Concrete Slab Foundation

We can only steer you in the right direction regarding the foundation design, not provide FREE engineering design and advice. Also, there are issues regarding engineering liabilities that prevents us from providing you the same design details.

There are no legal issues, unless of course your name actually is CaptMoosie?

Why not go bother Eng Tips

do us all a favor & stop posting here

Obviously you're quite unaware (or don't care) of the State Education Laws and Statutes in the 50 states (and territories) that regulate Professional Engineering. Then there's the Ethics Cannons and legal liabilities, as well as professional misconduct issues (online or otherwise....it does not matter) involved with providing erroneous and poorly misguided engineering information and dissemination, together with poorly supplied engineering advice & design criteria when one does not possess all of the necessary background information and data that's required to do so.

AP#1, additionally I strongly suggest that you visit your (or any other) State Education Dept, and fully read the laws. Also become acquainted with case laws regarding uninformed engineering, collapses, failures, errors and omissions + laymen providing engineering services and advice when one is not Licensed & Registered by any given state. This is much akin to someone practicing Medicine or Law or a CPA etc etc without the prerequisite educational background, training, skills, knowledge and the ability to demonstrate passing a required licensure board examinations(s).

AP, you are sorely misdirected, and no, I won't go bother "Eng Tips", or for that matter, any other online engineering forum or venue.

Why post as an AP, unless of course you are a chickenchit? Are you afraid that other members will ostracise you? Please, go grow an pair of brass ones buster and grow up!

I will not reply any further to your attacks, as you seriously need a reality check...

in regards to the legal question, you miss the main point as always. In this situation there is no contract implied or otherwise, no one is compelling you to post, if you have the need to berate or otherwise abuse unsuspecting posters, perhaps you could find another way to let it out

your other point is equally as false, we are all anonymous here

Yet another misguided soul....

Nowhere in my initial posting did I abuse the OP. Get it straight, and go away pest.

In regard to anonymity on any Internet website (including this forum), that is a pure myth. Any good attorney can subpoena the records to obtain the identity and whereabouts of any registered individual.....

You never answered my question: why post in this forum under Anonymous Poster, unless you have something to hide? As far as I'm concerned you're nothing but a Troll and backbiter, and the one needing some serious and long-term psych help (geeezzz, anybody can copy and paste just about anything from the web, but do you really understand it all? Doubtful at best!). Therefore, because of your provocations, it is you that should leave the CR4 Forum.

Enough of this crappola. I've said my peace, and will not respond any further to your attacks....ya just ain't worth it buster.

Ohhhh joy.......NOT!!!!

So to summarize then, since he isn't building an Eiffel Tower, what he's going to wind up with is a 6' x 6' pad, with 2 layers of reinforcement, thickness being the remaining question. If it was correctly determined that 4" is sufficient for the load, 6" or even 8" could be poured to cover any discrepancies for far less extra cost for this size project than paying for professional help. Aren't poured concrete highways somewhere around 8"? If that's good enough for constant pounding by 40 ton trucks, it should be good enough for this particular project. I'm sorry if it takes work away from a PE.

By the way, nobody addressed the other part of his question _{but rather engaged in a pissing contest} about embedding the legs or setting on the top surface. Embedding probably not the way to go due to the concentration of weight on a small area. If setting on top, a 1' x 1' x 1/4" steel plate welded under each leg should do it. I would also encourage bolting it down, particularly if it is open to the elements. There will probably be times when the tank is empty and could blow over if not secured.

_{Have at me boys and girls.}

Off topic??????????????? Everything about my post, except for the pissing contest comment, directly addressed the topic _{which practically none of the other comments did}. Now this is off topic. I hope you are beginning to understand the idea of off topic. If not, I can elaborate, and, Capt., you really don't want me to do that. _{Sorry OBO's.}

Easy big fella...

You responded to a comment that was marked by the poster as OT. That makes your comment OT by default; you must deselect the OT button at the time you post your response if you believe your comment to be on-topic.

It's happened to all of us.

Wasn't aware of that mine field. If I may paraphrase a famous presonality.

It was too evident to be detected... GA...