The tanks going marching in

This title does not imply that St Kilda Football Club has been recruiting from the military (although a Chieftan at centre half back could be a good strategy), nor that some of their players have stacked on a few (more than usual) kgs over the Summer break.  It most certainly is not a reference to the last three grand Finals.

Rather it introduces some new water tanks arriving at a local property.

I posted about 18 months ago about the new tank arriving at our place.  One of the features of this company was that the tank arrived on the back of a ute.  This saved us having to wield the chainsaw  various directions to facilitate a new tank's passage through the vegetation.

Another land holder in the area has gone for the alternate approach.  I thought it quite impressive to see a 50,000 litre tank being waved around on a small forklift truck.
The next step of the process involved a bit of bumpy work so a safety strap was applied.  Had the workers not done so I supsect there could have been some good action shots!
There was then a bit of fine adjustment on the site.
At this point I left, with the tank off the forklift and -as far as I could see - being rolled around the site by hand.  Obviously the tanks don't weigh a great deal since they also required an immediate addition of water to stop them being blown around.

Comments

Mary Chamie said…
Great shots. Are these tanks that capture water from rainfall, or are they tanks that receive water pumped into them from underground?

We have 600 gallons of water coming from our gutters that we keep in containers for use for the yard and garden. But they look miniscule compared to these tanks! Very impressive.
17 February 2011 at 00:42:00 GMT+11
Flabmeister said…
Mary

I think that these will get water pumped from a nearby farm dam, at least until they have built the accompanying house.

Ours, which is 30,000 litres (as opposed to these at 50,000 litres - or 12,000 gallons - each) gets filled from rainwater off our roof. We use that inside the house, with a bore for the garden.

Martin
17 February 2011 at 06:52:00 GMT+11
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