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Thread: My new racks.

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    My new racks.

    Hi all,

    So I thought I would share a photo of my new racks (and myself) that I just finished building for my bp's. The process started about a year ago. Got the tubs, then the heat stuff, then waited a long time to get the wood this year. It took awhile but it is worth it in the end.

    Thanks for looking.

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    Re: My new racks.

    Very nice!Good job!

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    Re: My new racks.

    Ive built my own racks too and its quite satisfying when they are done...yours look great bro...Did you implement a window in each? What kind of tubs are they? And lastly what would you say that unit combined weighs? (looks heavy as hell...lol)
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    Re: My new racks.

    Are those cement mixing tubs? Seen them used a lot for rats but never snakes, good job, nice rack. Belly or back heat? How well does the heat work?, those tubs are pretty thick.

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    Re: My new racks.

    Thanks for the comments guys.
    The tubs are the mixing tubs. The windows are 1/8" plexi riveted in place. I used a rotary tool to make the hole. The heat is belly. I have a one foot piece of 11" flexwatt under each controlled with a herpstat set at 92. So far this is working very well. Each unit is wired separately from each other. They plug into each other. I do not have enough to fill it completely so this way I'm not heating tubs with nothing in them.
    As for how heavy? Yeah the are a bit heavy. I think each of the 6 units required almost 2 sheets of 5/8 melamine. So 100 lbs each is probably not far off per unit.

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    Re: My new racks.

    looks really nice
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