Moving Tank

[Synirr]

Kinda off-topic, but we had to use a wheel barrow to move my completely empty 80 gallon into my room when I first got it
There was no way we could have carried it anywhere, it was all we could do to lift it onto the stand!

 

[Ethos]

Lol, dont tell us that!

In a couple of years, maybe sooners, I wanna set-up a 125G in our basement... down a flight of old wooden stairs.

 

[Durbkat]

Well Ethos I wish all the lick avalible to get that tank downstairs.

 

[rdd1952]

Getting it down the stairs isn't a problem. Getting it down the stairs IN ONE PIECE is a different story. They are definitely heavy. My 75 gallon was heavy enough that it strains 2 people to move it completely empty. On the good side, a 125 gallon will be acrylic instead of glass so it will probably weight less than my 75 gallon.

 

[Jules H-T]

Slightly OT, but if you're moving a large empty tank (50G+), I've always put it on an old curtain folded in half, and used the curtain to pick it up. No bleeding fingers that way, and less likelihood of dropping it.

 

[trace1]

Slightly OT, but if you're moving a large empty tank (50G+), I've always put it on an old curtain folded in half, and used the curtain to pick it up. No bleeding fingers that way, and less likelihood of dropping it.

now i wish i knew that the other day might not have smashed my fingers on front bring the corner tank in that way lol )