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37chief

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I took my oxygen bottle in for a exchange yesterday. first thing he says is that is not our bottle, and it's out of date. I said it is yours because this is where I always exchange by bottles. He says it's not ours. I said it is. This went on a couple more times. Then I saw the old sticker L&V Welding. A shop that went out of business. Oops. You are right it is not your tank. I bought a extra torch set up a couple years ago and this tank came with it. After we settled down. He wanted 21.00 to certify the tank. So that's what I did. They took my tank and gave me another full one. Now just how do they certify my old tank? What happens if it's no good? Do they just take the loss? Now I still have a extra oxygen bottle.Stan
 
Big of you to admit that. It happens to me from time to time. I guess it's senior citizen syndrome. Embarrasses me big time when it happens and each time causes me to be more careful the next time.

Don't know what to do about it. Just do some checking first I guess. I have started doing more of that and have caught myself redhanded swearing to something when something else was the fact. Time to slow down I guess.

Mark
 
I would guess that if a tank does not have external damage with no signs of rust it would be a very slim chance of a failure. I have always thought that anymore time that it would take to test a tank the cost was a little high. I guess just another tax.
 
I bought an old tank at an estate sale one time. You used to could get them filled locally in that they filled your actual tank, no exchange.

It was a couple decades out of date but they exchanged it with no problem.

Tank before last that I had was made in 1916, still going strong. Had all the test dates on the side, ICC numbers and all. The only gap in the test dates was during WWII.
 
I have a tank that won't pass the test. Well, it might pass but they won't test it because the bottom is worn flat, I mean really flat! From the outside edge to where it starts the concave part in the middle it's flat for about two inches. I figure this bottle has set on some moving apparatus and wasn't ever secured, wearing out like that. It was given to me years ago with and old set of torches. One of them was about four feet long from the handle to the tip. Railroad stuff??? Dunno, but I finally plumbed it inline with my air compressor, adding another 30 or 40 gallons to the overall capacity. Yeah, I know it might bring more for scrap but I try to make useful junk out of old junk...
 
37Chief,
I own my small ft tall tanks. I had the exact same thing happen. It took me 5 years to run out of acetylene. Take the tank in to get it refill. Company changed name. My old tank had a welded ring in bottom. They said I'm not in their computer. I went home and brought back old receipt. I showed them, look see my last name is CASH, first name is JOHNNY. Well, That wasn't good enough. They said I have to sigh a lease and pay rent or buy a small 3 ft tall tank. I bought a new tank. They wanted me to leave old tank. I said, no you have no record this is your tank.

I went all over town, no one will fill old style tank. What do I do with it?
George
 
I have been exchanging my tanks at the same place for years. I don't use them as much as I used to so now I ask him to give me the tanks with the longest down the road date. Always really nice about it.
 
The oldest tank I ever had was dated 1928 (earliest date I could read) and had the neck ring that said US ARMY on it. It didn't look all that bad either. I had wondered about it's history as well. It had lots of test marks on it and as I recall had always been in date. Until I had it... Like another poster, I ask for the longest dated cylinders they have because of my "heavy" usage of maybe a bottle every 7 or 8 years.
 
Makes me feel better about a couple bottles I picked up that are 20 years out of date and made in the 60s... The welding shop told me to bring them in and they would take a look.
 
I have a couple of smaller oxygen tanks that no one will fill or exchange. I lease a large tank and use a pigtail to transfer into the smaller tanks which I use to move around on the cart and for reserve storage.
 
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