Best vacuum suction cups for moving large tanks?

[Martingale]

I am about to few a few sets of these:

https://a.co/d/iNW4u39

Anyone have other recommendations? There’s a lot to consider between brands, style, 8” vs 10”, manual pump vs electronic, etc.

 

[fishguy242]

How big is tank ?

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[14 foot reef]

these are used professionally used in the Glass business setting windows, IG's, Showers and Mirrors, Most trusted brand in the commercial industry

https://www.crlaurence.com/products/brands/listing/J07A_XX

 

[bcampbe1]

I am about to few a few sets of these:

https://a.co/d/iNW4u39

Anyone have other recommendations? There’s a lot to consider between brands, style, 8” vs 10”, manual pump vs electronic, etc.

I've used to 8" sets of these to move a 140g. Worked great.

 

[Martingale]

these are used professionally used in the Glass business setting windows, IG's, Showers and Mirrors, Most trusted brand in the commercial industry

https://www.crlaurence.com/products/brands/listing/J07A_XX

I tried finding these for sale, looks like $270 a piece in amazon? Or is that just third-party mark-up?

What’s the best way to prep “dirty” glass? Clean it with glass cleaner and dry with microfiber kind of thing?

 

[14 foot reef]

I tried finding these for sale, looks like $270 a piece in amazon? Or is that just third-party mark-up?

What’s the best way to prep “dirty” glass? Clean it with glass cleaner and dry with microfiber kind of thing?

Yeah, the best most of the time is the most expensive, these are not hobby grade or cheap import

I'd clean with rubbing alcohol and dry well

 

[14 foot reef]

I tried finding these for sale, looks like $270 a piece in amazon? Or is that just third-party mark-up?

What’s the best way to prep “dirty” glass? Clean it with glass cleaner and dry with microfiber kind of thing?

We used to rent them out to people with a deposit. Ideal time to stop by your local glass shop is Friday and return them on Monday, most glass shops don't work weekends. Offer them credit card deposit

 

[Martingale]

We used to rent them out to people with a deposit. Ideal time to stop by your local glass shop is Friday and return them on Monday, most glass shops don't work weekends. Offer them credit card deposit

I wouldn’t have thought to ask a glass shop, that’s an awesome idea

 

[C_AWOL]

I use the same 10" imt ones you linked. Worked great moving my larger glass and acrylic tanks for the last few years.

 

[Rothric]

Woods Powr Grip is the company that invented this style suction cup. I recently purchased 4 of these to move my tank 2 months ago and have been extremely pleased. They're still made in the USA.

On a previous move I used a cheaper alternative from Home Depot...long story short the tank slipped, fell, and cracked. Saving $200 cost me another $1500 in a new tank.

I now have these 4 and will be able to move tanks in the future without issue.

Not cheap, but what is with a big reef tank?


Wood's Powr-Grip 8" Suction Cup with Metal Handle and Carrying Case (N4950) https://a.co/d/4LFJ7jr

 

[alabella1]

I'm about to get ready to move an 800 Gallon tank so I want to make sure I got good ones.

 

[Reef keeper]

Dewalt makes a grabbolifter. They are $270 - battery powered but I have stuck them to wood, brick walls and the thing I love most is when/if they lose suction they automatically start resuctioning.

These are what we have started using and we love them.

https://share.google/C49PmhNwIym5H1KKh

 

[BryanM]

I just bought what I could find at home depot, they worked. Clean glass is ultra important.

 

[alabella1]

Well, the glass is still wrapped in the plastic wrap it came in. Tank is brand new. I may give it a once over with rubbing alcohol to be sure. I'm likely going to have a crew of guys to help me move it, 6-8 more than likely. I'm going to try to rustle up a bunch of these cups. Some guys have their own, I may rent some, I may buy and return some. It's just to get the thing into the house. One quick trip. When they talk about how much weight they are rated for, what should i be looking for when it is an 800lb tank with a possible 8 guys doing the work of lifting?

 

[UncommonSense]

. When they talk about how much weight they are rated for, what should i be looking for when it is an 800lb tank with a possible 8 guys doing the work of lifting?

Rated lifting load is a good metric to work by, shoot for at least one handle per-lifter, two per-lifter in corners… so probably 12 lifting suction cups minimum…

that said, 200-250lbs per-cup is about all they really need to be capable of to reach 2-3x the load rating of the tank when you stick on enough for everyone to carry from…

You do want to shoot for a much higher load rating than actual load, purely because one or several suction cups can theoretically just pop free (or slide) during the move without causing a massive cascading failure of all the suction cups!