Raising a large tank - GIF

**Jon** · Feb 19, 2021, 12:30 PM

Raising a large tank.

Previously:

Crane lifting storage tank topples over - GIF
Water tank wrapping machine - GIF
1942 gasoline storage tanks
Concrete tank lining trolleys - GIF
Rotational plastic molding a large tank - GIF
Vacuum blasting a tank - GIF

**Ralphxyz** · Feb 19, 2021, 07:27 PM

What is that second machine doing next to the one on the left doing the top lift? They have synchronized movements.

Ralph

**FEM2008** · Feb 19, 2021, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by Ralphxyz

What is that second machine doing next to the one on the left doing the top lift? They have synchronized movements.

Ralph

They had two lift points on top; one each side of the tank. You can see the guy on the scissors lift connect the first point at the 3-sec mark and move over and connect the second at the 4-sec mark.

**nova_robotics** · Feb 20, 2021, 07:31 AM

WTF kind of crane is that and how do I get one? Those look way smaller than a Broderson.

**Floradawg** · Feb 20, 2021, 12:26 PM

One of those tanks probably costs as much as a house.

**Toolmaker51** · Feb 20, 2021, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by nova_robotics

WTF kind of crane is that and how do I get one? Those look way smaller than a Broderson.

Part 1: Search forklifts used by machinery movers, riggers and millwrights. One result will be rail-car lifts, they don't really have a mast other than what supports cylinder to lift pallets a short distance, without hitting overhead of boxcar.

Part 2:Variety is surprising, like 4 cylinder-post lifts, especially useful building or dismantling bridge cranes. The work lifting the tank is similar, but boom-equipped.
BTW, Broderson's are made nearby Kansas City MO. Snorkle is not much farther away, across town from them is ALTEC. A bit farther was Stinger, now Terex, the boom cranes.
But wait, there's more!
Custom Truck One Source is maybe 12 miles away too. Along that theme, many forklift repair and seller companies.
I'd guess the proliferation of such equipment reflects being location of major railroad yards, and this area was center of the printing industry. Both industries are dependent on lifting equipment, not exact varieties, yet positive are offshoots.

Part 3: Third is open your wallet, real wide!