Posted by Willy-N [72.171.192.118] on Friday, November 14, 2014 at 13:15:33 :
In Reply to: Sub Frame for the tank posted by Willy-N [72.171.192.59] on Friday, November 14, 2014 at 13:04:12 :
I did have help lifting this up on the truck frame after I pulled it out of my shop. It took more than my old tractor could lift. When we sat it on the frame it all fit and the spring brackets lined right up to bolt it down. I figured I had over 350ft of weld to put it all together. The lid is bolted on the top and that was a project in itself to get all the holes drilled right weld in the studs then put the top 3/16" section 8ft x 12ft on to line up with a bolt every 12 inches around the top. Plus it had to be sealed to hold water and still be able to come off. I put a rubber hose gaskit on the flange with just the right spacing so when the bolts were tighten it smashed the hose into the space for the seal and made metal contact. This is when I found the tank was out of square by 1/4" but I thought the shear job on the top plate was also out of square so I never knew for sure. I had all the steel cut after I figured the cuts on paper first. Glad I was right when I started putting it together!
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