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Nah, I think you should dispose of all of that rig... Since I live in Missouri too.. I will come over and collect it and dispose of all of it for you, just as a neighborly thing to do!:)


Mighty kind offer !!

But, at the moment, they are not mine, and may not ever be. Family issues I will not go into here.

As for "neighborly," I used to be half-owner of a house and moble home over on Walnut Street in Hollister, back in the 1990's
Never lived there, though.
 
   / Old tanks #12  
Mighty kind offer !!

But, at the moment, they are not mine, and may not ever be. Family issues I will not go into here.

As for "neighborly," I used to be half-owner of a house and moble home over on Walnut Street in Hollister, back in the 1990's
Never lived there, though.

Hey you may want to check out the Missouri thread. A lot of Mo. guys hang out there. Sometimes we don't have a lot to say, but sometimes it is pretty interesting.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...uri-roll-call-show-me.html?highlight=missouri
 
   / Old tanks #13  
Actually, if it was stored in a shop and didn't draw tons of moisture and dry rot all the rubber bits, here's what I'd do... I'd put the regulators on the tanks, put the hoses on the regulators, put the torch on the hoses. Keep the torch turned off. Turn pressure on the tanks, turn the regulators up to pressurize the hoses, turn the tanks off, then let it set for 24 hours. With the small amount of gasses stored in the hose, there's not much danger of some major explosion if it leaks off. If there is still pressure stored in the lines after setting for 24 hours, the torch, hoses, and regulators are perfectly leak free and I'd not have any issue using them 10 hours a day.

Gas and oxygen doesn't go bad. As long as the tanks are mostly rust free, they can be recertified even if a new valve needs installed. Wait until they are empty to do this.

I have a 50' hose set that is about 35 years old and still flawless. When not in use, I have a small 4'x2'x2' plastic truck toolbox the hoses, gauges/regulators, and torch all go into. In the bottom of that box is about 5 dozen or so large silica gel desiccant packs.

Also, any time other than when doing the test for leaks, you should always back the regulators off as leaving them screwed in will mess with the diaphragm inside and cause them to read improperly and fail prematurely.
I agree,good advice and good hose test procedure.
 
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I just sent off an old acetylene tank for certification...
My LWS gave me another tank the same size to use...
The total cost for a 100# fill was $120 plus tax...
I think that it was a #3L tank size...
Well worth it IMHO...
 
   / Old tanks #15  
Same with me. At my local welding supply they don't ever look at my bottles. Majority of the time I unload them out of my truck, go inside tell the guys at the counter what I need, sign the form, go outside by myself, put my empties in the proper place, and grab full ones. Simple as that.
Same here just take them in and exchange. He asked me the first time I came in if I wanted to exchange or fill. Since they do not fill there (they send them out). Fill would be a weeks wait. One time they did not have a small tank for my welder so he upgraded me to a slightly larger tank with no charge.
 
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Usually the welding supply looks after re-certifying and doesn't charge the customer extra. Sometimes they do but it shouldn't be more than about $60. Some cylinders are 5 years but most are 10 years. Test dates are stamped on cylinders. The oldest ones I've seen still in use were from 1928. That's a lot of date stamps.;)
 
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Arc weld do you see many of these up there?
 

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Arc weld do you see many of these up there?

I'm glad you showed a pic. :thumbsup:

A few years back when I went to Airgas for an exchange, we got to talking about old bottles and he showed me about 4 or 5 bottles dating from the pre-WWII years with German ********'s on them. :eek:
He said they get them in fairly often, and as long as they test out ok, the date doesn't matter.

I was going to mention it here but thought no one would believe me. :laughing:
 
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I'm glad you showed a pic. :thumbsup:

A few years back when I went to Airgas for an exchange, we got to talking about old bottles and he showed me about 4 or 5 bottles dating from the pre-WWII years with German ********'s on them. :eek:
He said they get them in fairly often, and as long as they test out ok, the date doesn't matter.

I was going to mention it here but thought no one would believe me. :laughing:

I had one of them once. I believe you:)
 
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I had one of them once. I believe you:)

Makes a person wonder why we got so many of them over here in the US!!!

I thought maybe it was because of the post WWI industrialization of Germany, and the WWII war effort, they had used an awful lot of bottled gas. Then afterward, there was a large surplus of bottles, and a lot were brought over here.

Just guessing, though. :confused3:
 

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