Moving a heavy tank out and a new one in.

[Creetin]

Any tips on doing so? I have a leak in my 300 gal. It's being replaced and i need to move the old one out and new one in.
when i bought it in the first time i swore i would leave it in the house or tell someone they could have it when i moved. LOL
Unfortunately i cant do that. Has anybody used a appliance dolly with srair rollers on it? Kinda hard since its almost a straight shot, but at the top it has to be swung over about 2 feet and then brought out.
They dont make glass tanks like that is easy to move. LOL and being its 36 inches wide it has to be manuved on its side. :O

 

[Scuba212]

I cant really offer any help with this one but best of luck

 

[Lightsluvr]

Any tips on doing so? I have a leak in my 300 gal. It's being replaced and i need to move the old one out and new one in.
when i bought it in the first time i swore i would leave it in the house or tell someone they could have it when i moved. LOL
Unfortunately i cant do that. Has anybody used a appliance dolly with srair rollers on it? Kinda hard since its almost a straight shot, but at the top it has to be swung over about 2 feet and then brought out.
They dont make glass tanks like that is easy to move. LOL and being its 36 inches wide it has to be manuved on its side. :O

My 350 weighed in at 750 pounds. We used 8 glass clamps and eight strong guys who carried it like a casket. No problems. You can rent glass clamps from many glass shops or LFS, if your local marine aquarium club doesn't have them.

LL

 

[zsqure]

This may sound crazy but try a moving company. Other folks here have done so with great results.

 

[caad3]

Wow that is friggin heavy, I would think about the last suggestion about a moving company, do don't want to hurt yourself or one of your buddies trying to move that thing.

 

[Bax]

That's a bummer! My 3/4" 375 weights easily 1,000 pounds it's a nightmare to move.

If you can get it strapped to an appliance dolly, that has the stair climber feature, and have some stout helpers, you'll get it out. I moved my first 210 out of the PO's basement with 2" to spare on either side that way. And they were some steep stairs!

Buy plenty of beer, your helpers will deserve it, and good luck!

 

[lost in it all]

I went to menards and bought a set of ramp ends that you just bolt to a board or whatever, used for loading bikes lawnmowers and that sort of thing then bought two 2x12 and made a ramp that went up and down the steps this really seemed to work well but we had to use some straps attached to the dolly for the guys on top to hold on to because they could not reach the handles. (oh yeah this was to come into our house, we didn't use a ramp at the place i bought it and the stair climbers didn't help at all we had to manually lift it up each step, the guys wanted to kill me!)

 

[Creetin]

Thanks for the tips the ramp sounds good. I have to run to HD tonight so i'll look at that.
Getting it down i'll just slide it in again. Lifting it up the stairs does not sound fun.
I wish i could just smash it to pieces and take it out that way. The distributor is more than likely going to do that anyways.

 

[Creetin]

Wow that is friggin heavy, I would think about the last suggestion about a moving company, do don't want to hurt yourself or one of your buddies trying to move that thing.

No moving company local to me will touch it. If they did they would want to crate it up first.

 

[Creetin]

My 350 weighed in at 750 pounds. We used 8 glass clamps and eight strong guys who carried it like a casket. No problems. You can rent glass clamps from many glass shops or LFS, if your local marine aquarium club doesn't have them.

LL

Thank you i thought of that too, But i cannot fit anybody on the side of the tank going up the stairs i just have a few inches to spare.
Man this is a headache.

 

[Creetin]

Whoo hoo i solved the stair issue. I'll have a short vid of it when i get er done friday.
It still has to be lifted of and on the stand, But other than that I believe the lifting is done. I rented a nice gadget to accomplish going up and down the stairs.

 

[Volcano1]

Used the ramp, pieces of pvc as rollers under the tank, suction cups, and a big tow strap.Love to see the gadget, in case I have to do it again.1 96 x 30 x 24 and
1 96 x 36 x 28 to move.

 

[Creetin]

Its a stair climbing dolly. It is a neat tool.
Look on you tube and search stair climbing dolly. Just got home with it, and ready to go for tomorrow.

 

[Creetin]

Well save yourself the time and money. They are a pita to use and mine broke down. Glad it did BEFORE i had the tank on the stairs with it!!!!!!
That would have been a disaster!!!

 

[stunreefer]

What happened with it?

I have to move my 183 gallon, not nearly the weight your 300 is (especially since mine has a PVC bottom) but still looking for the easy way out!

 

[mcfish]

Did you consider cutting the silicone seams and taking the tank out one sheet at a time? Not the greatest idea, but if it is a leaker anyone that repairs it will do something like that. As for moving the new tank in... suction cups and gravity will get it into the basement.

Mark

 

[Kilgore]

My moving company moved mine without crating it, there will be some who will do it if you look around more.