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Ok done. Loading was fun. 12’9” tall 16’ 4” wide. *I cheated it and intentionally rotated base to have sticking out mostly on pass side* Had a tire fail. No issue just remove as it’s even lighter then I thought.
The chain was to control tipping, to lift it upright. Not to secure it during transport.
3 main straps. One on front pulling down, back from 1.5” lip of top opening. Not cranked down really hard. 2nd 2 27’ straps centered top 1/3 of tank. The chain, strap to welded tie downs were loading, unloading only. Rear strap slight forward, down. Working limit of one strap likely plenty for weight entire unit. But straps cheap, reusable so 4 3333 working load straps used. *+1 on unit, but not used*
Rode fine, pulled ok. Semi trailer would get height close to catching loose wire. Plus no beaver tail that made loading simple. Yes I could have slid it ahead. But hitch weight, easy Unloading…and room for ladder.


Edit to add. Forgot to measure height. Iirc ground to first bend was around 5’ each section was under 4’ *iirc 43”* I never measured top roof. *ground first two welded, formed together*. So only roof, top section bolted/removable for transport. So 12’ on 2 wheels and about +7’ tall section on trailer of some kind. I just knew it could not be hauled intact on its wheels under anything. As base 5’ 3 sections basically 4’ each, roof say 3’? So 20’ tall at least. I kept road speed mostly under 50 mph. On wheels I doubt 30 mph. I had 2 miles with traffic. Did near 60 mph to time my left turn so no traffic. *yes also got lucky*. Only 30 miles.

 

81K views · 212 reactions | 290 & HWY 36 overpass shut down for a while in Brenham! What a mess, luckily it didn't flip completely! | Vicki Shultz Rodriguez

 

Pics upright before dragged into open.

so nobody thinks I was a danger to women, children?

 

In my opinion you did it the best way possible with the least amount of modification to the cargo.
Also because it was agricultural related and the move was farm to farm and local it was done safely.

 

He’s probably just going right around the block. Can’t say I followed him to find out.

 

so I loaded five super sacks today. As I was about to tie them on the guy came out and was like oh hold up. We want to tarp that before you go.
I was like, for what purpose are we tarping this?
He said that they are crushed granite mixed with some type of binder and they want to keep Frost from getting in them overnight. I pointed out that his brand new Home Depot tarp still in the package probably would make it to the highway, but it’s not gonna make it back to my yard, and then back down to Brooklyn in the morning. So, I took his tarp, and when I got back to the yard, I put it over top and bungeed.
As you can see, minimal stress from the bungee is too much for those tarps to handle.



I’ll yank it off in the morning before I go and give it to his folks on the scene so he doesn’t feel like he’s lost his investment lol

 

That's a call to the po-po.

 

Rats get bats

 

Is it better to let him go hurt someone?