What Pipe Is The Strongest

[Joe Wood]

I need to use some 1" x 5' non metalic pipe for rollers to move a big crate like the Egyptians did, so which type is the strongest, for crushing force?

PVC, Elect conduit, or is there another type I'm missing?

[Scott Clausen]

Might help if you could share the weight load that will ride on it and how far the travel distance will be. 1" PVC is pretty strong and light to move. Hope the floor is clean and flat, a 1" will hit the breaks if there are any bumps.

[Joe Wood]

The crate weighs around 380 Lbs and I'll have three rollers under it. It'll be rolling on a smooth surface.

[Edward Weber]

I'm sure you'll get plenty of responses but PVC pipe was designed for plumbing not high crush strength rollers.
That said, 380lbs. isn't all that much spread accross two sections of pipe, the third not being present the entire time.

[Alan Rutherford]

I wouldn't be afraid to do it with PVC but I'd use 5-6 pieces at least. You'll have a few under the load and they will not be evenly spaced and you'll be shuttling a few more from back to front.

[Joe Wood]

it doesn't have to be PVC, just has to be non metalic, 1" or 1.5" size.

[Frank Pratt]

You could put the whole 350 lbs on even a 1' long piece of sch40 1" PVC & it wouldn't crush it. 3/4" would resist crushing even better, but wouldn't roll quite as easily.

[Scott Clausen]

That is not much weight, get 4 or 5 pieces to roll and at some point you will end up with only two or three at a time.

[Brian Elfert]

PVC electrical conduit seems to be more flexible than PVC drain pipe. I would think more flexible would mean less chance of cracking although I couldn't break some PVC plumbing pipe I was throwing out.

[Jerry Bruette]

Why not use some closet rod, if you can find some straight enough. I don't think you have to worry about crushing it.

[Matt Day]

I think pixy stix would roll 380 pounds. Anything would be fine, but electrical conduit is cheap. Black pipe would be a lot stronger, but again, 380 pounds isn’t much to worry about.

[Tom M King]

Get some cheap moving dollies from Harbor Freight. One near each corner. That way, not only will it roll easily, but you will be able to turn much easier, or go sideways. The moving dollies will come in good again.

I fill in the space between the carpet end runners with scrap plywood. That way legs of something can sit on them too. I moved a large Dining Room table with a couple, just this afternoon. I put them under the legs on one end, and picked up the other end to move it from one room back where it goes.

https://www.harborfreight.com/18-in-x-12-in-1000-lb-capacity-hardwood-dolly-63098.html

[Joe Wood]

yeah I went with 3/4 galvy pipe just to be safe as I'll have a unusual setup, to load / roll it right into the back of a box truck so I don't need to rent a forklift, I'll let you know how it goes!

[Rich Engelhardt]

I'd probably have picked up a HF crane for a couple hundred bucks

[Ole Anderson]

Decision has been made, but grey electrical PVC conduit is schedule 80, which is thicker than sch 40 PVC water pipe.

[Jack Frederick]

You could easily use 1”. If there are any irregularites in the slab, a larger diameter will handle the steps better.

[Bill Dufour]

conduit costs more then white pvc pipe in equal wall thickness. All pipe and conduit comes in thin and thick wall. Round steel rebar stakes will not crush under many loads but the diameter is small.
Just use white pvc thickwall pipe.
Bill D

[Kev Williams]

Just fill some sched-40 PVC with cheap play-sand and glue on some end caps. Strong and non-metallic-

[Thomas McCurnin]

Schedule 80 Gray Conduit is designed to be buried and run over with cars and trucks.

[Bill Dufour]

Endcaps have to be flush with the outer diameter. maybe turn some plugs on the lathe.
Bill D

[Rollie Meyers]

I moved 2 door commercial reach in refrigerators & freezers down hallways on 3/4" PVC SCH 40 pipe, and it worked quite well, as would not go through doorways if the casters were installed.