Homemade Wire Carts

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Bob Kraemer

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Getting ready to make a wire cart out of strut and flat angle & right angle brackets. Just curious if anyone made there own wire cart and if you have any pictures to post?
 
I wish I had a link for you. I got a wire cart from my supplier that holds quite a few rolls of 14,12, or 10 ga, (4-6 rolls I think). It's compact, has two wheels and clamps the spools (on the edge, not through the center) in a way that keeps the wire from slipping off. It's about as heavy as I want to lift & roll around & didn't cost much.

Dave
 
Bob Kraemer said:
Getting ready to make a wire cart out of strut and flat angle & right angle brackets.
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How much horse power Bob? Over 1000 you well know you will have to use deep channel.
 
Bob Kraemer said:
Getting ready to make a wire cart out of strut and flat angle & right angle brackets. Just curious if anyone made there own wire cart and if you have any pictures to post?
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I wouldn't bother with a homemade one. You can buy a nice one made by Carlon for only $60.


I can't find a link to it on Carlon's website though. :(
 
I would'nt call it a cart but I have built a huge wire dispencer that would hold up to 10 to 15 reels - each 2 ft wide and 3 ft tall - a whole lot of kendorf and right angle strut brackets and a few 45 degree brac:wink: kets for strength- I was'nt buying it though it was from stock on the job and we needed a contraption for pulling cable tray
 
For a small wire rack I use a "milk" crate with 1/2" emt axles.

I easily made a larger wire cart out of a handtruck.
 
Tori said:
. . . I have built a huge wire dispencer that would hold up to 10 to 15 reels - each 2 ft wide and 3 ft tall . . .
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Is that 10 to 15 reels that are each 2ft x 3ft???

That IS a huge dispenser! The POCO must be envious.
 
I made several for a large commercial job using a $25 hand truck and two G-B wire dispensers ($20 each). They slip right into the hand truck.. no pins or bolts.

Not the best photo of it, but it's the only one I have:

wirecart2.jpg
 
480sparky said:
I made several for a large commercial job using a $25 hand truck and two G-B wire dispensers ($20 each). They slip right into the hand truck.. no pins or bolts.

Not the best photo of it, but it's the only one I have:


wirecart2.jpg
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I like this one , when are you going into mass production ? This would be perfect for small jobs where you only need 8 or less spools with ya.

Carl
 
Krim said:
I like this one , when are you going into mass production ? This would be perfect for small jobs where you only need 8 or less spools with ya.

Carl
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"Mass Production" starts when you go to the Big Orange store. :grin:
 
Minuteman,
The 'wire wagon' looks nice. Those 2500 lf rolls will quickly separate the men from the dabblers!

480,
Nice looking rig. Ever' so often I had to order 100 of those clevis pins. Seems that ole 'black hole' gobbles 'em up !

Best Wishes Everyone in 2008
 
one of the first jobs we did required 42 control wires between a generator and a control monitoring panel and the run was a little over 400 feet. we cut a 3/4" sheet of plywood in half for the sides then built the first 12" around the bottom into a storage box to hold partial spools -- rags --and soap. then cut small pieces of plywood the allow you to slide 1/2" emt for wire axles. these were screwed on the inside of the sides. finished it off by wrapping both ends with 3/4" emt push handles which also gave it plenty of stability!!! this box was then mounted on a four wheel dolly. guys used to call it the elephant whore. used it for 25 years. would handle all size spools.......
 
When push came to shove at a very remote job site, we took slats off of pallats so we could strap 1/2" EMT to them. Not pretty, and it was a pain in the arse to move, but it worked!
 
480sparky said:
When push came to shove at a very remote job site, we took slats off of pallats so we could strap 1/2" EMT to them. Not pretty, and it was a pain in the arse to move, but it worked!
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Thee ol' saying is true. "Whatever works, works, as long as nothing is jeopardized.":wink:
 
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