Wheels on a hardwood floor

[Paul Steiner]

I am building my son this three wheeled cruiser for christmas. I would like him to be able to cruise around inside the house. But we have all hardwood and I don't want him to mark up the floors. The plans call for wood 6" wheels, I was thinking mower tires. I was also thinking of having an indoor set of tires and an outdoor set. Any suggestions or experiences would be appreciated!
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[Jim Rimmer]

No experience but can you get small pneumatic tires? I would think mower tires would damage the floor, too. They are pretty hard.

[Josiah Bartlett]

Appliance dolly wheels should work well.

[Pat Germain]

My local Harbor Freight store has lots of small wheels. Some of them have inflatable tires. And the HF store has these wheels priced for less than the home centers.

[Von Bickley]

Paul,
I think your hardwood floors are in big trouble if you turn a little boy loose with that. You might want to consider out-door use.......

[Jason White]

Try to find wheels with urethane tires (like the kind you find on high-end shop casters). They will be expensive, but won't mark up your wood floors.

Maybe something like this?

http://www.monsterscooterparts.com/sourti.html

Or... maybe take some urethane bandsaw tires and wrap them around your wooden wheels??

Jason

Originally Posted by Paul Steiner

I am building my son this three wheeled cruiser for christmas. I would like him to be able to cruise around inside the house. But we have all hardwood and I don't want him to mark up the floors. The plans call for wood 6" wheels, I was thinking mower tires. I was also thinking of having an indoor set of tires and an outdoor set. Any suggestions or experiences would be appreciated!
http://books.google.com/books?id=dfsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA33#

Also isn't google books awesome.

[Doug Carpenter]

Definately use soft wheels. The finish on hardood is softer than you would think. I would like to build a padded room for my kids! Or maybe I could go in there and hide.