Chassis rotisserie question

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I would imagine 1,000lbs would be lots. You might consider steel wheels, even the solid rubber ones will flat spot and make it hard to roll.

Good luck!

Bill

I agree with using the steel wheels and I'd build it to take about 3 time what you thing the body will weigh to give you a substantial safety margine for climbing in the car and junk that will accumulate. do a little surfing on the wed and get some pictures of some of the commercial stuff.

Here's are some photos of the one I built shortly after I finished building my shop. I had the Foxbody on it too.

I found one with the Foxbody on it and how I attached it to the rotisserie in the front, the back was same the same way using the bumper mounts.

Hey Doug. What did you coat your floor with and do you like it?

U-Coat It. Considering all the abuse I have put it through, it is holding up pretty good.

http://www.ucoatit.com/2011web/main.htm

Thanks Doug. New building going up this spring and want to coat floor before I move tools in. Will be getting a rotisserie at that time also

Another vote for steel wheels. Some rubber & urethane wheels can flat-spot & split at these proposed weights. I was surprised how quickly the new urethane wheels I put on my heavy Tig welder started to split & shed layers of material.

I don't have/use a rotisserie. But if I did I guess about the only time I would be against using one is during the initial welding on a body/cage/chassis assembly that is only tacked together at the time. The assembly really needs to have at least 65-75% of each weld joint done before taking a car off the stands (or jig table) & putting it on a rotisserie.

The only welding I do on the rotisserie are plug welding holes and some sheet metal, depending on what it is. I almost forgot, no problem with poly tires on the wheels I have, about 8 years old now.

We replaced the steel wheels on our shop rotisserie with 8" air filled rubber. We max inflate them to ease the bounce and they work really well, makes it easy to push around in the dirt when sand blasting.