Trolley for Water Cases

I’ve been on a mission to organize our storage area. I got most of it done, but for the last two months, I’ve been stalled. We store cases of water in the storage area, and it’s always a problem because they are on the floor. If we need something on a lower shelf, moving the cases of water is a hassle. I knew I needed a trolley of some kind. After several months of online shopping, looking for just the right trolley, I came up empty handed. I couldn’t find anything in the right size so decided to finally just build them. This was a very simple project and I should have done it sooner.

Four 2 inch heavy duty caster wheels like these:

https://www.homedepot.ca/product/everbilt-2-inch-b...

Two planks of wood, 1inch x 4 inches x 8 ft. You will have wood left over

Wood Glue

Screws (I used No. 6, 1 ¼ inch)

Tools:

Saw

Drill with drill bit appropriate size to the screws you are using.

Screw Driver

Tape measure

Pencil

You will need to cut the wood plank to the following sizes:

Two pieces of wood, 15 inches long.

Five pieces of wood, 12 inches long

Two pieces of wood 16 ½ inches long

Use the wood glue to glue two 15 inch pieces and three 12 inch pieces together, ladder-style, as shown in the drawing above. Pre-drill the holes to prevent splitting the wood, then screw the ladder together.

Use glue to secure the sides of the trolley. Pre-drill the holes and then screw the pieces together. Be careful not to screw in direct line with the screws from the previous step.

Turn the box over and again, pre-drill the holes. You don't want to split the wood at this stage of the game!

Screw a wheel into each corner.