Farmyard "Lighthouse" Built From Old Fuel Tank
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When George Daulton's wife fell in love with lighthouses, he had just the answer. When they got back home to Virginia, he built her one. It was as easy as standing an old fuel tank on end. In fact, standing the fuel tank on end was the hardest part of the whole effort.
"I had a bulldozer operator dig a hole and set the tank on end in the hole," explains Daulton. "I used 8 bags of cement and a bunch of rebar to stabilize the tank and hold it in place."
Since the 5-ft. diameter lighthouse is for looks only, Daulton didn't worry about stairs for access. To complete the look, he built a light cage out of plywood and steel pipe, with clear Lexan sheets for glass.
"A friend gave me a set of safety lights and I put them inside the light cage with a power cord running to the base of the tower," he says. "Initially I ran them off batteries, but I am going to switch to AC power.
Daulton finished off the lighthouse with a coat of Rustoleum paint in strips of white and black. "I only needed one coat of paint, but I wanted something that would cover the rusty tank and keep it standing," he says.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, George Daulton, 34162, Christanna Hwy., Blackstone, Va. 23824 (ph 434 848-2051).
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Farmyard "Lighthouse" Built From Old Fuel Tank AG WORLD 32-3-24 When George Daulton's wife fell in love with lighthouses, he had just the answer. When they got back home to Virginia, he built her one. It was as easy as standing an old fuel tank on end. In fact, standing the fuel tank on end was the hardest part of the whole effort.
"I had a bulldozer operator dig a hole and set the tank on end in the hole," explains Daulton. "I used 8 bags of cement and a bunch of rebar to stabilize the tank and hold it in place."
Since the 5-ft. diameter lighthouse is for looks only, Daulton didn't worry about stairs for access. To complete the look, he built a light cage out of plywood and steel pipe, with clear Lexan sheets for glass.
"A friend gave me a set of safety lights and I put them inside the light cage with a power cord running to the base of the tower," he says. "Initially I ran them off batteries, but I am going to switch to AC power.
Daulton finished off the lighthouse with a coat of Rustoleum paint in strips of white and black. "I only needed one coat of paint, but I wanted something that would cover the rusty tank and keep it standing," he says.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, George Daulton, 34162, Christanna Hwy., Blackstone, Va. 23824 (ph 434 848-2051).
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