Quoted from xTheBlackKnightx:I did.
If you cannot find a WICO, build your own for well under $200 out of steel or wood, and a gas shock or related device.
... because spending $140 on supplies to build your own, that isn't marketably better than the alternative is better why?? Sure if we are all welders and prefer building from our spare supply of angle iron we have lying around the house. Meanwhile, for the rest of us, using something like the lift tables are viable, and for many, preferable.
Your second link is just the ATV cart mod.. which is inferior to the HF table options in most cases.. and still not cheaper.
You mean you can spend a lot of time and more money.. or you can just buy the HF or northern tool carts and take the handle out when needed.
Quoted from xTheBlackKnightx:I am just "old school" and use the original tools that have worked for decades.
My WICO is nearly 30 years old, and still going strong, although I have replaced several cylinders.
If you cannot get a machine onto a dolly, then lifting the machine up artificially is not an advantage.
Necessity is the mother of invention, if cost is a factor.
The HF is generally cheaper than DIY options and more effective unless you are a serious metal fabricator... and in that case modifying the HF cart would still probably result in a cheaper solution with more potential.
The only real negative to the HF cart is it's weight, and that the stock wheels are not suitable for 'offroading'.
At the end of the day.. paying $135 for the HF cart without a sale is still going to be the shortest path for most. Modifying it isn't even really necessary, people are just looking to improve the tool.
Most of the ATV mods or classic coffin dollies can not get a game low enough to tip on its head without help or lifting the game (hence why the pinball lifter people came out with their tilt mod).
So are we still going to drop by the thread and go 'why are you all even bothering?' - because I've not seen you propose a better, or even practically cheaper solution - let alone one that is readily available.