This was a log I found on a beach nearby where I live. It was too big and heavy to drag it to a place where I could load it onto my truck.
I decided to make a dolly with a few bits and pieces of light gauge steel tubing I had in my storage area.
The two 13″ pneumatic tire wheels came from Harbor Freight tool supply.
One cotter pin holds the wheels in place. The other end of the 1/2″ axle has a nut welded to the end.
The wheels were meant to slide onto a 5/8″ axle, which I didn’t have. I did however have a 1/2″ axle and a section of 5/8″ outside diameter thin wall tubing.
I drilled a 1″ hole into the 1-1/2″ square main tube and inserted the 1″ thin wall tube and carefully aligned and welded the tube onto the frame. I then inserted the axle assembly into the 1″ tubing.
This free moving ‘V’ bar using 1″ square Tubing and a section of 1-3/4″ tubing for the sleeve was replicated for the rear ‘V’ bar that’s welded to the rear of the frame.
Being able to slide the the front ‘V’ bar allows one to carry various lengths of wood from two to nine feet long.
The round handle and square gooseneck are both 3/4″ in diameter.
Here’s a picture of how the gooseneck was secured to the 1-3/4″ sleeve. This sleeve actually came off of an old recumbent trike I had pieces of. It even had a nylon sleeve inside. There was even an adjustment nut
welded on the corner. I found a bolt to fit the thread and welded a winged spoke tightener to the end of the bolt so I could easily adjust the handle bar position by hand.
This is a handy tool that I’m sure will be used in the future for other carrying applications. I also like how the dolly breaks down to a relatively small size for storage.