5" Top Plate Rigid Caster with Glass-Filled Polypropylene Wheel and Swivel Lock (L) - 170RT05201SL

About This Caster - 170RT05201SL

Reach for this 5-inch Empire 170 swivel with a swivel lock when a mid-weight wet-area cart needs to steer, then run straight down a line.

A swivel lock holds the swivel from rotating so the caster tracks straight when engaged, then frees up to maneuver again. It locks the swivel, not the wheel, so the cart keeps rolling while it is held to a line. The wheel is glass-filled polypropylene, a stiff reinforced plastic rated -20 to 250°F that resists washdown chemicals and corrosion. It is hard with no cushioning, rolls cleanly on smooth floors, and can mark, and at 5 inches it carries up to 1,000 pounds on a roller bearing for manual pushing. The swivel turns on a kingpinless welded raceway, bolts on a 4 by 4-1/2-inch top plate at a 6-1/2-inch mount height, and is zinc plated.

Ideal applications

• 5-inch glass-filled poly swivel-lock caster up to 1,000 lb on tow lines
• Swivel lock tracking a mid-weight plastic wheel straight in wet bays
• Corrosion-proof 5-inch cart up to 250°F that switches to directional

For a wheel brake instead of a swivel lock, the 170RT05201SFBC stops the wheel.

Pairs with: plain RT swivels on the free corners and these swivel-lock casters where you want to hold a line.

Wrong fit? Need a wheel brake or a smaller wheel? See the 5-inch RT FBC-brake 170RT05201SFBC and the 4-inch RT swivel-lock 170RT04201SL.

Also in this family: the 6-inch RT swivel-lock 170RT06201SL, or the full Albion collection.