{"id":7649,"date":"2017-06-21T09:26:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T13:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/?p=7649"},"modified":"2017-06-21T09:39:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T13:39:05","slug":"roll-off-building-observatory-reno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/2017\/06\/roll-off-building-observatory-reno\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll Off Building Observatory reno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tardis Observatory was reno&#8217;d last weekend in the form of removing x6 4&#8243; rubber\/poly wheels, flipping the L angle iron to an inverted V, and adding in x4 inverted V wheels, each rated at 300kgs.<br \/>\nThe issue was the wheels were not moving in straight lines, sometimes running off the track on either side.  In addition there was a lot of friction and it made the building hard to move.<br \/>\nAnd in the winter, moving the building involved a lot of shovelling of the tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with these new inverted metal wheels on metal, snow issues should be a thing of the past, as should the wandering of the wheels on the track&#8230; they are now on a very straight rail.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170618_090624.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170618_090624-299x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170618_090624-299x188.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170618_090624-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170618_090624-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170618_090624-1023x644.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170618_090940.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170618_090940-163x299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"299\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170618_090940-163x299.jpg 163w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170618_090940-82x150.jpg 82w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170618_090940-768x1408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170618_090940-558x1023.jpg 558w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170618_090940.jpg 1776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even though the 4 wheels can support 4x300kg=1200kgs, we will be adding another two wheels.  Not so much for the load, but more for better support across the base of the building.  If it helps reduce the rolling friction due to a lesser load on each wheel, so much the better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tardis Observatory was reno&#8217;d last weekend in the form of removing x6 4&#8243; rubber\/poly wheels, flipping the L angle iron to an inverted V, and adding in x4 inverted V wheels, each rated at 300kgs. The issue was the wheels were not moving in straight lines, sometimes running off the track on either side. 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