Tank move is complete

[dgasmd]

Well, the delivery went flawlessly. It took approximately 45 min at most to get the thing off the trailer, into the house, and onto the stand. Here are some pictures. I was extremely impressed with the tank construction. All the silicone adges were flawless. I can't speak of integrity until I fill it up, but it looks like it is built to hold 3 times as much water. It doesn't fail though that when I saw it in the trailer I was impressed with the size. However, the first words out of my mouth were: "should have gone with 12'x5'x30" insead of 10'x4'x30"

This one is from behind the trailer. The tank was built on top of a platform and that platform, which you see where the tank sits, is on top of a small cart with 4 heavy duty rubber wheels. It was rolled up on the trailer by the winch in front of the trailer and unloaded the same way. You can see there the holes for the close loop intakes and the overflows.

Here you see as we rolled the platform/tank back out of the trailer. The orange things you see in the background are 2 hydraulic lifts. More on that later.

On this one you see as we roll the entire thing down the driveway. It rolled extremely easy. The builder brought some suction cups that are rated to like 20,000 lb each. Those things were insane Made it so easy to grab the sides and just move it around.

 

[dgasmd]

Making this 90 degree turn was one of the hardest things to do, but we managed. The wheels on the cart beow the platform were about 50" apart and the walkway is 48" apart. The wheel felt on the ground on each side making it a pain to roll all the way to the door. We would lift a little while a couple of guys would push. From that 90 degree turn to the point we were completely inside the house was the longest part of the entire thing. About 15 min.

If you noticed in the last picture, there are 2 small steps as you go into the house. They are about 4" tall each, but were a pain to get over on the front of the tank.

We were able to lift the front of the tank with the platform to get it over the first step, but the second step was harder because the part of the tank we needed to grab was right at the door. We took a huge floor jack and put it under the platform, lifted and rolled it in. Then, we tok it off the jack and simply rolled in the entire thing. Lifting the back end was much easier though. You can see here the entire thing once we made it inside the hosue.

Here you can see the 2 hydraulic lifts. We aligned them with the platform and locked them in place. They were raised util they were about 1/4" below the level of the tank. Then, we pushed/puled the tank on them. The tank was built on a piece of carpet on top of the platform, so that made it tremendously easier to slide. We moved it with carpet and all since it would make it easier to slide it off later on to the stand if it was on the carpet to begin with.

 

[dgasmd]

Here you can see the tank on the lifts and the entire platform out of the way. We moved it back in front of the stand. It was a little tricky to do since the dimensions of the tank were smaller than the walls, but the stariway being on the way at a angle made it a little harder though.

Once aligned with the stand, it was a matter of jacking it up to about 1/4" taller than the stand.

A couple of gentle pushes and it was on top of the stand.

Here you see it on top of the stand already. I took a bit of pushing back and forth to get it perfectly aligned to the edges of the stand. An entire 5 min. were spent doing this.

 

[dgasmd]

The final product. I must say these guys did an outstanding job at building this tank. All the silicone edges are perfect. Very professional work. I don't want to say any more than that since I have not put water in it yet. For all I know this thing is going to burst like a baloon when I fill it up. However, I am extremely impressed with how dead center the level is everywhere I put it. We'll see how it settles after it is filled with water.

 

[Canton Reefer]

holy sheet man!!! :eek2:

When do I get to come down and stare at it for a few days? :bum:

seriuosly though, it looks AWESOME Alberto! keep in touch!

/ken

 

[nanokeeper]

Beautiful Alberto. Congratulations!! Now I'll know who you are at the next meeting. I see Rob from OB in the pictures. He's always been a stand up guy to deal with. Good luck..

 

[Canton Reefer]

Beautiful Alberto. Congratulations!! Now I'll know who you are at the next meeting. I see Rob from OB in the pictures. He's always been a stand up guy to deal with. Good luck..

Nano,

Your club has a very fine reefkeeper in Alberto! He'll surely be missed @ CMAS in Baltimore!

 

[Travis]

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

Alberto:

Very nice. Thanks for sharing pictures. When you told me how few people it took to move the tank I almost didn't believe you. Now I see how they were able to do it. Very well planned out move.

 

[Carl_in_Florida]

WOW

 

[dgasmd]

Ken:

Thanks for the words.

Travis:

These guys move much larger all the time, so they exactly what they were doing.

 

[ROBZ]

WOOOOOOOOOWZERS!!!!!!!! nice Licenciado!!!!!

 

[NaH20]

I'll Ditto RobZ!!!

~Nikki~

 

[Doni]

AWESOME!!!! Thanks for sharing!

 

[jeffreylam1132]

Can't wait to see corals in there. Keep us updated. Awesome!!!

 

[Bocaswim]

Very Nice

Very Nice

Hi Alberto,

Looks great. When does the water go in

Did you get my email about the tangs? I am looking for someone with a big tank to adopt them they have outgrown my measley seven footer.

Gayle

PS I like the free advertising for the pool builder and tank maintenance company in your pics

 

[Vaigod]

VERY NICE!! The picture journal was a cool touch. Thanks for sharing them with us. See ya at the next meeting!

 

[mixer911]

Huge is an understatement. It is a monster! A beautiful monster though.

 

[tperk9784]

All I can say is WOW, that thing is sweet. I can't wait to see it in person.

Tim

 

[Phan]

sweeeeet alberto. wow. looks real good.

steve

 

[Carl_in_Florida]

Alberto - Is the guy in the pictures with the blue shirt from oceans below? and if so, what did they have to do with the tank construction? I work near that store so I am near there all the time now.

Carl