Picture of my Rack

[Kotsay1414]

Hey guys, I just wanted to show a picture of my rack. I had to break it down for Spring Break and rebuild it. Here it is in action!

 

[Malibu Barbie]

Looks really nice:main_thumbsup:

 

[papaK]

looks good. how heavy is it? i'm planning on building a hatchling rack out of melamine so i'm just curious.

 

[Kotsay1414]

looks good. how heavy is it? i'm planning on building a hatchling rack out of melamine so i'm just curious.

This one is pretty heavy and large. The dimensions are 36" W x 24" D x 48" H. I'd imagine a hatchling rack would be a lot lighter.

 

[papaK]

if you had to guess how heavy is it?

 

[geckofreak570]

nice

 

[boutiquegecko]

I had planned on building a melamine rack for our chinchilla and it was just too heavy-prob over 50 easy at only 3ft tall. You could add wheels to it though to move around easier as long as you don't plan on moving up/down steps.

 

[ReptileMan27]

Very nice

 

[justin-branam]

all i can say is watch that flexwat, especially if you dont have it on a proportional thermostat. i had some burn a hole in the bottom of one of my tubs, and just feel obligated now to tell everyone i see that has it! rack looks great though.

 

[Kotsay1414]

all i can say is watch that flexwat, especially if you dont have it on a proportional thermostat. i had some burn a hole in the bottom of one of my tubs, and just feel obligated now to tell everyone i see that has it! rack looks great though.

Thanks... I have 2 On/Off Thermostats on it... what did you have on yours?

 

[trizzypballr]

haha talking about racks, im in the process of building one....... 8 ft long, approx 7 ft high. It will be huge. It will hold 88 15qt tubs (8 wide, 11 high)

 

[Kotsay1414]

haha talking about racks, im in the process of building one....... 8 ft long, approx 7 ft high. It will be huge. It will hold 88 15qt tubs (8 wide, 11 high)

Nice! I thought mine was huge lol... 3 ft long 4 ft high.

 

[trizzypballr]

it was WAY cheaper to build than buy... $104 for the wood. 88 ft of tape would be somewhere around 180 i think. so i made the rack for less than 300

 

[justin-branam]

Thanks... I have 2 On/Off Thermostats on it... what did you have on yours?

i would really suggest getting a proportional thermostat. the on/off kind let the tape heat up to its highest temp when it is switched on, which was my problem, along with not getting any airflow under the tubs.

 

[crs]

very cool rack