dfkrug
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- Joined
- Feb 3, 2004
- Messages
- 7,197
- Location
- Santa Cruz Mtns, CA
- Tractor
- 05 Kioti CK30HST w/ Prairie Dog backhoe, XN08 mini-X
It seems that for those of us in the boonies, you can never have too many
water tanks. The plastic ones, made of cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) or
linear polyethylene, are the most economical, but how do you transport them?
When you buy them new, the seller delivers them and rolls them into position
on your pad or foundation. Not too difficult since a 2500 gallon unit may
weigh only 400#, plus or minus. But what if you buy one used and need to
pick it up? How do you lift these tanks up onto your pickup truck or trailer?
This one is a white PEX unit and is about 8 feet in diameter and a bit less
than 8' in height. (Most of them sold around here are black or dark green to
reduce algae growth.) Tipping it on its side and rolling it was easy for the
3 people used in this move....we had to go about 100 feet and around a
bunch of trees and other items. I then used my Kioti fiixed forklift to lift
the tank and roll it onto the trailer. It was quite a ballancing job as my forks
are only 36" and the back rest is maybe 30". I DID use a piece of plywood
on the fork tines to avoid puncturing the soft plastic with the forks.
When all loaded on the trailer, we strapped it down snug. In the 25 miles of
driving on curvy mountain roads, the straps had to be adjusted a few times
as they tended to collapse the plastic.
water tanks. The plastic ones, made of cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) or
linear polyethylene, are the most economical, but how do you transport them?
When you buy them new, the seller delivers them and rolls them into position
on your pad or foundation. Not too difficult since a 2500 gallon unit may
weigh only 400#, plus or minus. But what if you buy one used and need to
pick it up? How do you lift these tanks up onto your pickup truck or trailer?
This one is a white PEX unit and is about 8 feet in diameter and a bit less
than 8' in height. (Most of them sold around here are black or dark green to
reduce algae growth.) Tipping it on its side and rolling it was easy for the
3 people used in this move....we had to go about 100 feet and around a
bunch of trees and other items. I then used my Kioti fiixed forklift to lift
the tank and roll it onto the trailer. It was quite a ballancing job as my forks
are only 36" and the back rest is maybe 30". I DID use a piece of plywood
on the fork tines to avoid puncturing the soft plastic with the forks.
When all loaded on the trailer, we strapped it down snug. In the 25 miles of
driving on curvy mountain roads, the straps had to be adjusted a few times
as they tended to collapse the plastic.
