Bigfornoreas0n

Bigfornoreas0n OP t1_ix5g64k wrote

Thank you for all the feedback! I’m going back to the drawing board and looking at doing a freestanding gantry. The load is just under 1000lbs but has the potential to have up to 100 gallons of liquid. I plan on only loading empty but was going with full as a safety factor. Plan on creating columns and beams out of triple 2x6 and 2x8 beams. Will have knee braces from beams to columns and columns to ground. I will build a shelter around this as budget allows and just cover equipment with a tarp until that time.

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Bigfornoreas0n OP t1_ix1w23n wrote

The new equipment to setup everything in my truck bed will be around 6000, if I start getting up towards 2-3k for this project then I’ll just buy an enclosed trailer and be done with it. I’d prefer to have the truck bed setup overall, especially if I can make it work and save a few thousand.

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Bigfornoreas0n OP t1_ix1vafi wrote

I did consider it gantry with a metal structure. I think I could nearly build this for the price of just a mobile gantry. And I really need to put as much money into my equipment as possible. I’m budgeting this before buying the equipment to make sure it’s feasible.

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