Best Casters For Concrete Floors?

[Ed Labadie]

I've been using Wagner's from Reid Supply for years now, they have a urethane wheel and don't flat spot (even under my Unisaw). Also, the total lock version locks up nice and tight with no wobble. IIRC, I think I've got 5 machines on them.

http://www.reidsupply.com/online-cat...ret=sku/WC-73/

I use the WC-73 & WC-75 part numbers.

Ed

[John Downey]

I've been using those red ones from Woodcraft for years (the better ones, not the house brand). I think they are urethane wheels, no problems with flat spots. I tend to look for casters with good bearings more than wheel material. Most of my machines are old, so I don't really know the weights, in the 300-600 pound range at a guess. Using 4 casters rated at 400# each guarantees smooth operation. If you're buying a 400# rated caster, the wheel won't develop a flat spot, and it will roll and swivel nicely.

I recently bought a 1300# machine, not sure what I'm going to do about that yet

EDIT: I just went and looked, those ones I'm thinking of are rated 300# not 400. Principle of over doing it on the load rating still holds though, load the casters way under what they are supposed to take, and you get nice smooth operation. Four casters rated at 100# each might work for a cabinet saw, but in my experience it ends up being like a 400# shopping cart!

[Cary Falk]

+1 on the ones from Woodcraft. They go on sale 3 or 4 times a year.

[Alan Lightstone]

+1 on the ones from Woodcraft. They go on sale 3 or 4 times a year.

+1. And couldn't agree more about the oversizing them plan. Has always worked well for me.

[Jim Neeley]

One consideration in selecting casters: virtually all "flat" floors aren't as a caster sees it. With four casters on a rigid base, even when evenly loaded, when you roll it there will be times when most of the weight will be on 2 casters in opposite corners.

That's why many caster vendors tell you to size each caster for half of the total weight.

Just my $0.02.. YMMV.

Jim

[Julie Moriarty]

Looks like polyurethane is the way to go. Thanks for all your help! Now it's time to start looking for sales.

[Dave Zellers]

Looks like polyurethane is the way to go. Thanks for all your help! Now it's time to start looking for sales.

Quite often the sale price at a place like Woodcraft is the regular price at a caster mfg.

I get mine here:

https://www.sescasters.com/scripts/i...rface=products

[David Winer]

Looks like polyurethane is the way to go. Thanks for all your help! Now it's time to start looking for sales.

Sales are good, good advice is even better. You will find excellent advice for your specific needs at Caster City. I've been very pleased with their advice and casters.

[Greg R Bradley]

Sales are good, good advice is even better. You will find excellent advice for your specific needs at Caster City. I've been very pleased with their advice and casters.

I second the recommendation on Castor City. Also, you will probably end up with Polyolefin for your spec instead of Polyurethane. It depends on the load and how long the load stays in one place. If the cabinets are heavy, you probably won't be able to size Polyurethane to keep them from flat spotting. How heavy is heavy and will they sit still for weeks or months? The point is that places like Castor City will give you very good prices and the right castor for the job.

[Bill White]

Urethane for wheels any day. BTW, isn't polyurethane a finish?
Bill

[Dan Hintz]

Urethane for wheels any day. BTW, isn't polyurethane a finish?
Bill

Here ya go, Bill

http://www.differencebetween.net/obj...-polyurethane/

[Mike Goetzke]

Looks like polyurethane is the way to go. Thanks for all your help! Now it's time to start looking for sales.

Julie - you have a place close by to pick these up plus they are currently 30% off - Woodcraft. I have a rough concrete floor in my garage and have these on my Unisaw that has a RT/cabinet in the extension. Work great.

Mike

[Dick Strauss]

+1 for SES Casters (Thanks Matt Meiser!).

They used to have an ebay store with prices that beat Woodcraft sale prices by quite a bit. If you called them directly instead of using their ebay store they used to match the slightly lower prices listed on ebay versus their web prices. I've purchased 25+ of their 4" Total Lock T31 series casters with absolutely no failures or issues for use on machines up to 1000 lbs. I'd suggest 4 or 5" so that they roll over debris without any issues.

Be safe,
Dick