This is my first time building a stand im just a little concerned about it holding my 75
Posted by FNzevic
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divinehotsauce69 on
Probably yea
Personally I would add 1 standing beam in the middle
Eighwrond on
It’s already so overbuilt and nice, the only thing that could make it even sturdier would be a diagonal crossbeam across the back end somewhere, but man, I think you’re good. And a foam pad between the wood and the rim or just rubber feet under the corners.
Unless there’s a second 2×4 going across front to back under that osb then the end of the osb looks to be unsupported. Plywood would definitely be a better option instead of osb since osb will degrade faster with moisture. And I would be getting a piece of plywood the size of the stand so you dont have the ends of the plywood unsupported like they appear to be here. Also if it were me, I’d be popping out that vertical 2×4 with the chunk missing at the top and replacing it. But the overall design of the stand is strong enough to hold the tank. I would just be correcting those couple things
Enge712 on
I really would like to take my 75 gallon off its stand to show you how much less sturdy my professionally built stand is. It’s been holding that 75 most of the last 20+ years. It only touches the edges and is considerably thinner wood.
albertnormandy on
It will probably hold the weight fine. The bigger issue is will it rack if you push on it? I don’t see much bracing it.
mdd354226 on
Looks like it. It’s built stronger than most new ones.
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Probably yea
Personally I would add 1 standing beam in the middle
It’s already so overbuilt and nice, the only thing that could make it even sturdier would be a diagonal crossbeam across the back end somewhere, but man, I think you’re good. And a foam pad between the wood and the rim or just rubber feet under the corners.
I would be comfortable with this
https://preview.redd.it/f6kt3ea0xl5g1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a05b01da41eaffb181b91acf7266aadc2d20441d
Unless there’s a second 2×4 going across front to back under that osb then the end of the osb looks to be unsupported. Plywood would definitely be a better option instead of osb since osb will degrade faster with moisture. And I would be getting a piece of plywood the size of the stand so you dont have the ends of the plywood unsupported like they appear to be here. Also if it were me, I’d be popping out that vertical 2×4 with the chunk missing at the top and replacing it. But the overall design of the stand is strong enough to hold the tank. I would just be correcting those couple things
I really would like to take my 75 gallon off its stand to show you how much less sturdy my professionally built stand is. It’s been holding that 75 most of the last 20+ years. It only touches the edges and is considerably thinner wood.
It will probably hold the weight fine. The bigger issue is will it rack if you push on it? I don’t see much bracing it.
Looks like it. It’s built stronger than most new ones.