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One of my mates from work built the new tank for the pig. It's made out of 2mm steel plate. The box section on the ends are for carring handles. |
The cut down pig
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In order to make life a lot easier we have cut the pole pig down to a more manageable size so now we should be able to move it around. The pig started at 380lbs and now its approx 250lbs. Below are a few pictures of the new pig etc.
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One of my mates from work built the new tank for the pig. It's made out of 2mm steel plate. The box section on the ends are for carring handles. |
| This is the core of the pig just prior to being lowered in to the new tank. The use of a block & tackle is an absolute must. |  |
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I made these two core supports out of 10mm Actell from RS. They are held inside by two brackets each side of the tank. Then the top plate is bolted down. |
| This shot show the core and the core support plates
in place I used the old secondary terminals from the pig
for all the input & output connections. The tank also
has the oil in it in this stot. The old pig had 12 gallons of oil inside where as the new one only has 5 gallons. |
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| This shot shows the differance in size between the old pole pig and the new one. |
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