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Unread 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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Unread 12/05/2017, 02:12 PM   #27
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Awesome job! Thank you for sharing your adventure!


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Unread 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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Unread 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.

That was some good engineering!


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Unread 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.

I feel ya! Good job


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Unread 12/07/2017, 10:00 PM   #31
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Clap Clap. Nice job.


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Unread 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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Unread 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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Unread 12/08/2017, 08:13 AM   #34
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"I hate that hole"

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Unread 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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Unread 12/09/2017, 08:53 PM   #36
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Yup... simple machines... levers and inclines

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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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Unread 12/10/2017, 11:19 AM   #37
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what a guy well done buddy.


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Unread 12/13/2017, 11:28 PM   #38
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Very impressive. Thanks for posting!


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Unread 12/15/2017, 08:51 PM   #39
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awesome job and thanks for sharing!


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