Texas Pipe Dolly

[HWHII]

I had a job last week were I needed to replace a lentil beam in a old adobe building. There was no access to the the area for a forklift or a crane and about 50 yards from the parking lot to where it had to be installed and it weight was about 650lbs. I am sure alot of you pipe welders are familiar with this but I thought some might be interested in this. I do not have a fork lift and this is very handy for moving all types of heavy items around the shop. It has a small hook on the front for rigging. It works great for moving anvils. It also fits through a 36" opening

[ThomasPowers]

Well I've seen something like that in several centuries old depictions of saw yards to move large timbers around. Didn't call it "Texas" though as Spain still owned that chunk of territory back then...

[Mainely,Bob]

I had a job last week were I needed to replace a lentil beam in a old adobe building. There was no access to the the area for a forklift or a crane and about 50 yards from the parking lot to where it had to be installed and it weight was about 650lbs. I am sure alot of you pipe welders are familiar with this but I thought some might be interested in this. I do not have a fork lift and this is very handy for moving all types of heavy items around the shop. It has a small hook on the front for rigging. It works great for moving anvils. It also fits through a 36" opening

Up here that`s called a log arch and most of them have some means of attaching a ball hitch so you can use either a truck or ATV to move the load around too.
Excellent use of 2 basic tools,the wheel and the lever. :)