Originally Posted by
bigted
this was a fuel barrel of 1000 gal content designed for burial uses is why it was/is so heavy. it is also an older tank from back when they made things to last.
as for the roller machine that rolls this heavy plate...there is two such rollers here that handle these heavy plates for rolling into fairly tight cylenders...remember the pipeline???this is where 90% of the materials were final made for the entire line so yes there is some larger machines here where they probably wouldnt have ever been otherwise...also the metal is steel not iron...a miss-statement i would recon...srry