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My dolly came in yesterday. I opened it today and tried to put BOB in. It doesn’t fit. They seem to be exactly the same size, one or the other, or maybe both are not perfectly round. Maybe I can press BOB into the dolly with force, I want to be careful so I don’t damage BOB. BOB isn’t as sturdy as the dolly. I’m thinking I might have to take my Dremel Tool and relieve the inside diameter of the dolly, or maybe I can use a heat gun on it to make it expand enough to slip in, especially with a lubricant.
With BOB empty, the dolly rolls with little effort, too easily. I think I will have to put down a mat or even better some carpet.
So, the experiment continues….
I found the dolly on Ebay, half what it was listed elsewhere, so I jumped all over it. It should be in next Tuesday.
I found, online, a Rubbermaid Universal Drum Dolly. It has a diameter of 24 3/4″ diameter. That is slightly larger than the base on BOB, I can cut slits in the base with my Dremel Tool and secure the base to the dolly with webbing, or find a damaged BOB that I can cut the base off of and secure that base to the dolly with epoxy and just drop my good BOB into the cut BOB base. I’m full of ideas.
Does anyone have a trashed BOB base with the bottom and say a foot of the side wall that is still good?
Even I can come up with some good ideas, occasionally! In theory, it sounds good, in practice, we’ll see. I went to Home Depot earlier. They had only one dolly. It has a raised center portion where the trash can screws on. I have a BOB XL, it has a thin flat base. Good for the floor, maybe not so good if isn’t fully supported by the dolly. I think I will wait to get a larger diameter dolly so it isn’t likely to tip over. I’ll continue the search and I’ll let you know.
I wonder how well a trash can dolly will work? It is round, it has five wheels and can handle 350 lbs. I think I am going to buy one and see if it can be adapted to Mr. BOB. I’ll let you know!
My “stuff” came in. Unfortunately, I got in late on Saturday and I have to head out on Sunday. That didn’t leave me much time to do more than to take everything out of the boxes and semi-set it up. I haven’t filled them with water yet.
How about a tract on the ceiling running a few feet or more with a rope or elastic band attached to the top of the bag. You can attack it and it would slide along like in real life?
@James Goolsby said:
Nice, Terry. You should definitely be able to drill hard with all that. My next “investment” is going to be one of the grappling dummies so I can work Mod 3 like a beast!
I will get one, also, Hapkido is one of the Martial Arts I study.
https://www.spartanequip.com/products/maximus/
To make BOB more versatile, I want to see if another bag will slide down the shaft on the base below BOB’s torso. The would allow leg strikes.
While it would be nice to have a training partner in close proximity to be able to train several times per week, it would, also, work if a group could get together, say, once per month for a day or even a weekend of intense training and camaraderie!
I just ordered a BOB XL, Wavemaster 2XL Pro and a Hydrocore Bag XL from Century Martial Arts. The price is about the same as what I can find on Amazon. I have an account with Century. The order should be in the end of this week or the first of next week. Oklahoma City isn’t that far from Austin. I might miss delivery if I am out on the road. Maybe I can get a neighbor to sign for it. I need to clean out some space to put the bags!
@Damian Ross said:
[Terry Davis], [Dan Tribble] is down your way. He would be a great guy to hook up with.
He’s in Fort Worth and you can email him starcsdc@gmail.com.
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This is Texas, Ft. Worth is 200 miles away! This is good information, though, I do get around as a truck driver. Does anyone else in Texas want to chime in?
