1 Person water Tank install 22,000 Litre 5000 Gallon how to do it by yourself Andy Thomsen EP.46 

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Oh, no... a chain winch :) I've been installing 4 Bushman tanks, and have been using a $60 4WD type winch with 1.5m cable. They work for a bit, but they are made of cheap laminated parts that bend. Also, it's hard to get the cable back out of them. FYI, Bushmans can deliver tanks off their trucks either rolled off the back, or pushed off the side, onto the base. Delivered on side is probably better since it kills less lawn, and you can move it around. Flipping them onto the base is easy with a winch and a log, and maybe a steel bar pegged in front of it with the strap anchored to it. Get a 20m 4WD strap as well, and a 5m hook one. You can spin them on their base, by winching from one side. It might be more of a challenge to get them up on their side using a winch. I haven't done that one.

Awesome job man. Goes to show you man can do anything if he puts his mind to it.... And a few straps! I have four 12 footers to move and stand up. Thank you for the video.

Simply mesmerising, well done Andy.

Love it!!! All power to you. Very very inspirational!!!

Good point. The total weight will be distributed over the "footprint" of the tank, and not focused at one point. Water being something like 8.3 pounds per gallon, 5000 gallons is about 42,000 pounds, including tank weight, around 20 tons. Not a small amount of load! A tall narrow tank will have more pounds per square inch than a low squat tank, and tanks are not always "flat" on the bottom, some are dished, and their shape changes with the load. I read an engineering white paper, quite a while ago, most of which was beyond me, but I did remember being impressed with their calculation of bottom loadings, and it was not linear at all - most of the load was around the outer edges, if I remember correctly. Another trick my neighbour came up with was to use a bit of used, and free, carpet under layment as padding underneath. The stuff was commercial grade, about 1/2 inch thick, and made from some sort of synthetic material, which, although unsightly, never seems to rot! He cut, levelled and compacted a hillside location, but the soil was rocky, so he put a carpet "pad" underneath. Another 'official install guide' suggested 30 lb roofing felt in several layers under the tank base, cut into doughnut shapes of various and descending sizes, with most of the layering on the outer edge, and only one layer, or none, at the centre. Although it's true, Poly Tanks can be welded/mended, me thinks it better to avoid future problems whenever practicable...

lol I love you Aussies, you lot are the real "git 'er done" crowd.

Thanks Andy - I need to do the same next month at Mullumbimby NSW.

This was a new one for me Mate, love it, lots of ingenuity went into that exercise. After working as a Handyman and tackling all manner of projects for pretty much all my life I can really relate to that so well!! :)

The self-determination is inspirational !!! Great job, but you already knew that 😉. Thanks for sharing.

Got the same job 2do,just the info I was looking 4.Perfect!

Impressive! Nice work.

Thanks for the video, we have a 25000lt tank arriving in approx 2 weeks - delivery only to the gate. We were wondering how the hell to get it up the very long driveway and past the shipping containers, and in to position. Gotta drag ours over some gap100 rock before it goes on its base. Not looking forward to the arrival and prep, however we get droughts here in the Far North of New Zealand so every water tank is worth its weight in gold. We have a good size trailer so seeing you have your tank tipped on to your trailer is an inspiration, Cheers mate 👍

Great Work Respek

Awesome!!!!!

Just saw your living room in the tuna head cook up and admired your housing situation.

Crazy bro. Never give up, keep spirite!!! 👍👍👍

truly an inspiration!

I did mine (same size tank ) Using a few lengths of pipe underneath the tank. Egyptian style. A few blocks of timber and a bar to get it up and then slide the pipe under. Nice

OMG you are way too clever... LOL Bravo!