06-25-2009, 11:15 AM
I don't know if you have a Harbor Freight store in your area. They sell a steel framed creeper with sort of underslung wheels. The wheels are 2 3/8" diameter which may be big enough to roll on a carpet.
This one is the one I'm talking about:
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You could also make your own stool out of wood with a low enough seat to get under and under sling the wheels to allow larger casters which is what is needed to easily move on carpet. If you go to:
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Type "casters" into the "find by keyword" box and you get 6 pages of casters.
I also have not seen a pic of your garden stool, but you might be able to modify is to sit lower. If it has the casters bolted to the bottom frame of the stool out near the corners, you could go to a metals dealer and pick up some heavy duty 3 or 4 inch steel "z" material. The dealers have cut-off saws and may have some short scrap pieces of what you are looking for. They will probably cut the pieces to the length you need. You might need to buy 5-10feet to get 4 pieces 4-5 inches long, but steel is not an expensive metal. Drill the flanges to match the mounting holes on your casters, and bolt the steel on your garden stool to under sling the wheels. Bolt the casters to your new steel brackets and your stool will sit 3-4 inches lower with the same size wheels that allow you to maneuver around under the layout.
This post got kind of long, but I hope there is something here that will work to solve your problem.
This one is the one I'm talking about:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?itemnumber=3674">http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... umber=3674</a><!-- m -->
You could also make your own stool out of wood with a low enough seat to get under and under sling the wheels to allow larger casters which is what is needed to easily move on carpet. If you go to:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://harborfreight.com/">http://harborfreight.com/</a><!-- m -->
Type "casters" into the "find by keyword" box and you get 6 pages of casters.
I also have not seen a pic of your garden stool, but you might be able to modify is to sit lower. If it has the casters bolted to the bottom frame of the stool out near the corners, you could go to a metals dealer and pick up some heavy duty 3 or 4 inch steel "z" material. The dealers have cut-off saws and may have some short scrap pieces of what you are looking for. They will probably cut the pieces to the length you need. You might need to buy 5-10feet to get 4 pieces 4-5 inches long, but steel is not an expensive metal. Drill the flanges to match the mounting holes on your casters, and bolt the steel on your garden stool to under sling the wheels. Bolt the casters to your new steel brackets and your stool will sit 3-4 inches lower with the same size wheels that allow you to maneuver around under the layout.
This post got kind of long, but I hope there is something here that will work to solve your problem.