FramingTech Aluminum Stands

piranhaman00 · Dec 26, 2022

Hello,

I am getting a custom stand from FramingTech for a larger build. The aquarium with water and rocks/sand ect will weigh about 3000lbs. They said they would design the stand to hold 3500-4000lbs.

Am I over thinking that I want the stand to support at least double the weight of the tank?

blaxsun · Dec 26, 2022

Yes, I don't think it needs to be able to support double the weight. That's a 33% safety margin built-in - and we're talking aluminum, after all. You can certainly over-engineer it - I'm just not sure you'll see any return on your investment (including peace of mind).

10000 · Apr 3, 2023

piranhaman00 said:
Hello,

I am getting a custom stand from FramingTech for a larger build. The aquarium with water and rocks/sand ect will weigh about 3000lbs. They said they would design the stand to hold 3500-4000lbs.

Am I over thinking that I want the stand to support at least double the weight of the tank?

Did you end up buying from them? I was just getting a quote from them for a 120x36x30 tank.

If you did I’d love to know how much you paid for shipping because they said $1,000 but told me it was a rough estimate and they wouldn’t know until it was packaged

piranhaman00 · Apr 3, 2023

j000 said:
Did you end up buying from them? I was just getting a quote from them for a 120x36x30 tank.

If you did I’d love to know how much you paid for shipping because they said $1,000 but told me it was a rough estimate and they wouldn’t know until it was packaged

Yes I did, shipping was 300$ about, you are well past the oversized parcel limit so you will pay much more. My estimate was more than the final price though.

10000 · Apr 3, 2023

piranhaman00 said:
Yes I did, shipping was 300$ about, you are well past the oversized parcel limit so you will pay much more. My estimate was more than the final price though.

Geez, at that point I might just see if Tenecor can work with me on getting one made and pick it up locally