Melifluonze
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Yeah, Oceanic. That's what the folks at ABC told me. It's MASSIVE! The bottom of it doesn't look tempered, and looks even thicker than the walls, which are a half inch thick.
My girlfriend and I slid it off the truck, back on the stand it came with, then onto a Harbor Freight hydraulic table, where we balanced it and brought it down onto two wheelie tables.
We then rolled it up to the house and built various ramps and things to get it in the door on the wheelies.
We then rolled it into the kitchen and had some excitement this morning when it slid off the hydraulic table from a few inches up and hit the tile floor with a reverberating bang. I think I ate the same breakfast twice and suffered a minor heart attack, but the tank is fine!
We jacked it up progressively until it was balanced on the table again about two inches below the stand, and we slid it onto the stand. The polyurothane was dry, so the tank slid into place nicely! I've got exactly 5" to spare for plumbing, so this will work!!!
The top of the tank is about 2" higher than eye level for me, 6'2", in the sunroom, and I can reach in and hit bottom from the kitchen. COOL!!!
Thank you so far to all who provided assistance and commented! I have to say that moving 7 feet of what I believe to be over 400 lbs of glass with just two people and a hydraulic table is a bit frightening!
Now for the plumbing!
My girlfriend and I slid it off the truck, back on the stand it came with, then onto a Harbor Freight hydraulic table, where we balanced it and brought it down onto two wheelie tables.
We then rolled it up to the house and built various ramps and things to get it in the door on the wheelies.
We then rolled it into the kitchen and had some excitement this morning when it slid off the hydraulic table from a few inches up and hit the tile floor with a reverberating bang. I think I ate the same breakfast twice and suffered a minor heart attack, but the tank is fine!
We jacked it up progressively until it was balanced on the table again about two inches below the stand, and we slid it onto the stand. The polyurothane was dry, so the tank slid into place nicely! I've got exactly 5" to spare for plumbing, so this will work!!!
The top of the tank is about 2" higher than eye level for me, 6'2", in the sunroom, and I can reach in and hit bottom from the kitchen. COOL!!!
Thank you so far to all who provided assistance and commented! I have to say that moving 7 feet of what I believe to be over 400 lbs of glass with just two people and a hydraulic table is a bit frightening!
Now for the plumbing!
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