I'll just build a lawn roller instead of buying one

[Jeff in Pa]

Since I have a enough tools to build a roller, I priced out material to build one. Great googily moogily

12" diameter , 3/16" wall pipe 48" long $155
12" diameter 1/4" thick round plates for end caps $36 for the pair.
1" diameter x 54" long CRS bar for the center axle $25
pair of 1" bearing pillow blocks $23 shipped off ebay
I have 1" sq tubing plus flat bar for the frame.

Looks like close to $250 in materials for a quality lawn roller

I decided to check out craigslist. Found a roller for $100 so I clicked on it. This one was a just a little too big. 36" diameter and weighs 2500 lbs

Next was down was a town 10 minutes away. It's homemade out of 1/2" wall pipe probably 12" in diameter and filled with concrete. $50 or B/O

I just got back with it, got it for $40

It's a thing of beauty 1/2" wall steel pipe with a 1-1/4" solid steel round bar and filled with concrete

$40 well spent

[Terry C]

What do you think it weighs?

[Jeff in Pa]

Originally Posted by Terry C

What do you think it weighs?

According to a steel supplier, the pipe weighs 65 lb a foot and it's close to 30" wide. 1-1/4" steel bar is just over 4 lbs a foot

So that's around 150lb on the pipe, 12 lb on the bar and probably in excess of 100 lb for the concrete. It took me and the seller to pull it up on the trailer while tilted. It was too much for both of us to lift 4"

[Terry C]

Cool,can't beat that price.

[darkminion_17]

In a 12" round tube,100 pounds of concrete per foot.

[green 4 acres]

I have a steel 18" one filled with water ,only really does much when it's very wet like now ,those earth worm mounds are like concrete

the airport at Gardner Ks has a 7ft tall 8ft wide roller for the grass strip
not pulled by a cub Cadet BTW

[darryljs]

Originally Posted by Jeff in Pa

According to a steel supplier, the pipe weighs 65 lb a foot and it's close to 30" wide. 1-1/4" steel bar is just over 4 lbs a foot

So that's around 150lb on the pipe, 12 lb on the bar and probably in excess of 100 lb for the concrete. It took me and the seller to pull it up on the trailer while tilted. It was too much for both of us to lift 4"

Here's your total.
In a cylinder 12" round and 30" long, the concrete would weigh 300 lb.( concrete weighs 150 lb./cu. ft.) + the steel pipe 153 lb. + steel bar 12 lb. = 465 lb.

[zippy1]

Now that's a pretty sweet lawn roller
That should do the job, and do it well