The tank arrived (with ten minutes notice) at 9am yesterday morning. It sat looking at me all day. The school run complete, there was only one thing to do: to bring a team together and lift it into place.
With no hand grabs and not much space to move, the tank was lifted on top of two planks that the tank was tied to. This allowed us to get the tank lifted to waist height and them elevate to above head height....
The shorties in the team had some trouble at this point, indeed some had trouble touching the tank as it was held aloft.
In two moves the tank navigated the narrow path (above part of next doors fence) and onto the edge of the concrete plynth.
Finally, the planks again came into play as the tank was untied and then slid onto the concrete block using the smooth wooden planks.
Only one person had to climb over the tank to get out, but its now in place and we have fuel ordered for later in the week... All we need to ensure is that there is a cock fitted to the tank in good time for the load arriving!
This is probably the last big job that we can tackle ourselves, as the rest of the this job is in the domain of professionals.
Thanks go to: The Veveri, Tim, Lee, Simon G, Martin F, the Rabbit, Darren and Akela
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