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    Posted: 03 Oct 2011 at 3:16pm
There is a large variation in the quality of Dollys rated at 600 lb.  The first one I bought was really flexible...I ended up buying a different one with much sturdier steel. Also there also dollys which come with dual wheels on each side...helps if you are moving the Pod on gravel, etc.
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Originally posted by duck42

Just an update. We purchased the Harbor Freight "600" lb dolly and I can move our RPOD 171 around on its concrete pad easily by myself to reposition it for location and hookup. Wouldn't want to try it on a slope or very uneven ground, however.
 
I hear ya.  I us my HF dolly to move my RP-151 a couple times a month to mow the grass under and around it.  It's not on a slab, so it's somewhat difficult, but still much easier than hooking up the hitch to the truck and attaching the trailer.
 
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Just an update. We purchased the Harbor Freight "600" lb dolly and I can move our RPOD 171 around on its concrete pad easily by myself to reposition it for location and hookup. Wouldn't want to try it on a slope or very uneven ground, however.
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With a heart condition and bad back that's kind of out ofmthe question for us   ...

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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Aug 2011 at 8:23pm
We honestly just pick ours up by the tongue and move it around.
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Originally posted by duck42

Would the Harbor Freight "heavy duty" dolly be strong enough?
http://www.harborfreight.com/heavy-duty-trailer-dolly-37510.html
They say it is for light trailers 600 lbs. I have to think they mean tongue weight  600 lbs not the weight of the entire trailer. If the 600 lbs refers to tongue weight then the 200 lbd RPOD tongue weight should not be too much for this dolly. Has anyone had experience with this dolly?
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Yep, that's the one I have.  It works well.
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Originally posted by duck42

Has anyone had experience moving an RPOD 171 around by hand on a concrete trailer pad with a two wheeled dolly that has a ball that connects to the hitch of the RPOD?
I would like to position my RPOD by hand into a rather tight pad space once I get it close with the vehicle but don't know if it requires gargantuan strength or not!. I had heard once in another forum that it might be possible.

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Shouldn't be a problem.  I move my RP-151 around a dirt/grass yard with one of these.  If you have a cement slab, it should be a piece of cake.  I got mine at Harbor Freight.
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I bought a 'heavy duty' dolly that works great on our gravel drive with lumps and bumps to turn it around from having to pull straight in 100 ft + with no turning room. It is rated for at least 700 lbs - which I assumed was the tongue weight - and has 10" pneumatic tires for easy rolling. I use it only at home and I am trying to not take it camping although it will fit in the back of my TV easily.
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After reading the above threads...I am not sure that I would attempt to haul my dolly with, while camping.  If you are thinking about camping and want to move the Pod around by hand...remember it is not only the tongue weight you need to worry about.  If your Pod were on an uneven site and you put the dolly on the Pod...how would you keep the Pod from rolling out of control? 
I was at a State Park recently and a fairly large camping trailer was unhooked from its tow vehicle with its jack down (which had a dual jack wheel).  The owners forgot to put wheel chocks under the wheels and even tho' the site wasn't too uneven...the trailer began to roll into the adjacent site.  The other campers started to yell and scatter.  It took six campers to stop the slowly moving trailer before the wheels could be chocked!
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I only use my dolly at home to move the Pod around on a concrete pad.  I looked at a dolly rated for '600 lbs' and found it very flimsy...the structure and arm flexed considerably.  The retail price was listed at about $60.  I bought a more heavy duty unit for about $25 more.  I am glad I bought the better unit.  No sense spending $60 on a cheaper dolly and have it bend out of shape!
I suggest personally looking at the unit before buying...some dollys are really poorly made.  Just because the advertisement says that it can handle 600lbs doesn't necessarily mean that it will last very long!
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