Red Sea Reefer 425...on wheels?

[SereneAquatic]

Has anyone ever taken a tank that is inclusive like the Reefers and put the entire thing.... Cabinet, tank, sump... On a frame with locking casters/heavy duty wheels?

How much weight would they be supporting?

Would it even make a difference if you tried to move the thing around, or would it still be too heavy? Assume first no draining of water, and then maybe half emptied.

It's late, I was half asleep when this idea hit me and I knew I would forget by morning. It's probably bonkers... But what about those times you might really wish the tank was movable, even just a little, without massive disruption to the inhabitants?

We are setting up our tank tomorrow starting with the cabinet...

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[rocsec1]

Well the water is about 8lbs per gallon, the tank specs should tell you the weight, if nothing else you should be able to find the shipping weight. I would think that cost of the casters and then of someway to attach them to the tank would make this pretty expensive, plus the result of failure, how many number of gallons of water on the floor, the loss of livestock, and the cost of replacing everything damage would be very high. More risk then I would take.

 

[Esh1]

The specs say its a 112gallon system full, so you are looking at 932lbs of water alone. Moving it full doesn't make sense and and jerking movements are going to create a wave while sloshing water around.

If you just need to move the tank around empty, find some furniture sliders. 1 in each corner will make the process easy. I did this with my 90gallon once I had it slid in my stand to move it across wood floors.

 

[rvareef]

lol no, this is not the tank/stand to try this on

 

[willembad]

We have been remodeling the house for the last 3 months and my 90 with 29 sump has been on a makeshift 2x4 frame with casters, each rated at 350 lbs each for the whole projects. It gets rolled from room to room as I have been doing drywall, painting, trim and flooring. I let the DT siphon down to the sump to keep it from sloshing water on the floor and then just fire up the return and it keeps trucking.

Currently waiting on a new cabinet/stand to be finished by my cabinet shop and then I'm setting up all new and moving livestock. The new cabinet will be on wheels permanently. I have chosen 6 of these http://shop.servicecaster.com/Rigid-Caster-Polyurethane-Tread-p/scc-30r3420-pur-g-b.htm rated 600 lbs each. I'll post a thread once I have the cabinet in the house. I'm pretty excited since it has some really cool features including ATO and mix station.

 

[homer1475]

You would be basically creating 4 stress points where the stand will warp/flex/bow.

Unless you put it on a steel frame that didn't flex, but I would think the cost of doing something like that would far outweigh the inconvenience of not being able to move it.

 

[JUNBUG361]

It’s probably possible, but it would be a gambling issue

 

[Daddi0]

I have a 100 gallon tank on wheels and it is great!!! I move the tank when I need to get behind it. The tank is next to my fireplace so in the winter I roll it away a couple feet and after burning season I roll it back. The floors are old wood floors and I have not had an issue in over 2 years of rolling it around.
Cheers! Mark

 

[heathlindner25]

I have a 100 gallon tank on wheels and it is great!!! I move the tank when I need to get behind it. The tank is next to my fireplace so in the winter I roll it away a couple feet and after burning season I roll it back. The floors are old wood floors and I have not had an issue in over 2 years of rolling it around.
Cheers! Mark

Got some pictures?

 

[Daddi0]

So I picked up 2 of those 4 wheel furniture dollies from Home Depot (each rated at 1,200lbs) Then I built a solid stand for it right on top of the dollies (8 wheels). I used 4"x6" posts, with 2"x4"s and 1 inch ply. Glued and screwed. Then trimmed it out so you could hardly see the wheels and made some doors.
Cheers! Mark

 

[SereneAquatic]

So I picked up 2 of those 4 wheel furniture dollies from Home Depot (each rated at 1,200lbs) Then I built a solid stand for it right on top of the dollies (8 wheels). I used 4"x6" posts, with 2"x4"s and 1 inch ply. Glued and screwed. Then trimmed it out so you could hardly see the wheels and made some doors.
Cheers! Mark

That's what I'm talking about, right there. [emoji16] In the end husband didn't want to build, so we left it on the floor... But the next time around...!

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