I'm thinking about building a simple test/tuning tank on my property, any helpfull ideas would be appreciated. Mostly for stand ups and X2's, doubt I will ever get a couch. I was thinking perhaps an old 8' truck bed, or just form and pour one in cement. If I built it to the right dimensions, it could double as a work pit for oil changes.
Test tank design, please advise.
- Thread starter Crab
- Start date
- Location
- Ottawa, KS
Maybe a livestock tank.
KaosFreestyle
White on White
- Location
- Mequon, WI
Old bath tub??
Obviously be able to hold good amount of water plus the ability to drain it out the bottom.
Obviously be able to hold good amount of water plus the ability to drain it out the bottom.
- Location
- Down stream of Harrisburg, PA
I saw an add for something in an old popular mechanics magazine, it was an exercise swim tank, it propels water forward while you swim againsnt the current. Ill see if i can find it.
- Location
- Mooresville, NC
Probably a good/cheap method would be to just dig a hole to your specs, then form it up and pour concrete. Just like a concrete swimming pool - and I like your idea of using it as a grease pit also, you would just need to run a submersible pump and pump it dry when you wanted to use it.
accbr
addicted
- Location
- Lexington, KY
A truck bed with a tarp in it will hold water. Yes, I've done it before. Cheap and quick jacuzzi at a party.
- Location
- atlanta ga
how about a plastic septic tank . not sure how much they are but i see them at plumbing supply houses.cut it in 1/2
demolition_x
Not After Fame & Fortune
- Location
- Holden Beach / Wilmington NC
im sure if you look hard enough you could find a tank from something. i don't think a septic tank would be big enough. you could try looking for a pond shell which would probably work well.
or go mythbuster style and goto the tank junkyard and pick something up.
or go mythbuster style and goto the tank junkyard and pick something up.
KaosFreestyle
White on White
- Location
- Mequon, WI
Im not sure you could just dig a hole and pour concrete in your backyard without approval from the city or county. Plus if he were to sell the place I dont anyone else would want that and so it would diminish the value of the land.
DAG
Yes, my balls tickled from that landing
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
ducktape the seals of a port-a-john 
people seem to always be throwing them away, they are always next to the dumpsters
people seem to always be throwing them away, they are always next to the dumpsters
- Location
- atlanta ga
plastic 1500 gallon septic tank over 13 ft L x over 5ft w ft wand tall thats not enough for a stand up? PRICE UNDER 500.00
demolition_x
Not After Fame & Fortune
- Location
- Holden Beach / Wilmington NC
well if you cut it long ways.
i have only seen concrete and metal tanks before.
i have only seen concrete and metal tanks before.
cookerq62
Life's Been Good
- Location
- Upper Bucks, PA
who says the ski has to be floating? Why not put it in the tank at an angle on bunks like it were on a trailer?
- Location
- Melbourne, FL
I saw an old boat dealership that had a concrete septic tank without lid set up above ground level for their test tank. You could fully or partially bury one of those and it should be good for multi use.
Something else to think about is the amount of water that you will move with the pump, you're going to need a lot more water than you think in a tank that small since you'll splash a lot out. . .
- Location
- So. IL
I had alread thought about it and my shop/garage of my dreams would have a greese pit/test take built in the floor. But it will probibly be one of thoes metal storage shed.
Any how here is what I came up with ... Build it with a floor drain with a shut off built in the bottom. I was going to form it up and pour the concrete so that you could roll the beach dolly with a ski on it back down in the pit. Have the pit about 4 feet deep on one end and have it taper up to nothing about 15 feet back. That would make it deep enough that you could change oil work on the exhaust and have angle iron grate so that when not in use you could cover it. Have a cover that covered just the rear of the tank so that the water won't splash out when in test tank mode.
That is my pipe dream but for now I will keep driving the 15 minutes to the lake for a test tank. :banghead:
Any how here is what I came up with ... Build it with a floor drain with a shut off built in the bottom. I was going to form it up and pour the concrete so that you could roll the beach dolly with a ski on it back down in the pit. Have the pit about 4 feet deep on one end and have it taper up to nothing about 15 feet back. That would make it deep enough that you could change oil work on the exhaust and have angle iron grate so that when not in use you could cover it. Have a cover that covered just the rear of the tank so that the water won't splash out when in test tank mode.
That is my pipe dream but for now I will keep driving the 15 minutes to the lake for a test tank. :banghead: