Castors or Casters – What’s the difference?

In the UK the word “Castor” or “Castors” can be defined as  ”a wheel fitted inside a fork (housing) usually mounted to the bottom of large or heavy equipment (the vehicle) to enable the vehicle to allow or improve manoeuvrability”. 

So, what is a “Caster” or Casters”?  - Simply put, the American spelling of Castor or Castors!

You may be surprised to know that on Google UK, the search term “Castors” is search for 12100 times per month, whereas “Casters” is search for 22200 per month.  As you can see it is a common error in the UK to use the American version Caster or Casters.

So whether Castors or Casters, Rubber Castors, Rubber Casters, Nylon Castors, Nylon Castors – they are all the same………..  

Here at Bulldog Castors Ltd we specialize in the design, manufacture and supply of Castors (or casters).

Whether you are looking for Trolley Castors or Trolley Casters we can help.  We offer one of the largest ranges of Castors in the UK, from light duty furniture Castors to Heavy Duty Industrial Castors.  Our Casters and Wheels are used for all types of industry from Industrial Casters, Domestic  Casters or Commercial Casters.

We offer Casters for trolleys, carts, scoots.  Casters for material handling equipment, Castors for Medical equipment and literally thousands and thousands of other Industrial equipment.

Load ratings for our Castors or Casters range from less than 200grams per Caster to over 5000Kg per Caster.  High load Casters wheels are offered on request, and are general supplied as part of our technical design & recommendation service. Customers can visit our main website www.bdcastorsandwheels.co.uk for further details.

Whether you are looking for Castors, Casters or Wheels, contact our Technical & Sales Team on +44 (0)116 2970521 or sales@bulldogcastors.co.uk  for free technical advice.