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Shipping gas tank- newly painted. How to pack it shipping?

Wasn't too expensive. I had the 2x2s layin about, and only spent about an hour building the framwork. Comparred to the risk of damaging new paint it was well worth my time for the no worry sanity. The guy who bought the tank was very happy that the tank arrived in perfect condition.
 
Maybe I should have said, slightly MORE expensive, what with dimensional weight shipping costs.

I do like your solution, though.
 
When I sent a very expensive GS1000 tank across country, I built a shipping crate out of 1x1's and lauan 1/4" plywood. then I wrapped in corrugated. I hear it arrived in perfect shape. Took about a day a few minutes at a time to glue it up. total maybe an hour in it.
 
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