As I wrote about yesterday, I was heading in to pick up the other smaller tank today. It was built into a milk-house to it was necessary to remove part of one wall.
I did this and was starting to move the tank. I am using a 3.5 ton car jack — we are talking about 7,000 pounds of lifting capacity and a tank that weighs about 1,000 pounds — 1,500 tops.
I am there with the jack pumping and pumping away. The walls of the tank are starting to deflect and this thing is staying put — it is just not moving.
I crouch down to take a look at the feet and see that they have been set into cement. The person who installed the tank chiseled four holes into the floor, set the tank legs in and poured concrete around them.
I called U-Haul;, extended the rental of the trailer for another day and will be headed in tomorrow with my roto-hammer, several cold chisels and a nice small sledge for some serious mayhem.
Some days Murphy gets the upper hand…
Posted by DaveH at March 24, 2005 07:09 PM | TrackBack