Re: Battery Carts/Shelves
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Originally Posted by yash101
What about pneumatic wheels to absorb some shocks...
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Pneumatic wheels are not a bad idea, except problems with size constraints.
In our example, the footprint of each half 12"x 24" needing a minimum number of wheels limited the size of wheels/base plates that could fit. The bigger the wheels, the further away from the edges the wheels would be. We needed to make sure wheels would be at all 4 corners when closed for rolling when travelling, and enough wheels on the inside edges when opened so it was sturdy.
We went with 8 swivel caster wheels with the 4 outside being "lockable" so when opened up in the pits we could lock the wheels and it stayed opened and didn't move.
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