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[Pooh_Bear]

Cool. I'll have to drag out the tanks and dust them off and try this.

Anytime I need a business name I use Break Time (or Brake Time).
Always thought it would be fun to answer the phone like that.
Ring, Ring - pick up the phone and speak- "Break Time".

Pooh Bear

 

[Timber]

Last time I had to pay for a hydro test it was $20.
That was in 1988.
I found a place that would change out my tanks back then
but I had to sign papers swearing I owned the tanks.
Since then the place has moved and I haven't found it again.

I'd settle for just getting an oxy tank swapped out and buy a propane tank.
Just have to find someone to swap out with.

Pooh Bear

BOC Gas bought up all the bottled gas company all over the country in the 80s and 90s and in 2004 sold the bottle division to Airgas. That is probaly what happend to them

 

[blackd]

Just filled my MC and A (20 CuFt) bottles at the local welding store. $25.

Asked for price to upgrade to 40 CuFt and B bottles. They priced it at $122 with filled bottles. Could have had the upgrade for < $100. I will probably do it at next fill.

 

[Dusty]

Do you know why the smallest acetylene bottle is called the MC bottle and the next size up called the B bottle?? It goes back to the days of cars and motorcycles that had acetylene headlamps. The B stands for Bus and the MC stands for Motorcycle. The B bottle originally had a gauge on the bottom of the bottle and was carried on the running board of the vehicle. The original bottles were manufactured by Prest-O-Lite. Acetylene was used in place of other gasses because the flame was resistant to wind and rain, and had long burning qualities.
Dusty

 

[HomeBrew2]

... Dusty

I didn't know what the designations meant, nice to know. I have 2 of the Prestolite bottles and use the little torch (air/acet.) occasionally.

 

[Dusty]

Just a lot of old information that I learned many years ago while in college. I worked on my non school days as a truck relief driver and the old fellow that I worked with was always telling me about his childhood and his experiences. The funny thing to me is that today, I am much older than that old fellow was back then. Sometimes, I think that I learned as much, or more from him than I did in college. He taught me mechanics, body work, glass, and upholstery in shop when we weren't on the road. I still talk to him occasionally. He and his wife celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary not too long ago. He was a good talker, and I was a good listener. He believed that he needed to pass along his knowledge to the next generation, and that a lot of knowledge wasn't ever going to be learned in a classroom. Many of my skills today, I can directly attribute to his teaching me. Once I learned and mastered one skill, he started me on another.
Dusty

 

[Timber]

Let me know how you make out Dave. I am sure this will work for you

 

[Pooh_Bear]

I went yesterday and dug out the tanks from behind the barn.
The oxy tank is green but needs cleaned up real bad.
I can't tell what color the acetalyne tank was.
Both have the name Selox on them.

So I am gonna have to clean these tanks up and probably repaint them.
What color should the acetalyne tank be. It needs the most work.

I think I can get rid of the Selox name on them.
But I am certain both tanks are out of date and need tested.

These tanks belonged to some old man and when he died his wife gave them
to a friend of mine who just put them behind his barn. I saw them and asked
about them. He said if I could get them filled I could keep them.

Pooh Bear

 

[wushaw]

Acetylen is a dull red bottle.

 

[Dusty]

My acetylene is black. If the name is cast into the tank at the top flange, those are leased tanks and you should just give them back to the company that leased them. No one will fill a tank that belongs to another company. The tanks are also serial numbered and even if you grind the company markings from the tank, it will still be able to be identified. If the tanks have a paper label on them with the company name, then those are owned tanks and can be filled by anyone.
Dusty