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12/05/2017, 08:35 AM | #26 |
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Amazing job. One of the best DIY projects that I have seen in ages!
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12/05/2017, 02:12 PM | #27 |
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Awesome job! Thank you for sharing your adventure!
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12/06/2017, 04:52 PM | #28 |
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Great job. Amazing what can be done if need be. Here is a pic of my rig to do glue up on my tank. Car jack and jack stands.
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12/07/2017, 04:32 PM | #29 |
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This is a good example why you join your local reef club and make friends and bring beer every gathering.
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12/07/2017, 06:38 PM | #30 |
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Moved my 215 out of a lifted truck and then 60 feet across the driveway and down a flight of stairs alone.
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12/07/2017, 10:00 PM | #31 |
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Clap Clap. Nice job.
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12/07/2017, 10:25 PM | #32 |
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Interesting that I found this. I remember you mentioned this in another thread so was waiting for a post about it. I did the same thing this past weekend with my 240 gallon tank although it only weighed 400 or so pounds. I saved the shipping crate and pallet it rested on so knew I had the proper size. Ordered 400lb castors, repurposed the 2x4's and used some clamps to sync the legs together so I could slide it off the steel stand and onto the temporary one I just made. It doesn't look as strong as the one you built but then again you are holding 1000 lbs
The good news is that once you are done you will have a pretty slick roll away work bench. That is what I'm doing with mine. I'm going to counter sink my mitre saw in it or possibly another such tool and maybe my shop vac. Great job. You are a pretty darn handy and creative person. Really.
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12/08/2017, 08:04 AM | #33 |
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Thanks guys. Hopefully it'll all be a memory when I sell the tank. The market for large tanks is a little slow. If not, it'll go in storage but at least now I can get it in storage .
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12/08/2017, 08:13 AM | #34 |
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Three letters:
WOW.
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12/09/2017, 07:04 PM | #35 |
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And people wonder how the pyramids got made without machinery as we know it today. Or how we made things like the SR-71 or Saturn V rocket without computers like we have today and instead protractors, compass, and a good old number 2 pencil.
I say that because I noticed the pvc pipe(s) that I am assuming you used to help move/roll it.
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12/09/2017, 08:53 PM | #36 |
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Yup... simple machines... levers and inclines
PVC is just the cheapest roller But I didn't come up with this. My buddy Danny has done it a couple of times but I adapted it to my unique one man situation.
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12/10/2017, 11:19 AM | #37 |
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what a guy well done buddy.
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12/13/2017, 11:28 PM | #38 |
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Very impressive. Thanks for posting!
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12/15/2017, 08:51 PM | #39 |
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awesome job and thanks for sharing!
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