PLEASE HELP??!!!

[GrindeL89]

Ok i am getting a 240 gallon fish tank five eights of a inch thick glass, I REALLY NEED HELP ON FIGUREING OUT HOW MUCH IT WIEGHS, the delivery poeple need to know by 6pm to night PLEASE help me on this its my first tank thats bigger then my old 125gallon i have no idea what the wieght of a monster tank like this is..........................? please help

 

[bgcoop8784]

not sure but 5/8" glass weighs about 8.4 lbs a square foot, so you can figure it up pretty easy if you have the dimensions

 

[GrindeL89]

can some one please do the math i wouldnt know how

 

[bgcoop8784]

what"s the demensions on the tank LxWxH

 

[yogurt_21]

hard to do the math for youn without tank dimensions. you simply need to multiply the lenght by width to get bottom, length by height to get the long sides, and width by height to get the short sides.

ie in an 8'x2'x2' you'd have 3 panes at 8'x2' (16 square feet) and 2 panes at 2'x2' (4 squeare feet)

(3x16)+(2x4) = 56 square feet of glass on the tank. multiply that by 8.4lbs and you get 470.4, round to 500lbs to account for bracing.

 

[~ocean]

yes it is LxWxH

 

[GrindeL89]

72"x24"x32"

 

[GrindeL89]

72"x24"x32"

thanks to anyone that could do this

 

[bgcoop8784]

figure around 400lbs for the tank, about 360 lbs of just glass.

 

[sick_lid]

392 lbs. of glass. Account for wood or plastic trim and whatever the top bracing is as well. It's 6:19 though...