Feb 27, 2024

Evo Skates – The Ultimate Weightlifters

As well as providing reliable and hard-working equipment to removals teams all over the country, our skates and dollies are excellent for use in the home and workplace; from offices, to schools, to warehouses and more. Even for occasional moves, having your own Evo skate(s) to hand is always a sound investment.

Our versatile range of dollies is especially handy at moving gym equipment, and for gym moves, and we’re proud to count a number of gyms and gym installation specialists amongst our many satisfied customers.

Moving heavy gym equipment is no mean feat. Whether you’re looking to relocate large machines or pieces of apparatus (such as cross trainers, running machines etc), smaller sets of weights, or even appliances such as vending machines, hot tubs or lockers, effort and elbow grease alone is simply not enough to get the job done efficiently and safely.

Let Evo Supplies’ range of heavy-duty moving skates take the strain out of the task; they’re the ultimate weightlifters, after all! Read on to discover why, as well as some of our fleet’s key products and features for assisting with gym moves.

Custom Options and More

Custom dollies are a fantastic option for any team, but some moving jobs require a specific approach, and tailored equipment, to take the headache out of the hard work – especially when it comes to gym equipment and appliances. Our skilled team can work with you to design a bespoke skate to your precise requirements and can chat through your upcoming projects to make the right recommendations for size, shape, castors, top surface and more, to deliver the best possible combination of loading capacity, manoeuvrability and convenience.

If you are looking at standard options instead, our customers have found the following Evo Supplies best-sellers are all excellent for use within the gym sector:

  • Our Double Thickness Wooden Furniture Skate delivers extra strength and sturdiness, built using 36mm plywood boards (instead of the traditional 18mm) that won’t bow or split under heavy point loads; capable of carrying up for 600kg in weight across its 100mm wheels, and available with and without rubber edge options for safeguarding your surroundings.
  • Evo Supplies’ 950 x 490mm Six-Wheeled Skate* is ideal for providing extra muscle on gym moves and installations, with two extra 80mm blue elastic swivel castors wheels fixed to the centre of the underside of a wider platform. Originally designed for moving cold drink vending machines and commercial fridges, it’s also ideal for other types of larger load up to 500kg. For similar five-wheeled versions, you can also check out the Big Loader* and Maxi Loader*. *owing to their single-thickness 18mm boards, extra care should always be taken, when using these skates for heavy loads, that weight is evenly spread across all of the castors.
  • The aptly named Mighty Mover is an ultra-heavy-duty option with a double thickness platform, robust 125mm blue elastic swivel wheels and whopping 1-tonne loading capacity, affording you real confidence and ease when moving super weighty items.

Both our standard and custom skates can be personalised with your company branding or logo, to give that extra edge of professionalism; find out more about personalisation here and then get in touch with our team.

Castors

The choice of castors on your skates can have more of an impact than you might think, contributing to your overall loading capacity and providing that all-important manoeuvrability when you’re on the move. As with all components on our dollies, we only work with the best available, to help ensure that our hard-wearing castors will not let you down.

Our sturdy blue elastic castors range in size from 80mm, up to 125mm on the Mighty Mover, with braked options also available on the 100mm size. All our swivel castors come with a top plate fitting, pressed steel swivel fork, sealed double ball race and bolted wheel axle.

Leave the weightlifting to the athletes; if you’re based within a gym (or a removals company frequently undertaking gym moves or installations), look no further. Evo Supplies have numerous options within our fleet of high-quality, reliable, heavy-duty moving equipment that will safely take the strain out of shifting hefty items.

Browse our range on the online shop or get in touch with the friendly experts on 01206 386683 or esales@evosupplies.co.uk