# I'm buying a dolly **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-buying-a-dolly/318004 "2005-08-21T18:05:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-buying-a-dolly/318004/1 "2005-08-21T18:05:41Z")
Okay. I’ve been putting it off for over a decade. [I’m buying a dolly](http://austinfilmtools.com/pages/gear_dollies.htm). I like the skateboard dolly I built. I’d match it against any professionally-built skateboard dolly any day. But you _must_ have track to use it. ABS track is okay for in-studio work, but it’s not very good on location. Matthews track runs about half-a-kilobuck for an eight-foot section, so it may be some time before I get any. The doorway dolly can be loaded up with gear and used to transport all of that heavy stuff to the location _without_ track. With skateboard or grooved wheels I can still use ABS track, but I do need to get some proper steel track one of these days. Still, the pneumatic wheels will be very useful. Pard Jerry doesn’t know. I think I’ll have it shipped to the studio. He owes me a couple of kilobucks for past projects, and I’m letting him owe it to me so that he can put it toward a Steadicam or Glidecam. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-buying-a-dolly/318004/2 "2005-08-21T21:07:42Z")
For a moment I thought you this was a post about how you were going to buy one of [these](http://www.motorhoming.com/1976%20Triumph%20Dolomite%20Sprint.jpg) to complement your MGB 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-buying-a-dolly/318004/3 "2005-08-21T21:19:26Z")
I thought you were going to buy one of [these.](http://www.partydomain.co.uk/d-commerce/product490.html) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-buying-a-dolly/318004/4 "2005-08-22T00:12:37Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > For a moment I thought you this was a post about how you were going to buy one of [these](http://www.motorhoming.com/1976%20Triumph%20Dolomite%20Sprint.jpg) to complement your MGB 😉 Took me a moment until I realised it was a Dolomite! As it is, I have a Herald 1200 Convertible to compliment the MGB. 😉 Back to the dolly… Maybe I should buy _one_ piece of track and see if my friend has a friend who can copy it a few times. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-buying-a-dolly/318004/5 "2005-08-22T00:13:02Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > I thought you were going to buy one of [these.](http://www.partydomain.co.uk/d-commerce/product490.html) \*That \* cheap vinyl tramp? No way! [Johnny is all about quality!](http://www.realdoll.com/intro.asp)