On Monday, April 18, 2016 at 4:48:13 PM UTC-5, Janet B wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:06:28 -0400, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
>
> >Last week my new diesel tank arrived. It arrived strapped to a wooden
> >pallet. The two young guys set it down on one end by my barn and
> >departed, so I was able to screw the legs in. But then I had to
> >muscle it over in position closer to the barn and get it up on the
> >blocks... darn thing is heavy and clumsy, but this old guy managed by
> >himself... give me a lever and a fulcrum and I can move the planet...
> >I used an 8' 2" x 4" to jockey it into position, lined it up and
> >flopped it onto the blocks, then was easy to level. Today I picked up
> >all the fittings at the local hardware store in town... that's where I
> >bought the blocks last week, four large blocks, 16" X 8" X 5" thick
> >for $6, for all... not fancy but strong. It took me all morning to
> >attach all the fittings... here it is ready to be filled:
> >http://i63.tinypic.com/n15ojo.jpg
> >http://i66.tinypic.com/34zwy39.jpg
> >http://i67.tinypic.com/nbvrtc.jpg
> >My feral beauties... Fluff and Ebenezer are always together, and watch
> >out for each other:
> >http://i64.tinypic.com/2zswg1s.jpg
> >
> >
> that's awful purdy lookin', Sheldon. Good job ;0
> Janet US

Without triangular leg bracing, that tank's gonna end up on the ground someday!!

And I knew that even before I was an engineer!

John Kuthe...