Canadian Tire has their applicance dollys on sale and I was thinking of picking one up for moving games up & down stairs.  The price seems right, anybody use these?

Product #60-0517-8

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST.....BDolly.jsp?locale=en

I had a new washer and dryer delivered a couple months ago and they used that type of dolly.  I was worried about my stairs as they are oak and they rolled right down without a scratch.  Check it out for the quality though.

Quoted from Snazzy81

Canadian Tire has their applicance dollys on sale and I was thinking of picking one up for moving games up & down stairs.  The price seems right, anybody use these?

Product #60-0517-8

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST.....BDolly.jsp?locale=en

This is the dolly.  I have one and use it regularly.  It's been great. I've had to replace the rubber belts on it, but its been sturdy.  I know a couple of other collectors who use it and have had a few issues, like the ratchet breaking or bending of the bottom lip.  Overall, if you have tight stairs and/or plan on moving stuff quite a bit, its worth the money.  

I was going to mention that the original v-belts on mine were cheap and went fast (after the first 30 pins or less), I forget the exact replacement size but I can get it for anyone wanting to replace theirs.  The second worry is the ratchet mechanism, I have a feeling mine will eventually fail.  I would have much preferred the U-Haul type of appliance dolly, where you cinch the buckle and then flip the handle to tighten the grip.  But they are more expensive....

Be aware that with a heavy pin, both the stair belts and the wheels (which are black rubber) can and will rub off on carpet and wooden stairs.  Luckily it's fairly easy to clean off of wood, not so easy with carpetted stairs.  I removed a pin from a wealthy Doctor in Oakville's house once and we put down a sheet (which made the move more complicated) so that we wouldn't leave skid marks.

However, "Have dolly, will travel." has done me exceedingly well and made it much easier to collect and move pins - here, there and everywhere!

Note the dolly itself weighs something like 75-90 lbs, so it adds a bt to the weight of the pinball, but you get teh hang of angling so that the majority of the weight is being carried by the tires.

Quoted from Monkeybug

This is the dolly.  I have one and use it regularly.  It's been great. I've had to replace the rubber belts on it, but its been sturdy.  

Where did you get the belts? Mine need to be replaced but I wasn't able to match the size. I went to several spots, even tried auto shops as I thought a fan belt might match it.

Duane

Quoted from websherpa

I was going to mention that the original v-belts on mine were cheap and went fast (after the first 30 pins or less), I forget the exact replacement size but I can get it for anyone wanting to replace theirs.

Same question I just asked Monkey Bug Where'd you get them?

My dolly isn't from CDN Tire. I got it at Princess Auto years ago. I imagine the belt would be similar.

Duane

Quoted from TwilightZone

Where did you get the belts? Mine need to be replaced but I wasn't able to match the size. I went to several spots, even tried auto shops as I thought a fan belt might match it.

Duane

I just picked up a pair of appliance belts at Cdn Tire.  I guess these are the ones use in washing machines/dryers?  I just took my old one and eyeballed the size.  If you need more details I can try to find them.

The replacement belt I used (based on advice from an applaince dolly manufacturer) was : V-belt B23 (5L260) P3

I can't for the life of me remember where I bought them.  Possibly Canadian Tire automotive.

Thanks for the feedback, I picked one up tonight.  I don't think it's as heavy duty as some of yours, probably weighs about 50lbs.

I picked one up too. I used it to move my 5 pins into my new place. Worked great except that the rubber bumper things above the wheels ate into edge of my laminate stairs, they're gonna need to be replace. Are those rubber things supposed to turn? They didn't on mine. Is mine defective?

oh sweet!  glad I didn't miss this, I'm gonna pick me one up for sure.  Experienced the joys of moving pins at Monkeybug's place.. and this thing did come in quite handy  

Quoted from jonny_eh

I picked one up too. I used it to move my 5 pins into my new place. Worked great except that the rubber bumper things above the wheels ate into edge of my laminate stairs, they're gonna need to be replaced. Are those rubber things supposed to turn? They didn't on mine. Is mine defective?

And it split two of his bull-noses....after that move I still prefer the good old fashion "inflatable big wheeled" dollys