Want to see a MONSTER TANK on MYTH BUSTERS?
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As stated in the other thread about this: We've all had people ask if we were worried about having a tank break through our floors. Even when I got my 125 people would ask if I was going to put it in my basement so it wouldn't fall through the floor.
The idea is not so much whether this story ever happened. It is to answer the question once and for all; How big of a tank would it take to cause a floor to fail?
That is what we want them to test. So the next time you carry a 55 gallon up the stairs the idiot that lives across the hall will shut up before asking if that is going to fall through the floor.
Personally, I wouldn't be concerned until a tank got over 450 gallons, and that's the point where I'd even start to be concerned.
The idea is not so much whether this story ever happened. It is to answer the question once and for all; How big of a tank would it take to cause a floor to fail?
That is what we want them to test. So the next time you carry a 55 gallon up the stairs the idiot that lives across the hall will shut up before asking if that is going to fall through the floor.
Personally, I wouldn't be concerned until a tank got over 450 gallons, and that's the point where I'd even start to be concerned.
Zoodiver;1650434; said:
so then we need to come up with a story that is believable!!!
or maybe getting a tank from the zoo could be part of the myth...
I'm still stuck on a guy getting buck naked just to get a penny out of his tank. (What no swiming trunks?)If he needed a ladder then the tank would be way too tall to fit through any door short of an RV garage door. How many of those types of apartments do you think exist in the whole world? On the Fourth floor no less. Maybe this should be some rich dentist story in some office building with a proper freight elevator and an open floor plan story instead. I can believe that a dentist would get buck naked to fetch a penny out of his tank and just happened to have a step ladder laying around because his office was still being finished...... maybe. We all know that dentists can be freeks.
Seriously, why don't you just pitch them the "how much weight before I break through to the next floor" myth?
Seriously, why don't you just pitch them the "how much weight before I break through to the next floor" myth?
Silven;1651217; said:I'm still stuck on a guy getting buck naked just to get a penny out of his tank. (What no swiming trunks?)If he needed a ladder then the tank would be way too tall to fit through any door short of an RV garage door. How many of those types of apartments do you think exist in the whole world? On the Fourth floor no less. Maybe this should be some rich dentist story in some office building with a proper freight elevator and an open floor plan story instead. I can believe that a dentist would get buck naked to fetch a penny out of his tank and just happened to have a step ladder laying around because his office was still being finished...... maybe. We all know that dentists can be freeks.
Seriously, why don't you just pitch them the "how much weight before I break through to the next floor" myth?
ok , i think the story is bunk too, but why put on swim trunks if your at home? let it all hang out! why a ladder? hell, even to get into my 180 on a standard height stand i would need a ladder, i mean my legs arent 5ft long.
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