Preventing an extractor from walking?

[kbfarms]

We extracted 55 gals with the three coasters. Perfect! Thanks so much for the information.

[Ozarks Honey Company]

RABray,

I am jealous, yours looks better than mine. LOL Nice cutout for the honey gate, love it! Also, great idea on the added height, I may have to take mine and modify it to match yours what a plus it would be to use a full 5gal bucket and still be able to change strainers. I use a 3.5gal when I extracted, but that was because I could not put a 5gal under with the strainer.

Nice job!

[RABray]

Jeff,

Well thank you. I would not have had this success without the suggestions and ideas you and others on this site so freely shared. This forum is a fabulous source of information! Anyway...truth be known...I started with a small opening for the cleaning water to drain out of the bucket depression and then realized after mounting the honey gates on the bucket the opening needed further opening. Fortunately I had not applied the finish before I realized this. I used the unit Sunday for the first time and it worked flawlessly. I would not have known to put the base on three wheels had I not read about the advantages on this forum. The unit wiggled a bit and shimmied a bit but never walked around and it was sitting on a smooth hard surface floor, Pergo to be exact. Sooooooooooo... Hats off to this forum for helping me...

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What capacity wheels would one use on an 18-22 frame extractor?

[Ozarks Honey Company]

What capacity wheels would one use on an 18-22 frame extractor? .

I just went to Home Depot and purchased the 2 1/2 in hard castors. They have a 132lb capacity. That is per castor, so you shouldn't be exceeding the weight limit with 3 castors even with your 18/22 frame extractor.

Here is a link to the castor I used: http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...&storeId=10051

They do have heavy duty castors available too if you are concerned about weight. I can tell you that the ones I got have performed flawlessly this year with my 12 frame extractor.

Good luck,