8" Top Plate Rigid Caster with Solid Elastomer Wheel - 170SE08228R01

About This Caster - 170SE08228R01

Reach for this 8-inch Empire 170 rigid with a precision ball bearing when the heaviest straight-line cart needs a cushioned wheel that clears big obstacles and rolls with the least operator effort.

The largest wheel in the SE line clears thresholds, hose runs, and dock plates while the precision ball bearing keeps push effort low. The wheel is solid elastomer, a tough rubber-like compound that absorbs shock and runs quietly without ever going flat, grey and non-marking on finished floors. A loaded cart breaks away and moves with a lighter touch than a roller bearing allows, easing repetitive trips, and the caster carries up to 1,200 pounds and takes -40 to 230°F. The rigid fork tracks straight only on a kingpinless welded raceway, bolts on a 4 by 4-1/2-inch top plate at a 9-1/2-inch mount height, and is zinc plated.

Ideal applications

• 8-inch ball-bearing solid elastomer rigid up to 1,200 lb with easy break-away
• Cushioned non-marking 8-inch wheel clearing dock plates with low push effort
• Fixed 8-inch ball-bearing elastomer wheel for -40 to 230°F that never goes flat

For a wheel that steers instead of tracking straight, the 170SE08228S01 swivels.

Pairs with: two of these rigids on the fixed end and two SE ball-bearing swivels on the steering end.

Wrong fit? Need to steer or heavier-duty towing? See the SE ball swivel 170SE08228S01 and the roller-bearing 8-inch rigid 170SE08201R01.

Also in this family: the 6-inch SE ball rigid 170SE06228R, or the full Albion collection.