GOAT logo

Join the conversation! The forum activity is now at GOATeach.org!  We are working to cross pollinate our conversations. Document and share tools at farm hack and talk at GOAT!  Also join GOAT riot and introduce yourself and your projects!

Check culvert pipe size before buying casters

Topic Type: 
Problem

Thanks for the great plans and advice. The only problems we have run into so far in building this are that the 2" wide caster wheels in the plans do not fit all the way between the grooves of the culvert pipe, making it too hard to turn the washer, and the 3" carriage bolts connecting the culvert to the wooden barrel staves are too long to run smoothly into and out of the chain. We are trying again with 2" bolts and wheels 1" thick. Maybe culvert pipe is different than the one in the plans?  Something to look at if you are building this to save some trips to town.