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Homebuilt Melamine Rack

boafanatic8907

boafanatic8907

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My fiance built a great homemade rack back a while to reduce the number of tanks we had. The rack is approx. 6 ft tall, 3 ft wide, and 2 ft deep. A little heavy but could easily be put on rollers. It was very simple and required only a power drill and many screws.

We went to the home depot and bought 2 melamine boards (each 4'*8') and requested they cut it to our measurements there, they did this for free. Then we purchased the tubs we wanted, 2-90 quarts and 8-28 quarts. Very easy and simple. Took less then an hour to assemble.

Cost was much cheaper then buying a professional rack with this many slots. Easy to put in heat tape on the back/or belly (which is what we did).
 

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We are building 2 more this weekend. Though slightly different. One will be 10/12 28 quarts tubs and the other will be 8 34 quart tubs. Both single width but niether more then 5/6 ft tall and on rollers.
 
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