Jim !

If I should do that job, I had buildt it after specificactions for tanks in
vessels. I,m sure you can get it from the Coastguard.
The reason for this is a tank this size, the liquid in it will make a lot
of power mowing around when the truck start, stopp and make that uturn on
the road when he have missed the right direction :-(. With a bad constructed
tank, the liquid take control, and you have got a ticket to the hospital. It
is even very important that the openings are possible to completly close
watertight so the tank always can be filled up as much as possible. A full
tank is a "dead" tank, and behave like a block of wood. Dividers in both the
w and l direction will reduce the problem with free liquid surface. From my
experience at sea, tanks have to be wellbuildt, else they make trouble.
PS I had even pressure tested it. Just to tell myself that my welding is OK.

Tor
Norway

"Jim C Roberts" jimnthem_AT_comcast_DOT_net skrev i melding
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Greetings all,

I am being asked to build a tank to hold fish(trout) out of Alum. plate.
The tank will be mounted in a truck driven a few thousand miles per year.
The dimensions I have been given are 3'H X 4'W X 6'L with a center divider
wall, solid/welded top with 2 roughly 2' X 2' openings which will have
lids.
I will probably use 3003 alloy so I can bend it, just not sure what
thickness to use. I am thinking 1/4", but could I use 3/16" and "wrap" it
with channel or angle iron?

I will appreciate any and all input, and I am going to look around the
web
for some more info.

Thanks,
Jim C Roberts