Castors

[mah]

I have some 3 inch heavy duty castors. Urethane tyres and nylon wheels with 'zero' play in all bearings.

Should I direct-mount them to my heavy cabs or use rubber gaskets?

Cabs will sit on carpet over old floor boards.

[westend9]

Any kind of gasket is going to be a good thing, methinks. I've been using those newer slip pads for home furniture, they offer easy mobility and are a bit cosmetically superior to a caster, IMO. They should offer as good a coupling to the floor.

[Steve Mac]

Just MHO but not a big fan of casters.
I use those square plastic furniture slides with the foam gasket on top for carpet.
I think they are the same kind that westend9 is talking about...

[Altec Best]

Just MHO but not a big fan of casters.
I use those square plastic furniture slides with the foam gasket on top for carpet.
I think they are the same kind that westend9 is talking about...

+1 I use the furniture glides as well,much better than casters IMO, and you would be surprised how much weight you can sling around with them.Casters after awhile will leave ruts in the carpet and will then make them difficult to move.

[mah]

Thanks for your input. I would prefer to use glides but couldn't find suitable ones here.

Cheers, Marshall.

[GM]

Should I direct-mount them to my heavy cabs or use rubber gaskets?

Consider that if you make the cabs rigid enough to resonate only above its pass-band as you ideally should, then there's nothing to excite them. I have the cheapest casters that can carry >250 lbs/pair bolted to the bottom back corners of the ~20 ft^3 cabs since I needed to drag them up/down stairs (several times to date with no problems), so normally the wheels are suspended in free space, yet don't vibrate/rattle. They aren't even held on with four bolts, just two since I sawed off one flange to get the wheels just barely off the floor when upright.

Also, cabs large/heavy enough to require casters are heavy enough to pre-load them, so don't see any point for gaskets unless you're interested in protecting the bottom's finish or even the need for what sounds like fairly pricey casters.

GM

[valhallax]

i use 4 ft lengths of the furtiture skids to move my subs and 210 cabs around. they have eyelets in the front to attach a strap for pulling. it helps with the stack

[mah]

GM,

Thank you for your reply. The castors were a lucky Ebay purchase-not expensive. Your experience indicates that I may be able to sit my cabs on a detachable plinth, without removing the castors, once they are in their final position.