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<blockquote data-quote="box" data-source="post: 8047479" data-attributes="member: 123958"><p>A local man was killed a few years ago when he was hit in the chest with shrapnel from a pressurised tank which exploded while he was transferring fluid, but lets not dwell on the past.</p><p></p><p>The obvious solution, while it's still functional and in one piece, is to clean it up, list it on ebay "as is" and let someone else worry about it. Or trade it in on one that's not rotten.</p><p></p><p>I don't see any kind of internal coating lasting too long. Roll some 2" pipe or SHS to the shape of the dome and stitch weld it onto the outside to create an exoskeleton. 3 or 4 pieces which criss cross through the centre will divide the dome into 6 or 8 pieces and stop the whole thing from flexing, imploding or exploding. Extend it forward and add more bits to the barrell if you want. If it's too rotten to weld to, consider a 2 part epoxy.</p><p></p><p>You're only delaying the inevitable, but you haven't really got many options if you're not prepared to cut the tank up and start reskinning it - but it looks like you've only got until 2025 before an upgrade is imminent anyway so no point spending too much money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="box, post: 8047479, member: 123958"] A local man was killed a few years ago when he was hit in the chest with shrapnel from a pressurised tank which exploded while he was transferring fluid, but lets not dwell on the past. The obvious solution, while it's still functional and in one piece, is to clean it up, list it on ebay "as is" and let someone else worry about it. Or trade it in on one that's not rotten. I don't see any kind of internal coating lasting too long. Roll some 2" pipe or SHS to the shape of the dome and stitch weld it onto the outside to create an exoskeleton. 3 or 4 pieces which criss cross through the centre will divide the dome into 6 or 8 pieces and stop the whole thing from flexing, imploding or exploding. Extend it forward and add more bits to the barrell if you want. If it's too rotten to weld to, consider a 2 part epoxy. You're only delaying the inevitable, but you haven't really got many options if you're not prepared to cut the tank up and start reskinning it - but it looks like you've only got until 2025 before an upgrade is imminent anyway so no point spending too much money. [/QUOTE]
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