor implements.

Yep, $70 for a set of 4 quality 8" casters seems extremely reasonable. I put 8" on my gantry crane years ago and I'm torn - they roll nicely but the scrub radius to swivel them is huge - - OTOH they're big enough you can kick them around with steel toes.

Anyway, you should post up your body cart build in Fabrication & Techniques when the time comes.