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philip.marshall

October 07, 2015 06:02PM

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Yes, but wooden water tanks, just like wooden barrels or wooden boats, are designed to have water pressing laterally against their sides to hold the staves or boards in place. Without water in the tank it all falls apart.

-Philip Marshall

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Tres Piedras water tank	Matt Ritchie	October 07, 2015 03:50AM
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Re: Tres Piedras water tank	AZfarmer	October 07, 2015 05:00PM
Re: Tres Piedras water tank	Randall Hess	October 07, 2015 05:16PM
Re: Tres Piedras water tank	philip.marshall	October 07, 2015 06:02PM
Re: Tres Piedras water tank	Dirk Ramsey	October 07, 2015 10:38PM
Re: Tres Piedras water tank	Matt Ritchie	October 08, 2015 02:31AM
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