Ever since Cliff upped the stakes for ShedOps, I’ve been looking for how I can keep up.
Now that we know that Jon is a full contender for the title of Sultan of ShedOps 2025, I’ve begun my search in earnest.
With limited space, I’m hoping for an honourable mention in 2028. My most recent find is a set of casters that work like a retractable bic biro.
Has anyone used these?
That’s pretty cool!
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That looks like good idea for light tools but I would not want to lift my planer (400# of cast iron) or table saw up to get the wheels down. The picture shows what I use, push down on the handle and pull or push it. The tools have a piece of steel with a hole and the handle has a pin that fits in the hole to hitch them together.
You are so right Mark.
I’m still looking and weeding my way through reviews. Many of the reviews of alleged industrial casters that I’ve come across have complained the weight ratings were overstated. Photos of ball bearings ruptured and shattered plastic wheels fill the comments section.
Then of course there amazing casters like these blinkle levelling casters from Germany that cost $183 a piece.
But you have to get down on your knees at each corner to lower them off their wheels. On the other hand an uneven floor is easily compensated by levelling casters.
Bill, I looked at the type of casters you last posted, but yeah, expensive. I needed so many that I just stuck with simple, foot-lockable ones. Yes, it takes awhile sometimes to find the locking paddle with my toe, and no, they don’t adjust for uneven floor (which I have). But they’re affordable. I ended up getting something like 12 sets of these.
My concern with the ones you posted on is capacity. They look fine for an unloaded workbench, and my back could handle that lifting as well. But for something loaded with tools or materials (my stock rack is several hundred pounds loaded), those brackets are asking to be bent, even if I could lift one end. And their wheel diameter is relatively quite small, in view of the loads. Just my 2 cents, fwiw. They might work just fine.
If I may:
My caster guy. Friendly people and very helpful.
Nice resource, Patrick.
I’m reminded of the largest casters I’ve ever had to include in a design, these were 40k lb capacity, 3’ diameter, for a rolling platform that carried certain rocket components.
Not germane to this thread Bill, unless you wanted to move the shed around. 
Cliff, I like your idea of a ShedOps World Tour. It will have to take place off site won’t it?
While I think you have found the ultimate caster page I think it’s going to make my choosing casters more difficult. I hadn’t considered my load requirements at speed…
Will I be satisfied at moving my workbench across my shed at 3 miles per hour or will I want to beef up my selection so I can do it at 10?
What speed rating did you choose?
Bill, Since you asked, I think you’re good with 3mph. The capacities are per caster; so 4 x 3600lb = one heck of a payload.
With any speed higher than that, by the time you got that max mass of 7.2 tons moving, I’d be concerned about slowing it down in time to not blow through the far wall.
Unless the shed is reallly long. Then just go for the 12" diameter.
i think on this forum only Vic could be moving at 10 miles per hour.
