5" Top Plate Rigid Caster with Glass-Filled Polypropylene Wheel - 170RT05201R

About This Caster - 170RT05201R

Reach for this 5-inch Empire 170 rigid when a straight-line cart needs a corrosion-proof wheel that carries more than the 4-inch and still costs little.

Stepping up to 5 inches lifts capacity to 1,000 pounds and rolls more smoothly over floor seams and thresholds than the smaller wheel. The wheel is glass-filled polypropylene, a stiff reinforced plastic rated -20 to 250°F that resists washdown chemicals and rust, a sensible pick for wet or caustic lines. It is hard with no cushioning, so it transmits shock and can mark, and it runs on a roller bearing built for steady manual pushing. The rigid fork tracks straight only, bolts on a 4 by 4-1/2-inch top plate at a 6-1/2-inch mount height, and uses a kingpinless welded raceway with a zinc-plated finish.

Ideal applications

• 5-inch glass-filled poly rigid up to 1,000 lb on straight-line carts
• Fixed 5-inch corrosion-proof wheel rolling over seams in washdown bays
• High-heat lines up to 250°F where a fixed plastic wheel beats rubber

For a wheel that steers instead of tracking straight, the 170RT05201S swivels.

Pairs with: two of these rigids on the fixed end and two RT swivels on the steering end of a 5-inch cart.

Wrong fit? Need to steer or want more capacity? See the 5-inch RT swivel 170RT05201S and the 6-inch RT rigid 170RT06201R.

Also in this family: the 4-inch RT rigid 170RT04201R, or the full Albion collection.