Casters can be found in an abundance of places, including: offices, grocery stores, hospitals, factories and warehouses. They are normally attached to larger objects and make it possible for equipment to move quicker and without difficulty.
Since opening our doors for business in 1955, Douglas Equipment has become Florida’s #1 in-stock source of top-grade, durable casters, wheels, and material handling equipment. Our company has been a long-time supplier of Shepherd Casters products. Shepherd Casters is a well-known and reputable manufacturer of casters. They deliver a variety of excellent caster options befitting for a number of diverse industry purposes.
Douglas Equipment offers a large selection of Shepherd casters ranging in size, material, style, capacity and purpose. If you are in need of a large quantity of high-quality and long-lasting casters, Douglas Equipment has just what you’re looking for. The following lists a number of reasons why you should consider purchasing Shepherd casters from Douglas Equipment in bulk.
- Shepherd Casters: Over 55 Years of High Quality Products
In 1945, the original Shepherd Planet Ball Caster came into existence. It was born out of the necessity to move a chair quickly and easily across carpeting, and it commenced Shepherd’s legacy of creating quality-engineered casters.
Shepherd Casters is a company that understands the importance of mobility, which has always been a necessity for society and continues to grow in significance each day. Shepherd Casters provides an array of industries with high quality caster options suitable for many purposes. Their casters can be found being used for store fixtures, medical equipment, light institutional equipment, automotive aftermarket products, and more.
Whatever your mobility needs are, Shepherd Casters makes the perfect light-duty caster for you—and Douglas Equipment supplies it!
- Caster Types Available for Every Purpose
The type of caster you purchase depends on what you have to move and how you want to move it. Shepherd Casters makes casters suitable for a variety of purposes, and depending on the purpose you are looking to fulfill, there is one caster that can probably do the job better than any other.
When looking for the right caster for the job you need to complete, there is a wide selection of caster styles to choose from. For example, Douglas Equipment supplies Shepherd-made Single Wheel, Single Wheel Composite, Dual Wheel & Low Profile, Twin Wheels, and Ball & Spherical caster options.
Before deciding which caster to purchase, there are a number of questions you should address to make sure you choose the best possible caster option. They include:
- What will be the total weight of material being moved using the caster?
- Will the equipment be towed or pushed/pulled mechanically? Will it be moved by hand?
- How often will the equipment be used?
- How far will the equipment be used, and at what speed?
- Are there any size restrictions—such as height restrictions? That might impact the type of caster used.
Depending on the situation, there will definitely be times when multiple casters can fulfill the same purpose; however, it can save you time and money, and improve your company’s processes when you choose the best possible option. So how might one go about this process?
Choosing Your Options
First of all, it’s important to know the differences between each style of caster and the purposes they best fulfill. Single Wheel casters, for example, are a great option for store fixtures, carts, institutional equipment, food service equipment, furniture, janitorial equipment, office equipment, racks and storage, and medical equipment. Single Wheel Composite is a more stylish option of caster type. It is commonly used to make medical equipment more appealing and, fortunately for hospitals, it is corrosion-resistant.
If your company or organization is looking for a caster that will be able to endure heavy weight loads, Twin Wheel casters will probably be the best option for you. Twin Wheel casters are able to handle a much higher weight capacity than Single Wheel casters, and the same weight bearing capacity can be reached with small Twin Wheel casters as one large Single Wheel caster. Additionally, Twin Wheel casters can turn easier than Single Wheel casters.
Ball and Spherical casters are a great option for furniture and seating. Shepherd’s Planet Ball Caster was a spherical caster has been around for over 50 years.
- Customize Your Casters
Once you decide which type of caster is the best fit for your company or organization’s needs, comes the fun part: figuring out the details.
Whether you’re purchasing Twin Wheel casters for a fleet of shopping carts or deciphering which caster might best benefit the bottom of a janitorial team’s trash cans, Shepherd Casters makes it possible for our customers to choose from a multitude of customization options to ensure that they get exactly what they’re looking for.
Shepherd casters are available in a wide selection of thread types, brake styles, finishes and fastenings. For example, when looking at Shepherd’s Single Wheel Regent Caster, customers can choose between a polished nickel, bright chrome, copper oxide, zinc or black oxide finish. Moreover, customers can decide between a side brake, top lock brake or tread lock brake.
- Save Money and Stay Within Budget By Buying in Bulk
Shepherd casters are manufactured in the United States, which means they can be sold at a more competitive price to our customers. Douglas Equipment supplies a large majority of Shepherd Casters products and each selection is available for purchase in bulk. Our company understands most companies purchasing casters don’t want just one—they want multiple or many. Therefore, Douglas Equipment makes it possible for our customers to save money when they buy more products.
Contact Douglas Equipment Today
Visit our website today to receive a free quote. If you’re not sure which casters will best fulfill your needs, reach out to our team today and we will be happy to help you find a solution. Trying to stay within a certain price range? Douglas Equipment can help you achieve that as well.
As a top-supplier of casters, wheels, and material handling equipment in the Sunshine State of Florida, Douglas Equipment can make sure you find exactly what you’re looking for. Call us today at 1-800-451-0030 or fill out our online contact form.
