I'm picking up a used 12'x3'x2' acrylic tank next week. I have 6 buddies helping me. Does anyone have experience in using suction cups? Is it worth trying to find/borrow/buy some?
Suction Cups for Acrylic Move?
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They work good on acylic. Harbor Freight has some that work well at cheap price
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I never used them..and not sure I would trust them either. That pane is around 450lbs, right?
We used 2 inch thick tie down straps...if you have it loop under the piece and then up around your shoulders, it gives fantastic leverage and evens the weight across your shoulders. And very little risk of dropping or damaging your piece.
We used 2 inch thick tie down straps...if you have it loop under the piece and then up around your shoulders, it gives fantastic leverage and evens the weight across your shoulders. And very little risk of dropping or damaging your piece.
That's a good idea. I checked out most of the weights on "economy" cups and they will hold about 75-100#. This tank is over 500 so even with a handfull I don't think I'd trust them. I do have one of those straps made for furnature moving I may try along with a guy on each corner.
I borrowed a couple from my glass guy at work to move a 450 tall. 1 1/4" acrylic and when we tried to lift one end of the tank they slid up and these are top of the line suction cups so I wouldn't trust them to hold the weight if the tank. They did work well for sliding the tank around and a quick lift to get your fingers under it. With six guys I'd get six pair of gorilla gloves from Home Depot, they have a good non slip grip. Good luck
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Ours at work are $35 each, and rated for 500 pounds. I've never had one slip in the 10 years of daily heavy lifting with them, including 96x130 stock sheets of 1/2" glass with one guy and one suction cup on each end.
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