Welding Cart

[Hawk231]

I picked up a welding cart from Tiptools. It looks like the same one that can be found on Ebay manufactured by Astro Pneumatic. The cart itself seems adequate for the task. My gripe is with the wheels. The front casters won't turn under load. Although, they are free spinning unloaded. The back wheels leave greasy marks on my epoxy garage floor every time I move it. The Hobart welding cart from Northern is going to look like a sweet deal by the time I replace the wheels on this one.

That's all I've got.

 

[rocco]

i made my own cart with wheels from Princess auto(canadian HF style place)
and i haven't had any problem.

 

[PAToyota]

I thought a welding cart was one of the first things you made with the welder...

I know what you mean about the casters, though. That is usually the first part that gets "cheapened up" on anything that rolls around - good casters tend to run some money.

 

[russlaferrera]

Can you rebuild the casters? Grind the center bolt out and drill out the wheel and put some steel tubing to act as a bushing new bolts. Or replace them . Northern tool has some "china" for $ 3-4.

I will never understand why the manufactures will not put some decent wheels on their carts. How much can it cost? The customer is paying !

 

[rodnok1]

Worst welding cart ever came with my Lincoln welder(free), welder woudn't fit the cart and casters are horrible.

 

[Hawk231]

I ended up replacing the casters a couple days after the original post. Still haven't done anything about the rear wheels. They seem to have hardened since it was assembled. That could just be because the garage is unheated and it was very cold for a couple weeks. If they soften up this summer I'll have to hit the yard sales. I'm not paying new price for those wheels.

 

[PoorOwner]

I ended up replacing the casters a couple days after the original post. Still haven't done anything about the rear wheels. They seem to have hardened since it was assembled. That could just be because the garage is unheated and it was very cold for a couple weeks. If they soften up this summer I'll have to hit the yard sales. I'm not paying new price for those wheels.

I think I have the astra pneumatic cart (I think, I think many import brands sells this same cart) no problems with it, I have a 110V mig and full size gas tank on it. My rear wheels was well broken in before I have epoxy floor, might just be oily stuff on the new rubber, take it out and break it in on the concrete.

 

[REFLEXX]

there's always the welding cart from hell:

Why is it the welding cart from hell? Because it has almost every ******** accessory on it!

 

[D-Cal]

That's a nice cart!

 

[cranker]

Reflexx: Is that the pt225 or 175 on the bottom? how do you like it? I am looking at getting the pt225 and was just curious of your opinion on it. Sorry about the hijack.

 

[zjrog]

I like the welding cart from Hell... Very nice. I will keep that in mind when I get around to building mine...