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12/3/2013 at 10:44am
Location: Cheshire
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Hello, According to the trigano 2013 brochure there are now casters available for the odyssee/olympe kitchen that can be fitted to older models. Has anybody tried these? They seem expensive at £99 for a set and I was just wondering how they fitted onto the legs and whether they are worth the money. I'm thinking probably not. Thanks,Marie.
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12/3/2013 at 1:44pm
Location: BRISTOL
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try your local DIY store there are a good variety of 'casters' about at prob under a tenner for a pair or two....measure the inside of leg to find the size required... £99 seems extortionate for 4 casters....
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12/3/2013 at 3:40pm
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This place sells castOrs LINK at a lot less than Trigano.
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13/3/2013 at 7:34am
Location: Leeds
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Hi, I would be careful about fitting castor wheels to your kitchen. They would be a great help if you had a very solid smooth surface.
If like alot of pitches the ground was soft or not smooth, then the wheels will dig in. When you then try to move your kitchen you would put stress on the legs, this could possibly bend or break them.
If you bent the legs you would then have problems when pushing the leg struts back.
We have just bought a new Olympe and did not go for the kitchen this time, but did discuss and look at the wheeled kitchen. Unfortunately not all pitches are like a show room floor.
Best regards,
Tony
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13/3/2013 at 11:55am
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TVS sell them as well, but I'm pretty sure theirs are a whole replacement leg, perhaps the Trigano ones are as well? It's still a lot of money though!
If we hadn't opted to change the unit we were going to try castors, and the points Tony makes did put us off a bit. That said, I suppose if you are sensible about lifting it if it digs in then they should work. Pitching our Jametic involves moving the kitchen right out of the awning so the zig can go in, then putting it back in, that means are fair amount of the distance involved is on groundsheet, which would probably be ok.
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13/3/2013 at 2:41pm
Location: Stockport
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I fitted casters to my Conway kitchen, they made a world of difference. Just 2 on on end enables you to drag the kitchen easily,and as you are pulling rather than pushing,they don't tend to dig in and ride over bumps. However,we usually had the ground sheet down before removing the kitchen,not being a zig,and that helped too.
PS,mine were off a scrapped hospital bed,so fairly large and braked too. Ground clearance was still fine whilst towing.
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05/4/2014 at 5:13pm
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If you are any good at welding or know someone who is then this will show you how to fit wheels on a kitchen unit for roughly £12.
Never had a problem moving the kitchen unit on any campsite when I put them on the Olympe we had.
Griff
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05/4/2014 at 5:44pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Queenbeeshive on 05/4/2014
Miserly - how did you attach the wheels to your kitchen legs? My DIY skills are ok but not up to welding.
The ones I fitted had an expanding plug. They fit up the tube and then tighten with a spanner
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22/6/2014 at 12:38pm
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regarding our old chantilly kitchen dooda i cant see the point of casters as the unit is fairly light anyway.
BUT a great improvement is to make the legs adjustable in height.
very easy....
find some tube that slides up the feet tubes and fit the same screw clips that adjust the tent frame by drilling one hole at the base of each leg for the screw to go though to grip the inner leg,now no looking for stones or bits of wood to stop it wobbling or making one end higher on a slope
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