I'm wondering if using the top of a bulk storage tank for a personal
sized island has any potential. I used to sandblast and paint the
things at oil company tank farms and am familiar with the outside of
them but have never seen the inside. Say the tank had a 100'
diameter. It would have a 1 or 2' rise to the center to shed water.
So if you cut it off with say 8' of the sides, turned it over and
flopped it in the water, put a roof/deck on it, cut windows etc. in
the sides. Or maybe cut it off with 2' of the sides, deck it over and
put a "house" in the middle. Tow it around with a tugboat or
something which would be your island to shore transportation and
emergency lifeboat in case your island sank. They have to be scrapped
sometimes, I don't think they rebuild them, and I would think the
reason they would have to be scrapped would be because the bottom
itself and the bottom of the sides would have rust/corrosion. The
tops ought to be in good shape. I would imagine it would cost close
to scrap prices. What I don't know is how thick the metal is and what
sort of structure is inside that supports the roof. Does anybody know
about that stuff? Would that be a reasonable load for a big crane? A
lot of tank farms are right on the water, ideally you could sandblast
and bottom paint what you want, then cut it off and put it in the
water. Sam
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