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Service Caster Videos

The caster pros at Service Caster are now producing videos, offering another format for users to gather information from the world of casters and wheels. These videos will offer all sorts of demonstrations and how-to’s from a real life perspective, and are made by actual Service Caster sales reps and employees. These videos are specifically made by us for you to deal with the most common issues that come up.

You can find the video collection at our Video page. At the moment these videos include “How to Replace a Grip Ring Stem,” “How to Measure a Caster Stem,” and “Choosing Hardwood Floor Safe Furniture Casters.”

We hope these videos are both helpful and informative!

Service Caster Engineers Mining Wheels

Service Caster steps outside the box, and goes underground to produce a wheel for extreme conditions.

The mining industry was in need of a wheel to carry its 140,000 pound capacity mining tuggers. Tuggers are used to pull mining equipment into and out of mines. These slow moving vehicles, about one mile-per-hour, had to have a specially designed and built wheel to handle the workload and rough surface of the mine passages. The engineers at Service Caster put the catalog aside and got to work.

The result is a massive wheel weighing over 1,300 pounds. Standing 36 inches tall and with a width of 22 inches, these cast iron core, super extra heavy duty polyurethane wheels are made to withstand the rigors of the mining environment. The substantial width of each wheel offers more surface contact, in effect spreading the pounds per square inch over a larger area. The heavy duty polyurethane tread will allow the tuggers to roll over debris in a smoother fashion than a solid iron or steel would allow.

Above ground or below, Service Caster Corporation continues to match the needs of industry.

Desert Tortoise Rehab Project – Using Low Profile Casters

It’s not every day you see a tortoise on wheels, but that’s what Reaper is! Service Caster got a call for help from the adoption team at the SF Valley Chapter of California Turtle & Tortoise Club. This tortoise, once named Speedy (now Reaper) was unfortunate enough to spend nearly 9 months trapped under a crawlspace. Amazingly he survived, but was extremely malnourished, dehydrated, and barely able to move when he finally freed himself. In order to rehabilitate Reaper, the Tortoise club designed a turtle skateboard. Not only did Service Caster provide the wheels for this skateboard, but fabricated the entire project for Reaper. This donation has enabled Reaper to become more easily mobile and provides an opportunity to aid in facilitating a full recovery.

Like any person dealing with rehab, he has good days and those that are not as good. The hope is that the tortoise will regain a normal walking rhythm and subsequently a normal tortoise life. The Service Caster family shares that hope and wishes Reaper the best while recovering.