---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 64.29"
title: "46"
number: "64.29"
heading: "Tank saddles."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/64.29"
---

# §64.29. Tank saddles.


If a tank is not completely supported by a framework, it must be supported by two or more external saddles, each of which extends to 120 degrees or more of the shell circumference.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-172, 39 FR 22950, June 25, 1974, unless otherwise noted.