Ava_Banana
Fishaholic
Well, a short while ago.........a member on TFF was offering a corner tank FREE!! to make some room.
I volunteered........I thought I might have some spare time........I don't like to just come in an veg in front of the TV after work, I thought I would give it a go.
The most-excellent-member duly replied to my begging PMs and we arranged a day to go and pick it up.
I measured the car, and as I have an estate, worked out that the tank and stand would go in with a little room each side........I even mocked up a cardboard "floor-area" of the tank to make sure........
Soooo, bank holiday monday I had some chores to run:
Pick up the tank;
Pick up a roof-box I was getting free from my brother-in-law;
Pick up the mother-in-law (not literally)...
....Set off at 08:00, arrived at the other members house on time......enjoyed a bit of a chat with him and his family, quick coffee, marvelled at the fact that he had had to take part of his doorframe off to get the tank out..
.
Tank only got wedged a couple of times getting out of the door (
) ). Got tank and all the other very generous bits into the back of the car.........helped him out with a huge bit of Mopani that no-one wanted to pay postage for 
and headed out.
Got stuck in huge traffic, finally got home at 14:00 after all my errands with tank, stand, bits, roof-box and mother-in-law (complete with mother-in-law paraphernalia.....all sorts of boxes, bags and strange things).
So started the project.
Got the tank into the house OK (slightly larger door width thank goodness).
Put the tank all together when we got home and tried to see how it could have started life.
This is it with all the bits on:
The base looks like it had been added at some stage and the cover looks quite large, we did wonder if it started something like this:
But anyway.
There are some more pics.........I will post them later.........I have started on the project as I have removed a lot of the glass and rubbed-down the base and re-stained it.
However, like all good projects outside problems are taking up time. I have been informed that I am about to be made redundant...........so have been busy trying to justify my job....
......
........and I am also doing a management diploma at Loughborough University (part-time) and have a report due in tomorrow morning, which I should have been doing for the last month, but am trying to cram in the last couple of weeks..... 
OH well, more later....................and thanks to the-wolf for the tank and bits!!!!
I volunteered........I thought I might have some spare time........I don't like to just come in an veg in front of the TV after work, I thought I would give it a go.
The most-excellent-member duly replied to my begging PMs and we arranged a day to go and pick it up.
I measured the car, and as I have an estate, worked out that the tank and stand would go in with a little room each side........I even mocked up a cardboard "floor-area" of the tank to make sure........
Soooo, bank holiday monday I had some chores to run:
Pick up the tank;
Pick up a roof-box I was getting free from my brother-in-law;
Pick up the mother-in-law (not literally)...
....Set off at 08:00, arrived at the other members house on time......enjoyed a bit of a chat with him and his family, quick coffee, marvelled at the fact that he had had to take part of his doorframe off to get the tank out..
. Tank only got wedged a couple of times getting out of the door (
) ). Got tank and all the other very generous bits into the back of the car.........helped him out with a huge bit of Mopani that no-one wanted to pay postage for and headed out.Got stuck in huge traffic, finally got home at 14:00 after all my errands with tank, stand, bits, roof-box and mother-in-law (complete with mother-in-law paraphernalia.....all sorts of boxes, bags and strange things).
So started the project.
Got the tank into the house OK (slightly larger door width thank goodness).
Put the tank all together when we got home and tried to see how it could have started life.
This is it with all the bits on:
The base looks like it had been added at some stage and the cover looks quite large, we did wonder if it started something like this:
But anyway.
There are some more pics.........I will post them later.........I have started on the project as I have removed a lot of the glass and rubbed-down the base and re-stained it.
However, like all good projects outside problems are taking up time. I have been informed that I am about to be made redundant...........so have been busy trying to justify my job....
..............and I am also doing a management diploma at Loughborough University (part-time) and have a report due in tomorrow morning, which I should have been doing for the last month, but am trying to cram in the last couple of weeks.....
OH well, more later....................and thanks to the-wolf for the tank and bits!!!!
