Ok so it’s been too long since i added info on the sad tale of the tank. After i removed the shelf section that was blocking the turning of the tank, i got some wheels. These were a set i saved (see how good it is to save things!) from a dolly i had made when i installed my pellet boiler. Ya i have multiple heating plants. That’s good because the hot water system makes my domestic hot water for showers etc. So i was running on pellets while my oil tank replacement was replacing.
Anyway i took the wheels off the dolly and made them into 2 sets mounted on 2×4 chunks. this shot shows my first idea of putting the tank wheels into boxes. I raised the tank with a come along and then strapped the wheel assembly to the tank.
It seemed ok and i moved the tank like 12 feet. then i tried to back it up to adjust trajectory. One wheel set tipped and box broke. So then plan B. i found that the 1.25″ pipe legs on the tank fit nicely over 1″ pipe. I got 1″ nipples and pipe flanges and mounted them to the 2×4 chunks.
So the rusty pipes hide the new 1″ nipples that the flanges are screwed into. A nice solid situation, no wobble. Then the tank got moved all the way out of the basement.
This is the Ramp i made for the pellet boiler (and Saved!!)
Here’s the tank outside. and in the garage:
So the tale is almost done.