Raising a large tank - GIF

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Feb 19, 2021, 11:30 AM
Jon

Raising a large tank - GIF

Raising a large tank.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...557#post166723
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...435#post173617
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...899#post164090
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...699#post136706
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...680#post118469
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...105#post125840
Feb 19, 2021, 06:27 PM
Ralphxyz

What is that second machine doing next to the one on the left doing the top lift? They have synchronized movements.

Ralph
Feb 19, 2021, 08:47 PM
FEM2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ralphxyz

What is that second machine doing next to the one on the left doing the top lift? They have synchronized movements.

Ralph

They had two lift points on top; one each side of the tank. You can see the guy on the scissors lift connect the first point at the 3-sec mark and move over and connect the second at the 4-sec mark.
Feb 20, 2021, 06:31 AM
nova_robotics

WTF kind of crane is that and how do I get one? Those look way smaller than a Broderson.
Feb 20, 2021, 11:26 AM
Floradawg

One of those tanks probably costs as much as a house.
Feb 20, 2021, 10:06 PM
Toolmaker51

Quote:

Originally Posted by nova_robotics

WTF kind of crane is that and how do I get one? Those look way smaller than a Broderson.

Part 1: Search forklifts used by machinery movers, riggers and millwrights. One result will be rail-car lifts, they don't really have a mast other than what supports cylinder to lift pallets a short distance, without hitting overhead of boxcar.

Part 2:Variety is surprising, like 4 cylinder-post lifts, especially useful building or dismantling bridge cranes. The work lifting the tank is similar, but boom-equipped.
BTW, Broderson's are made nearby Kansas City MO. Snorkle is not much farther away, across town from them is ALTEC. A bit farther was Stinger, now Terex, the boom cranes.
But wait, there's more!
Custom Truck One Source is maybe 12 miles away too. Along that theme, many forklift repair and seller companies.
I'd guess the proliferation of such equipment reflects being location of major railroad yards, and this area was center of the printing industry. Both industries are dependent on lifting equipment, not exact varieties, yet positive are offshoots.

Part 3: Third is open your wallet, real wide!