Update on water tanks

**Patriot76** · 08-31-2013, 04:18 AM

Back to the main tank we decided to start cutting off the back side where the steel was not under stress. This picture shows my son attaching cable to the top. We attached cable on the top on both sides and returned the boom lift. The boom lift was rented for a week when we were going to start cutting on the top. Our plan was to cut as high on the back side as we could and then pull the tank over to teeter totter it back and forth to the ground. This is when my son had to return to work, so it was a one man show from this point on with the advice and insight of the water district managers and local farmers.

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**Patriot76** · 08-31-2013, 04:22 AM

This is a picture of me cutting the front side of the tank just before it fell. I had my left foot on the tank with my back to it when it cut loose. You can see the chain attached to the front of the tank and the chain hanging from the back on the ground.

**Patriot76** · 08-31-2013, 04:35 AM

This gives you a perspective of the tank at this point. It is tied off to my Massey C-55 loader as I cut the back side as high as I could to make sure I knew which way it would go, if it cut loose. I was able to cut about 16 ft. high on the backside without any problems and before I started to get to the stressed steel. The wing on the other side of the tank was buried as well. I tried to pull the tank the other direction to start cutting the wings, but there was to much pressure on the wings.