Reinforcing a tank stand?

[hillegom]

Originally Posted by paddyob

It is not moving enough to break the weld I am sure.... it just kinda "shimmies". I don't really know how to descibe.... it's enough to notice the movement. But thinking about structural work... a lot of it is bolted connections.... even bridge work is bolted connections so I am "hoping" I can do the same. My only real concern was the drilling of holes with the weight on top.... wondering if it would buckle.

I thought of something else then. If you cut triangles from 1/16 or 1/8 steel, then you could drill through the HSS horizontally and attach the triangles aginst the HSS instead of underneath. At each corner. It would increase the horizontal width of the stand. If you understand this your good. Hard for me to describe with words.

[bignose]

The previous owner used this stand without any problems. Once you install stiffeners the only place that stand will go is through the floor.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by bignose

The previous owner used this stand without any problems. Once you install stiffeners the only place that stand will go is through the floor.

Jason... we had this talk.... my floor is going nowhere ha ha!!! I hope ha ha!

[The Grizz]

1" of weld is only as good as the weld it self, if there is so much as a hair line crack to would not take much to rip. I would think about bracing the tank with maybe a temp 4x4 bridge just to hold the weight before drilling the holes in the frame. But who really know what might happen. I always air on the side of caution.