Sorry but I do not have a camera or a website. The dolly is a plain
vanilla pneumatic tire model rated for something like 500lbs that Home Depot
has on special. The platform or base I made simply slides on top of the
metal lip at the bottom of the dolly to provide a more secure platform for
the scope to ride on and raise the scope higher so you can put it on and
take it off easier. Obvioulsy you could simply put the scope right on the
dolly with some padding behind it and it would work OK but when I tried that
the scope wanted to shift around and it was too difficult to pick it up off
the ground. So I made the base unit with a U shaped area slightly bigger
than the scope base to keep the base from shifting or sliding off the
platform and made the platform 4-5" thick so I can easily lift it up from
that height. I grab the scope under the fork arms. Used most of one 8' 2x4
and a small scrap of 1/2 plywood. Took an hour to design cut and screw
together. Not up to my furniture making standards but it works perfect.

Regards

Bill Wood

-----Original Message-----
Bill Nicoll
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: [M]: Moving 10" LX200/EyePiece Case


Bill,
Do you have a web site where you could post a picture of your dolly?

Bill Nicoll
Pueblo, Colorado

William R Wood wrote:

> Maybe some other new users will like these ideas. After making a
scopesaver
> type plate to allow me to mount the scope on the tripod easily my next
> problem was how to move the scope around my yard or anywhere else. I like
> the sled idea from the MAPUG site but cant use it since my yard has a
nasty
> slope everywhere.
>
> My wife suggested that I use a dolly. Bought a neat dolly at Home Depot
> with air filled tires for about $50. Made a base platform out of 2x4's
and
> plywood that fits and protects the scope base and makes it easy for the
> dolly to hold it. Used a bungee cord to wrap around scope and hold to
> dolly. Used high density foam to pad dolly. This works unbelievably
well.
> Takes 5 seconds to put the scope on the base platform which I made about
> 4-5" thick so I can pick it up easier. One sec to attach the bungee cord
> and I can pull the scope up hills and over bumps with ease. The bouncy
air
> filled tires provide sufficient suspension as long as you go slow over
rough
> spots.
>
> Then wife bought me a little Igloo Legend12 cooler. About 13"x10" with a
> nice lid and carrying handle. It came with 2 blue bottle inserts for
> filling with water to freeze. The inserts have round sections to fit
soda
> cans. The round sections fit wide angle EPs perfectly and fit regular
size
> EP's well too. You can carry 6 EPs in one cooler. I put a sheet of high
> density foam in bottom and it is perfect. Cost $9. Had her buy me
another
> one in which I can carry the hand controller, star diagonal etc. In this
> one I made 1/4 thick plywood inserts to make 3 sections in the cooler.
>
> Regards
>
> Bill Wood

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