Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank

Posted by Txturbo on July 23, 2015 at 09:35:39 from (172.56.14.135):

Anyone ever done this? I picked up a 250 gallon propane tank for $50. I need to compact some dirt on my new driveway going to my new shop. This seems like the perfect donor. I'm wondering how i'm going to find the center of the caps on each end to weld the axle in the right spot.

First idea that pops into my head is to put a mark at the top on the weld seam and measure the circumference and divide by 4 to get the location of the other 3 marks. Then with a piece of string, connect the marks opposite of each other to find where they intersect.

This post was edited by Txturbo at 09:56:53 07/23/15 2 times.

Replies:

• Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank Geo-TH,In 04:17:13 07/24/15 (0)
• Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank Txturbo 03:53:16 07/24/15 (0)
• Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank fixerupper 20:41:21 07/23/15 (0)
• Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank phil_n 19:41:59 07/23/15 (0)
• Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank showcrop 16:14:20 07/23/15 (0)
• Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank Ellis Kinney 15:12:33 07/23/15 (0)
• Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank Mike M 12:40:24 07/23/15 (0)
• Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank WheatFarmer 12:28:39 07/23/15 (0)
• Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank Dr. Walt 10:30:08 07/23/15 (0)
• Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank Mike M 09:52:48 07/23/15 (1)
  • Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank Txturbo 09:58:21 07/23/15 (0)
• Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank Richard G. 09:48:19 07/23/15 (3)
  • Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank 60 acre hillside 09:59:11 07/23/15 (1)
    • Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank Richard G. 10:04:32 07/23/15 (0)
  • Re: Building a dirt compactor out of a propane tank Richard G. 09:52:32 07/23/15 (0)

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