Joel Warren

Interested in Preston kit, price?

I just received my new "pre-owned" McAllister dolly. I need to "knock the dust off" this thing- I feel like this dolly is a step in the right direction for my company, however it needs some TLC- including new tires, and a tooth brush scrubbing (with crest, not colgate!) over every inch of this BEAST. I'm scratching my head when looking at this monster and it conjures up 2 memories: My crew and I have nearly tipped over many times when moving onto the curved portion of track using the standard fisher 10's and 11's, and secondly- my ever growing collection of SLR aka DSLR aka HDSLR aka HD DSLRs (that are starting to feel like playing cards) are getting smaller and requested by clients more often. (So... dude whats your point?) Should I throw some money at this thing to make it appear that it might have been constructed a few decades closer to the 21st century? Or let it go and spend another 10k(ish) to buy a newer, smaller dolly? 1st issue: I need new tires- any suggestions? 2nd issue: this accumulator issue? can anyone offer me some foresight (replacement, maintenance, other important stuff that I have not mentioned out of lack of knowledge)? 3rd issue: handle installation? how/where on the dolly might we do/have done this? Any information would be greatly appreciated. -JOEL