Christ, is it so fucking hard to find casters?

[Metaltastic]

Right, so the casters on my old 2x12 Mesa are pretty much done for, so today I went to Lowe's AND The Home Depot in the hopes of buying replacements, only to find that neither of them carried the removable type! So I searched online and couldn't find any either, except for a set from Mesa's own accessories store for $80 + shipping Does anyone know of any online places to buy removable casters?

 

[LydonB]

did you try musicians friend or something?

 

[Sloan]

I don't know exactly what you need, but here are some search results...

Harbor Freight:
http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=caster&Submit=Go

Toolking:
http://tools.toolking.com/search?w=caster

Sears (fuck look at the ripstik!!!)
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/search_1...sters&gobutton.x=0&gobutton.y=0&gobutton=find

Clarke Casters
http://clarkecasters.com/catalog/

 

[53Crëw]

Marcus, did you try McMaster-Carr? Do a search on casters from the main page.

Check the swivel caster section, specifically.

www.mcmaster.com

 

[KeithTidd]

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93614

this is what i'm rolling my 5150 combo on, works great and you don't have to drill into your cab.

 

[Metaltastic]

Thanks guys!

Blackest, I checked out the 'fiend and others, all they had was either proprietary to a product or really shitty

Sloan, the problem is all those places had what Home Despot/Lowe's had, the casters themselves without the spring-loaded mounting plates (these, specifically, are what I have in mind, and will probably end up getting, price be damned I have 'em on my Mesa 4x12 and they're AMAZING)

53Crew, that's a pretty wild site dude! Pretty hard to find anything with all those options, but I did a fair amount of looking, and didn't have any luck

Keith, yeah, that'd work, but it's one extra thing to schlep that I'd rather not deal with. Plus, this thing already has holes drilled into it for the original (worn-out) casters, so I might as well drill more for new ones! BY THE WAY, how come your other name got banned, anyway? It's my own thread, so I reserve the right to take it way off topic

 

[LydonB]

Do you have a local hardware store or something around?

 

[Sloan]

I see what you mean with these places not having the same thing.

Does Mesa/Boogie actually make their casters themselves?
I'm thinking that they don't and if you find out who the real manufacturer is, you could get them for cheap.

 

[KeithTidd]

Thanks guys!



Keith, yeah, that'd work, but it's one extra thing to schlep that I'd rather not deal with. Plus, this thing already has holes drilled into it for the original (worn-out) casters, so I might as well drill more for new ones! BY THE WAY, how come your other name got banned, anyway? It's my own thread, so I reserve the right to take it way off topic

I talked about the new opeth album before it came out... on the opeth forum. So they banned me for like 8 months. It's supposed to be up this month but it doesn't look like it will. No big deal.

 

[greyskull]

the mesa boogie ones are outrageously expensive,
you can also try Adam Hall, or tour supplies

 

[Executioner213]

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=262-287

 

[aortizjr]

http://www.reliablehardware.com/Hardware-Part/251 2-inch-Swivel-Plug-In-Swivel-Caster.aspx

http://www.reliablehardware.com/sho....1-Sockets-and-4-ea.-9006.2-Stemmed-Casters-&

 

[Metaltastic]

Thanks dudes, looks perfect!!