Dolly storage?

[phamine]

I have a 2 wheel dolly that I use to tow cars around.

Right now it's taking up a parking space. Is it possible to use some kind of pulley system on a concrete wall outside my shop and lay it vertically against the wall?

How do you store your dolly?

 

[bad_idea]

get you a harbor freight hand winch and some pulleys. I am sure you could work up something to yank that thing up the side of the wall. then bolt it to the wall with some brackets to keep it in place.

 

[phamine]

Anyone have an example with pictures of the setup?

 

[Big-Foot]

How about a picture of your dolly so we have a better idea of what you're working with there..

 

[phamine]

Sure. It looks something like this.

 

[barney rubble]

I just park mine on the neighbors property. He uses it as much as I do. lol.

 

[Al Bundy]

I got my dolly her own apartment. It costs more, but it's too difficult to try and keep her at home.

And no I won't show you a picture. LOL

 

[elmo771]

I got my dolly her own apartment. It costs more, but it's too difficult to try and keep her at home.

And no I won't show you a picture. LOL

As you sure no one's using your dolly when your not there?

 

[mdbeck1]

Sure. It looks something like this.

Pardon my ignorance but I've never looked too close at those type trailers (I have an 18' car hauler). Do those little ramps fold up to 90 degrees (or better)? If they do it should be a simple thing to lift up the tongue and lean it against the wall (secure with a eyebolt and padlock).

 

[Spareparts]

Make the tongue fold like on the Bass Boats and then it is half the foot print and you don't have to worry about it falling.

 

[Big-Foot]

Okay cool.. I just wanted to be sure..

I guess I would buy a cheap 1-7/8" ball and mount that to a 2 x 6 stretched between two studs and then winch the tongue up to that ball and pop it on..

Harbor Fright sells winches pretty cheap and you could also pick up a pair of eye-bolts to mount to the same two studs down lower where you could use a ratchet strap for safety..

 

[1steve]

I got my dolly her own apartment. It costs more, but it's too difficult to try and keep her at home.

And no I won't show you a picture. LOL

How many miles do you have on your dolly???

 

[Northstar]

We stood one on end in our receiving area and chained the tongue to the upper mezzanine railing. That's the most important part of standing it up---keeping it from coming down unintentionally.

 

[phamine]

Bumping this thread up. I'm still trying to visualize how I can make this work. I'm looking to winch it up sideways for safety reasons. I'm trying to utilize the most space I can. Any pictures of the pulleys/winches I should be using?

 

[evildky]

I used to have theis problem, I wound up just positioning it in my garage so that my truck backed over the tongue

I'm thinking the tongue bolts on, not the most convienient thing but if you unbolt the tongue you can push it up against a wall, but it's still gonna stick out 3 or 4 feet, heck vertical you still have 2 and a half feet

 

[phamine]

http://cartowdolly.com/eze-towtow-dolly-stored-upright/

This is nice. Now how would I make it work on a wall.

Would using this mounted to the wall work. I need some type of pulley near the top of the wall. What should I use?

http://www.harborfreight.com/2000-lb-capacity-geared-winch-5798.html

 

[phamine]

How do these pulleys mount? Is there a bracket of some type?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BD8N0U/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Zeke]

There probably isn't enough cable on one of those to loop over a pulley 8' up and pull back down to the tongue. You might be better off mounting the winch on the dolly and hooking up to a big eyebolt or something on that order.

The winch would be available for pulling a dead car onto the ramps, too. Bolt it on about half way down the tongue so you can reach it from the ground. AFA the eyebolt, I'd drill all the way through that block wall and use and nut and washer on the inside.

I hope that door fill-in job is good and you don't pull the wall down.

 

[phamine]

I hope so as well. I was considering using 1/2" dia x 4" L concrete anchors into the cinder block for the eyebolt.

That's a good idea, having the winch on the dolly for multiple use.

 

[Kev442]

All I did was remove the tires to gain space and then walk it upright. I weigh a whopping 180 lbs.

 

[Outlawmws]

Yep, back it against the wall, put a piece of cardboard where the fenders will eventually hit, and push(pull if you have to) if it is too heavy to push, bolt the hand crank to the tongue, have a thin cable anchored high on thew wall with a simple "S" hook to catch a short cable with a loop on the end on the winch spool, and crank it up. then you can remove the tires if they are in the way.

 

[phamine]

All I did was remove the tires to gain space and then walk it upright. I weigh a whopping 180 lbs.

I wish it was that easy. I tried to put it sideways and had an issue. I must need more wheaties if you're able to put it upright

 

[Kev442]

Sideways would be harder, actually. Picking up the neck gets it up to waist height before the grunt work begins. Tires off lightens the load by 60 or 70 lbs, which is 1/5 of it's total weight.
Once mine got some scratches and rust, I now do the trick where I back my pickup over it slightly offset from the pumpkin. Rear bumper goes all the way to the fender guards stored that way.