Anyone ever switch caster wheels on their nest?

rtt121 · February 11

The XL I just got is going to stay in the garage for the most part. My medium is small enough to have a home near the front door on the landing.

My driveway is rocks. When pulling the XL out it is a bitch to get it to move far on the rocks. Anyone have any tricks or possibly put on bigger caster wheels?

Eggcelsior · February 11

Try and build a plywood base with foam-filled pneumatic casters:

They can be expensive, though(30+ per wheel). They're made to go over grass, dirt, and pebbles without loosing air.

rtt121 · February 11

Yea I was looking at 10" version of those on amazon.. $25 per wheel. To rich for my blood.

Mickey · February 11

First, I sure hope you have a "handler" on it. Second the cost is a lot less than turning over....

pgprescott · February 11

They make an egg handler which ties the egg to the nest with an integral handle. They really help stabilize the unit for those with roaming eggs. Depending on how rough the drive is, you might want both bigger wheels and a handler. Anything but a tip over, right. That would be tragic and possibly dangerous.

rtt121 · February 11

This is true. I have seen the handler but my dealer didn't have it. It's on the list.

Mickey · February 11

I have handlers on both my Larges and they stay on the porch. Good insurance....

egret · February 11

You mean like these?? :) :)

Eggcelsior · February 11

Nice. Do you pull that behind your dune buggy? ;)

rtt121 · February 11

I like that. I bet cheaper than the plywood option too? How well does it function?

egret · February 11

rtt121 said:

I like that. I bet cheaper than the plywood option too? How well does it function?

Actually, that's not mine........it was a photo some egger (forgot who!) posted a long time ago......he said it was a big help in getting through some pretty rough terrain, gravel and such.

pgprescott · February 11

Is it gas or diesel?

rtt121 · February 11

Charcoal I'll bet

Solson005 · February 11

I found a couple options searching far back into the archives.

Here is this one 2007

or this one 2010

Not sure if these eggheads are around to answer questions anymore. BobbyQ was mentioned in both of these posts so that setup might be his.

Good luck finding a solution..

rtt121 · February 11

Thanks that is pretty much exactly what I was thinking.

Do you or anyone know if that is an older style nest with the platforms at the bottom (empty bolt hole) or are they just welded on?

hapster · February 11

Take the picture to a local fab shop... I'm sure they could make something like that pretty easily for you.

Solson005 · February 11

Sure happy to help.

I think it is the older style but you could call BGE and ask when they switched to the newer ones. If it was my $1000+ egg I would probably want to get them welded, for piece of mind if nothing else and take it to a fab shop like @hapster suggested.

Chubbs · February 12

I was just thinking about this the other day. We are going to be putting in a dry laid flagstone patio and was wondering about different wheels for a smooth "ride" over the stones. Trying to decide between a table vs ability for mobile egging anywhere on the patio.

Charlie tuna · February 12

Some really good ideas in this post. I don't have to move my egg around, thank goodness! But if i did, i would go for that four wheel pneumatic setup, with two of the wheels none turnable and two of them lockable.. I bought a used egg for my daughter and the castors were locked up, i bought the bigger castors and it made a big difference in the operation..

SMITTYtheSMOKER · February 13

You could cement a smooth pathway as well. Just a thought.

rtt121 · February 13

Renter :-(

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