Billy121168 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 How easy are they and do they work on multiple surfaces.What are ways you guys are using to manuver soda and snack machines around. Thoughts on Ez move tandem dolly system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfdogs Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I use the Anderson dolly and it is great with drink machines. Snacks with legs are a bit trickier. I put a 4x6 under each side to account for the legs. This works with a bit of patience. To help get the dolly and machine over bumps (thresholds, trailer ramp, etc) I use a 'pick' dolly (like longshoremen use) to lift over the obstacle. Using this method, I can move most machines by myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDERSONVENDING Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 This is the one I use. http://www.nortechusa.com/vend/rok.html I can usually move my machines by myself,I also have a drop deck trailer. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfdogs Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 This is the one I use. http://www.nortechusa.com/vend/rok.html I can usually move my machines by myself,I also have a drop deck trailer. John looks very similar to the Anderson dolly. How does foot activates lever deal work? Easy to lift and lower? My trailer tilts... Makes it fun getting a drink machine all the way up by myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 The only time I use a dolly such as the Roll-or-Kari (or Dunn Tonner as it used to be called) piano dollies is when I have to clamshell a soda machine through a doorway. To do that you have to open the machine door and put the dolly straps around the open cabinet so the door can swing freely. Doing this safely takes two people so I always enlist some help from my customer or someone in the location to hold the door or steady the cabinet. Otherwise, I use a Dutro tip back dolly to move soda machines. The advantage I like with the Anderson dolly is that the straps pulling against both sides provides the leverage to lift the machine (very smart!), where the Dunn Tonner requires standing on levers that lift the machine (sometimes difficult). Another advantage over the Dunn Tonner is that the way the straps work, you don't have to string loose straps around the machine. The disadvantage the Anderson may have is not lifting high enough to clear door thresholds and are the dollies wider that the side of an open soda cabinet? Just some thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogcow Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 This is the one I use. http://www.nortechus...m/vend/rok.html I can usually move my machines by myself,I also have a drop deck trailer. John have you used the nortech easy lift? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondog Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 have you used the nortech easy lift? I haven't used one but it's looks like the perfect thing for snack machines. If I could find a good used one on CL I'd buy it. They're rated at a 1,000 lbs. but I'm not too sure how it'd work with a soda machine. http://na.suzohapp.c...ng/33106000.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDERSONVENDING Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 have you used the nortech easy lift? no the dual unit and the tilt back on wheels, mines a wesco unit.John I haven't used one but it's looks like the perfect thing for snack machines. If I could find a good used one on CL I'd buy it. They're rated at a 1,000 lbs. but I'm not too sure how it'd work with a soda machine. http://na.suzohapp.c...ng/33106000.htm that unit is for snack machines.You have to have at least 4 inches for clearance.I have 4x6 blocks I use for snack machines.John looks very similar to the Anderson dolly. How does foot activates lever deal work? Easy to lift and lower? My trailer tilts... Makes it fun getting a drink machine all the way up by myself! the handles on both ends make it easier to raise loads.If you put a winch at the front of the trailer you can pull it up.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyinchville Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Hi, I've tried everything from pallet jacks to dollies with foldout support legs to stair climbing dollies, but here is a link to something that I've bought to help make moving heavy machines in tight spots very easy..... http://www.ebay.com/itm/120305893212?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 Hope this helps you. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Hi, I've tried everything from pallet jacks to dollies with foldout support legs to stair climbing dollies, but here is a link to something that I've bought to help make moving heavy machines in tight spots very easy..... http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1438.l2649 Hope this helps you. Andrew Those look like super duty. The short nose plate (2 1/4 inch) should work as long as the straps are real tight to hold the plate under the edge of a machine. It also looks like they have a hydralic lift on each which would require pumping but would be easier than the step-on lift levers of the Roll-or-Kari brand. I love the steel construction and large handles, just a little pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondog Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Those look like super duty. The short nose plate (2 1/4 inch) should work as long as the straps are real tight to hold the plate under the edge of a machine. It also looks like they have a hydralic lift on each which would require pumping but would be easier than the step-on lift levers of the Roll-or-Kari brand. I love the steel construction and large handles, just a little pricey. Nice unit indeed! But at 190 lbs you will need a dolly to move your dolly - this one's a bit of overkill for moving vending machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDERSONVENDING Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Nice unit indeed! But at 190 lbs you will need a dolly to move your dolly - this one's a bit of overkill for moving vending machines. They're also rated for 4000 lbs.If your soda machine is that heavy I wouldn't want it either.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Bar W / Nuts Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Hi, I've tried everything from pallet jacks to dollies with foldout support legs to stair climbing dollies, but here is a link to something that I've bought to help make moving heavy machines in tight spots very easy..... http://www.ebay.com/itm/120305893212?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 Hope this helps you. Andrew Your strap on dollies are very similair to the set I use. I picked up a pair of Lift & Roll dollies from Step Rider Inc. last year and man are they awesome! Each dolly weighs about 80 lbs and have a hydraulic bottle jack on them. They're much easier to load in my van than my Dutro 1888 dolly (that I rarely use any more since I bought these babies!). I used to put my 1000 pound USI 3155B Combo II's on a flat piano dolly to clam shell them through door ways & boy, that's always a scary and unnerving move, but now it's a piece of cake using the Lift & Roll dollies. I don't have to unload any cans when moving a drink machine! These dollies can raise a soda machine up to 6" off of the ground. If a machine has legs, I'll place 1 or 2 2x4's on the toe plate to fill in the gap. I had a set of Roll or Kari's back in my early years and they worked fine too. If you decide to pick-up a set of strap on dollies, I recommend picking up some adhesive backed rubber grip pads from Lowes or Home Depot and covering the entire toe plate to prevent the machine from slipping off the dollies when going over thresholds, rough flooring, rolling up the trailer ramp, or whatever. There are 2 models of the Lift & Roll. 1 set has 4 wheels and is rated at 1000 lbs, the other set has 6 wheels and is rated for 1500 lbs. They also have several different colors to choose from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Your strap on dollies are very similair to the set I use. I picked up a pair of Lift & Roll dollies from Step Rider Inc. There are 2 models of the Lift & Roll. 1 set has 4 wheels and is rated at 1000 lbs, the other set has 6 wheels and is rated for 1500 lbs. They also have several different colors to choose from... D & S Vending also sell the Step Rider Lift "N Roll Systems on their website.. http://dsvendinginc.com/p-5684-ds1280-step-rider-liftn-roll-handtruck-set-32-tall.aspx I don't have one of these dollies but I have been considering purchasing one.. I like the look of both the Lift 'N Roll M1500 & the Vestil MFM4000 but they are both expensive investments. I also like the look of the Ultralift VMA accessory which attaches to the opposite end of the machine allowing you to use it as a dolly or a hand truck .. I also think there was a member (Broncho) on here that manufactured his own type of dolly which was very similar to the ones shown here but I don't think he has been around on TVF much lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 This is the Ultralift VMA accessory.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donut Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 To move a machine around a few feet one way or another, I find a piece of 3/4" galvanized pipe does the trick... I tip the machine, roll the pipe underneath, and push it around into its final spot.... On wood or commercial tile linoleum, I set my machines on a 1" piece of wood (with inset areas for the legs) that has a piece of carpet glued to the bottom.... The carpet lets the machine slide on the floor relatively easy, and the insets keep the machine from coming off the boards... Keeps the legs from marring the floor also... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 To move a machine around a few feet one way or another, I find a piece of 3/4" galvanized pipe does the trick... I tip the machine, roll the pipe underneath, and push it around into its final spot.... On wood or commercial tile linoleum, I set my machines on a 1" piece of wood (with inset areas for the legs) that has a piece of carpet glued to the bottom.... The carpet lets the machine slide on the floor relatively easy, and the insets keep the machine from coming off the boards... Keeps the legs from marring the floor also... That sounds like a lot cheaper option to this.. http://airsled.com/vending.htm I'm off to the hardware store now to buy a 1" piece of wood, some pipe & a piece of carpet.. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondog Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 To move a machine around a few feet one way or another, I find a piece of 3/4" galvanized pipe does the trick... I tip the machine, roll the pipe underneath, and push it around into its final spot.... On wood or commercial tile linoleum, I set my machines on a 1" piece of wood (with inset areas for the legs) that has a piece of carpet glued to the bottom.... The carpet lets the machine slide on the floor relatively easy, and the insets keep the machine from coming off the boards... Keeps the legs from marring the floor also... You can get an eight pack of furniture slides at Home Depot for 8 bucks if you're just sliding machines around - they're rated at 1,000 lbs. Just put one under each foot - they even work on carpet. I had a customer that called me up about three weeks ago saying we needed to move the machines temporarily as they had a leak and needed to open up the wall behind the machines. I get to the location and there's a hole the size of a swimming pool they've dug out behind the facility and inside everything's ripped out including all the drywall up to about 3 feet high. Turns out the water main broke right next to the building and flooded out about half the building. I told him "man, when you guys get a water leak. you don't mess around - he laughed and with a little muscle and the furniture slides we moved my machines to the middle of the room. The big irony here is that this facility is the headquarters of the Grey Water Management Project in San Bernadino County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microlost Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 so if i put my soda machine on the dolly and pull it up to my utility trailer with a winch, how do i unload it, the winch doesn't release click by click, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondog Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 so if i put my soda machine on the dolly and pull it up to my utility trailer with a winch, how do i unload it, the winch doesn't release click by click, right? I'd use a "come-along for this operation" - it's a manual ratchet which will allow you to slowly crank the machine up the ramp and slowly lower it down the ramp. You can get a good one for less than a hundred bucks. The wench is easier to use but doesn't give you as much incremental control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microlost Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 one other question, for those who got the Anderson dolly, where did you order it? Andersondolly.net? or ebay? that andersondolly.net site looks cheesy, i mean a 10 years old could make a better website than that, i am not sure its the real offical site or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 one other question, for those who got the Anderson dolly, where did you order it? Andersondolly.net? or ebay? that andersondolly.net site looks cheesy, i mean a 10 years old could make a better website than that, i am not sure its the real offical site or not It's "cheesy" as you say, because it is Mr. Anderson's own website. He builds these himself and sells them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microlost Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 It's "cheesy" as you say, because it is Mr. Anderson's own website. He builds these himself and sells them. ok thanks, i will order it, its cheaper than on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDERSONVENDING Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 so if i put my soda machine on the dolly and pull it up to my utility trailer with a winch, how do i unload it, the winch doesn't release click by click, right? I'd get a power winch that has power up and down.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervendor Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 one other question, for those who got the Anderson dolly, where did you order it? Andersondolly.net? or ebay? that andersondolly.net site looks cheesy, i mean a 10 years old could make a better website than that, i am not sure its the real offical site or not sorry about the website, we have a new one.. andersondolly.com. Your comment is true. please feel free to call 513-919-2982 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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