Heavy Material Handling

Metal Trades using Holland Dollies in Paint Booth

Holland Dollies have been used in a variety of material handling situations both inside and outside facilities.   Large, heavy and or cumbersome objects such as barges, ships, vessels, generators, beams or turbines can be handled with various Holland Dollie solutions.

Metal Trades has been using Holland Dollies for several years.  They use the dollies throughout the . . . → Read More: Heavy Material Handling

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Straddle Mover plants trees at 9/11 Memorial

Straddle Mover at 9/11 Memorial Plaza

From the heartland of America comes a unique design to plant the heart of the trees at the 9/11 Memorial site in New York City.  Holland Moving & Rigging Supplies or HMR Supplies was approached in 2009 about designing a custom piece of equipment to transport trees weighing up to 10 Tons.  . . . → Read More: Straddle Mover plants trees at 9/11 Memorial

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Steering Holland Dollies

Steering Holland Dollies

Holland Dollies:  Caster (Auto) Steering, Power Steering & Electronic Steering

Dollies can be steered directly with hydraulic power steering, mechanically steered or steering can even be controlled electronically.  When a dolly is placed in caster mode or auto steering, it is able to move freely with the load and compensate for turns without being steered directly.

In the . . . → Read More: Steering Holland Dollies

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Submersible Trunnion Dolly

Trunnion dolly

The 50 Ton Submersible Trunnion Dollie was created to dry dock large vessel for vessel maintenance and/or storage.

This custom trunnion dolly was designed to work in and out of water.  The dolly hydraulically steers and is rated at 50 ton.  Solid tires and special submersible components make this trunnion dolly . . . → Read More: Submersible Trunnion Dolly

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Holland Dollie 3 Point Loading

I would like to provide some information about how the hydraulic cylinders of the Holland Dollies can be hydraulically connected to create a 3-point loading system.

The cylinders of all the Holland Dollies in a transport system must be connected to maintain a 3 point loading system for the object being moved.  Maintaining a 3 . . . → Read More: Holland Dollie 3 Point Loading

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Midstates Convention 2011

modelHD

One of the last remaining model Holland Dollies was auctioned off on Saturday at the Midstates Convention in Rochester, MN.  There are only two remaining now that most likely will not be released for public sale.  Bill Scribner of Scrib’s Moving & Heavy Hauling had won the model Holland Dollie with the . . . → Read More: Midstates Convention 2011

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Additional Space | ISO 9001:2008 Certification Process

Addition

The concrete is done in our addition, and we are getting ready to move in.  The added room will provide a new home to a newly acquired 8′ x 25′ plasma cutting table and allow us to spread out to accommodate a variety of larger projects underway. Organizing our new space coincides well with our ISO9001:2008 . . . → Read More: Additional Space | ISO 9001:2008 Certification Process

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IASM Convention Utility Wire Legislation

Chris and I just returned from the IASM convention in Portland, Oregon.  Everyone had a great time and learned a lot from the variety of safety, business and structural steel seminars.  William Johnson of Anderson Building Movers out of  Prince Albert, SK Canada also gave a good presentation concerning overhead utility wire legislation.  In Canada they . . . → Read More: IASM Convention Utility Wire Legislation

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Holland Power Dollie Safety Holding Valve

Every Holland Power Dollie features a safety holding valve that automatically closes if a drive hose breaks. This action takes place faster than the operator can react manually and prevents a run away condition. The manifold also has a pressure relief valve on the case drain to protect the case seals of the hydraulic motor. The . . . → Read More: Holland Power Dollie Safety Holding Valve

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Moving Houses over Ice in 1870

We just received and inquiry from a person who is writing about how a house would have been moved from an island of the west coast of Sweden to the main land over the ice.  I talked with Ron Holland about how this most likely was done.  In 1870 the house could have been moved with . . . → Read More: Moving Houses over Ice in 1870

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