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.