Leveling a Large Tank on an Uneven Floor

[hoffmeyerz]

Thank you! I love building stuff.

I hear ya! I'm a hardwood flooring contractor and spend quite a bit of time in my shop. Work gives me a great reason to buy more toys....I mean tools...lol
The last ten years or so I've been mostly building tack trunks and horse jumps. My daughter is an equestrian riding on a college team. I like making the crazy jumps, did one shaped like a longhorn steer with the skull in the center and the rails were the horns.

 

[Caleb123]

You can use these base plates from 80/20. It's what I used and works very well. Now, you do not have to use the 3/4-10 6500lb per foot weight capacity as I did but, you could go with 1/2-13 economy leveling feet (1250lb capacity) with rubber feet (anti-vibration). I just used large wood screws to mount the base plates. You will get roughly 2" worth of adjustment.

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This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Caleb123]

Would it be feasible to use pieces of 2x4 to shim all the way around to the tank? I could cut pieces to get it level on the corners and then put additional pieces around the edge to wedge in for additional support. Essentially like wooden shims, just thicker?

 

[sawdonkey]

You can use these base plates from 80/20. It's what I used and works very well. Now, you do not have to use the 3/4-10 6500lb per foot weight capacity as I did but, you could go with 1/2-13 economy leveling feet (1250lb capacity) with rubber feet (anti-vibration). I just used large wood screws to mount the base plates. You will get roughly 2" worth of adjustment.

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Wow! I gotta see more of this stand! Pure Baltic birch plywood? Looks really well made

 

[hoffmeyerz]

I'm not familiar with the stand (sorry, didn't look it up) if it doesn't have a solid bottom I would set it on plywood like vetteguy stated then go ahead and use your 2x4 shims like you said. That way the plywood spreads the weight out evenly to your 2x4 shims.

 

[air_run]

Wow! I gotta see more of this stand! Pure Baltic birch plywood? Looks really well made

Haha, it is (9) sheets of cabinet grade Walnut. I designed it in CAD and did a 3D model of it. I cut everything on a CNC router. I need to do a build thread on just the stand one day...

 

[air_run]

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you, and no problem. Feel free to hit me up with any questions if you decide to go the leveling foot route!

 

[Caleb123]

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions, and to @air_run for the base plate suggestion. This is the new base. There are 8 leveling feet each rated at 3,750 lbs. Also added a piece of 3/4” plywood on top. Now to find the time to sand and paint it