Typical maximum shop storage tank size that can be shipped by truck?
Typical maximum shop storage tank size that can be shipped by truck?
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Know this question is a little open ended, but from a pracitcality / economical standpoint, what are we seeing typically for the maximum reasonable size of API650 shop built tanks? Seems like anything over 16' to 18' diameter would be getting beyond what a typical shop could handle or that a truck could transport / permit and still fit under bridges, powerlines and traffic signals (without special routing surveys and utility relocation).





RE: Typical maximum shop storage tank size that can be shipped by truck?
Generally, you are limited to 12' to 13' diameter tanks. If you are going long distances, probably 12'. That would also be a wide load.
In the United States an oversize load is a vehicle and/or load that is wider than 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m). Each individual state has different requirements regarding height and length (most states are 13 ft 6 in or 4.11 m tall), and a driver must purchase a permit for each state he/she will be traveling through. In many states, a load must be considered "nondivisible" to qualify for a permit (e.g., an object which cannot be broken down into smaller pieces), although some states allow divisible loads to be granted permits.
RE: Typical maximum shop storage tank size that can be shipped by truck?
I think the biggest load I've personally seen was maybe 20' wide and 20' high. But that was in the Texas panhandle, and the parade with that load included a half-dozen or more bucket trucks for lifting wires along the way.
RE: Typical maximum shop storage tank size that can be shipped by truck?
RE: Typical maximum shop storage tank size that can be shipped by truck?
For reference, last year we shipped a vessel from Western Canada to Louisiana that was 14'ID with shipping dimensions 16' wide x 15'-8" tall (nozzles/anchorage). This required a very special truck, and pole pushers in some states. It was not cheap to ship.
We are currently building another large vessel that is 17'ID with overall shipping dimensions of 19'-4" wide/tall, that is destined for California. This is too big for a truck, and instead will go down the coast by barge/ship
RE: Typical maximum shop storage tank size that can be shipped by truck?
RE: Typical maximum shop storage tank size that can be shipped by truck?
RE: Typical maximum shop storage tank size that can be shipped by truck?
this is a 30ft long horizontal cylindrical tank, 9 feet in diameter, with dished ends, so the 30 refers to tan to tan length.
You can get this on the back of a standard flatbed truck with its support legs - usable capacity 10 to 11,000 gals, 45 to 50,000 litres
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