Getting the tank in the door help

[yaktop]

the stairs, lack of space in the stairway, convinced me a crane with a knowledgeable guy was the way to go. the one step in the house is manageable but not the five. this is a 3/4 inch glass tank, wee heavier than a 1/2 inch of the same size.

thanks for the help. I'll post final pics.

 

[tentacles]

http://www.cvreefers.org/v/CVR_members/bigred/album125/pic+19.jpg.html this set up is basically like using furniture a furniture dolly, but I think it would be easier to move over door jams. You could always make a low angled ramp with 2x4s for the stairs and roll it in using a dolly too.

 

[pwhitby]

Heres what I would do:

Take a couple 2x4s and screw them down to two furniture dollies such that the ends stick out beyond the length of the tank.

Strap the 2x4s with the dollies to the tank with tie downs.

Roll the tank to the door. Now, using glass clamps on the tank and hands on the wood sticking out, lift and slide till the dollie sits on the top step and the tank is supported at the back by the wood touching the ground. Then lift and slide it from the back, rolling the front dollie into the house. If you need to rest, rest it on the lip of the door and the 2x4s. Slide it all the way in.....position it...job done.

heres my tank coming in the door, kind of the same idea: (middle of the page)

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=665314&perpage=25&pagenumber=14

Paul.

 

[yaktop]

single step piece of cake but someone show me a pic going up five sets of stairs with a dolly.....great ideas.

 

[pwhitby]

at the stair point you lift it.....the dollies just help either side of that.

 

[Ocean Image]

How close can you back a pick-up truck to the stairs?

 

[yaktop]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10403063#post10403063 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ocean Image
How close can you back a pick-up truck to the stairs?

not very, I have a long row of hedges in front of the house which resticts getting near them. If this was a 1/2 inch glass tank of the same size the weight would be 460 pounds, much more manageable.

 

[yaktop]

it been done. so glad I dd it this way.no worries, no one hurt, no scratch, dings or problems of any kind.


http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=49718

 

[opihi]

congrats! that is a nice tank, and great pictures to memorialize the occasion. I wish I had taken pictures of getting my tank in the house.