How would you get rid of old oil tank????

vansboy · 6 February 2008 at 7:47PM

Hi All!

Got to move & remove the old steel central heating oil tank. It's behind the garage, on about 10 courses of bricks. No means of getting a vehicle anywhere near, either. It needs to get to the fromt of the house, a journey of 150feet!!

So how would you do it???

Thinking of a grinder & sparks = not too clever...

Gas bottles & flames, same again....

Lots of strong blokes...not got enouigh...

So your input welcome!!

Thanks in advance!

VB

malamute · 6 February 2008 at 8:09PM

Very expensive solution, i would wash tank out leave open vented and [SIZE=-1]Oxyacetylene[/SIZE] burn / cut apart into manageable sizes to lift and move to the front of the house.

HugoSP · 6 February 2008 at 10:17PM

How close could you get a 4 wheel drive to it?

You have the option of pulling it via a long chain/rope whilst using cut up telegraph poles as rollers over the terrain. Even if the towing vehicle is 150ft away, if it has a clear line of site then you can pull it.

gm_lewis · 7 February 2008 at 11:41AM

Sell it! Advertise the tank for sale or even free to collector. These are especially useful for farmers or anyone who keeps red diesel for off road vehicles. They will have the means or man power to remove it.

ormus · 7 February 2008 at 1:00PM

drill some holes in the top and use a jigsaw to remove a large piece.
any oil fumes shouldnt be a problem then. not that oil waste is even a huge problem like petrol is.
then you can use the angle grinder to cut it up into manageable sections.

have fire precautions ready. ie water and extinguishers/blanket etc...

squoog · 7 February 2008 at 6:49PM

Is there any oil left in it? we phoned a company in the yellow pages who paid us for the oil and took the tank away ( I guess there is scrap value in it) Might be worth making a few enquiries.

vansboy · 7 February 2008 at 8:10PM

There is some oil in it, we'll be pumping this into thenew tank - in theory.

Will have to avoid any residue, obviously!

VB

HugoSP · 7 February 2008 at 8:17PM

I like the idea of advertising it free to a collector.

Scrap value for that is probably around £20 if that. But as a tank for a farmer etc it may be worth more.

Canucklehead · 7 February 2008 at 9:58PM

Good evening: Just curious...why didn't the OFTEC engineer remove the old oil tank as part of your new installation?

Canucklehead

HugoSP · 7 February 2008 at 10:48PM

Canucklehead wrote: »

Good evening: Just curious...why didn't the OFTEC engineer remove the old oil tank as part of your new installation?

Canucklehead

Probably because he couldn't get within 150 feet of the tank either :rotfl:

Canucklehead · 7 February 2008 at 10:57PM

HugoSP wrote: »

Probably because he couldn't get within 150 feet of the tank either :rotfl:

Good evening: Experience will find a way;) (and relevant training helps too!)

Canucklehead

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