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[tjkubota93]

Just saw this on Facebook... I guess it's his backup system to actually being sure the load is contained?
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I really can't stand seeing people doing things like that..................but that is hilarious. Maybe he was hoping the cops had a sense of humor.

 

[Jstpssng]

I'm not sure if it was safe or not; I saw a tandem axle trailer today loaded with a small generator, a big old arc welder, and a set of cutting torches in a stand, laying down with the regulators still attached, pointed directly toward the driver's head. I could be mistaken but always thought they were supposed to be standing up, with the gauges unattached.

 

[flyerdan]

Some times you need to move them laying down (think a small pickup with canopy topper), but they have to have no regulators attached and the protective caps on. It's advisable to let any cylinder transported laying down to stand upright for several hours before tapping, especially acetylene. I'd let them stand for a day.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Is it possible the tanks you saw were not oxy-acetyline tanks?

40 years ago when I went through votech metal/welding classes, they told us to *never* lay down an acetyline tank with the regulator on it. We were told if any liquid acetyline flows into the regulator, then BOOM, off goes the tank like a rocket. I was also always under the impression that it is illegal to transport welding tanks without the safety caps on (and regulators removed obviously).

If you do have to lay down an acetyline tank, with the regulator off, and safety cap on, you were supposed to roll it around on the ground first while it was still on it's side, then stand it up and let it sit over night before you took the cap off and put the regulator back on it.

Even if they were "empty", I wouldn't lay down an acetyline tank, even with the safety cap on.

 

[Jstpssng]

All that I know is it looked like a typical O-A setup, complete with hoses and gauges. I thought about a pic but I was parked next to them as they were getting gasoline at the local convenience store and some people don't take kindly to that.

 

[two_bit_score]

Here is our torch trailer.



Been using it that way for over 20 years.

 

[Redneck in training]

My first job was with a telecom. Telecom switches used have huge lead acid batteries. While working there I got occasional job helping the guy who repaired and installed the batteries. You might not know it but lead is welded by hydrogen/oxygen torch. One time we got a job to install two batteries in a large factory. We got two guys to help as move from one location to the other. Me and the boss carried the oxygen and the helpers the hydrogen. The boss told them to screw the safety covers on the bottle but the guy said it is easier to carry it without and put the cover in his pocket. While crossing railroad tracks one of the guys tripped and dropped it. The valve dropped right on the rail and broke off. The bottle took off like a rocket and entered a mechanical shop building making a hole in the brick wall about a foot in diameter. But it hit a work bench inside the shop and pushed it outside through the wall on the other side making a hole in it about a size of the garage door. Fortunately nobody got hurt but there were quite few sad faces looking at the disaster. So that is a story about carrying something wrong.

 

[tjkubota93]

My first job was with a telecom. Telecom switches used have huge lead acid batteries. While working there I got occasional job helping the guy who repaired and installed the batteries. You might not know it but lead is welded by hydrogen/oxygen torch. One time we got a job to install two batteries in a large factory. We got two guys to help as move from one location to the other. Me and the boss carried the oxygen and the helpers the hydrogen. The boss told them to screw the safety covers on the bottle but the guy said it is easier to carry it without and put the cover in his pocket. While crossing railroad tracks one of the guys tripped and dropped it. The valve dropped right on the rail and broke off. The bottle took off like a rocket and entered a mechanical shop building making a hole in the brick wall about a foot in diameter. But it hit a work bench inside the shop and pushed it outside through the wall on the other side making a hole in it about a size of the garage door. Fortunately nobody got hurt but there were quite few sad faces looking at the disaster. So that is a story about carrying something wrong.

Wow. Always wondered if it was that violent. Hope I never see that.

 

[Fallon]

Wow. Always wondered if it was that violent. Hope I never see that.

Myth (safely) confirmed... MythBusters: Air Cylinder Rocket - YouTube

 

[woody]

My first job was with a telecom. Telecom switches used have huge lead acid batteries. While working there I got occasional job helping the guy who repaired and installed the batteries. You might not know it but lead is welded by hydrogen/oxygen torch. One time we got a job to install two batteries in a large factory. We got two guys to help as move from one location to the other. Me and the boss carried the oxygen and the helpers the hydrogen. The boss told them to screw the safety covers on the bottle but the guy said it is easier to carry it without and put the cover in his pocket. While crossing railroad tracks one of the guys tripped and dropped it. The valve dropped right on the rail and broke off. The bottle took off like a rocket and entered a mechanical shop building making a hole in the brick wall about a foot in diameter. But it hit a work bench inside the shop and pushed it outside through the wall on the other side making a hole in it about a size of the garage door. Fortunately nobody got hurt but there were quite few sad faces looking at the disaster. So that is a story about carrying something wrong.

I got a job at a fab shop when I was about 20 years old and with in the first week there I asked a coworker about a hole in the back wall of the building. he said that a person that no longer worked there failed to tie off an oxygen bottle and it fell over broke the valve off and on it's way out the back wall passed several workers and equipment but not hitting anyone. they refused to repair the hole for training purposes