What part of it is a crock? I know a guy quite well who lost his brother in an MVA... where the cause of death was an O2 cylinder coming through the cab and killing him after the neck was smashed off in a collision. I know of another well known instance in the area where a forklift in a shop knocked over an uncapped full cylinder, broke the neck off and it went through a brick wall and landed out in the street... and I know of another instance where students in a Heavy Equipment repair school shop, left unattended at the time.... though hey... wonder how far a cylinder would go if we knocked the head off... So they laid it on it's side and took the neck off with a 10# sledge. A very good friend of mine was present for that. It went 200 feet across the parking lot, hit the ditch, flipped up into the field beyond and proceeded to skate around in circles and figure 8's as it went. The whistle it made was unbelivable.... That was in the early 80's so they got away with it.... not so much today.
DON'T MESS WITH CYLINDERS. Haul them upright if at all possible and if not, at least keep them capped and the valve facing the cab so they don't go through the cab. One thing I will say tho... all of the cylinders in these situations were uncapped.
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Today's Featured Article - Madison's County - by Anthony West. Philip Madison has been a good friend of mine for quite some time. He has patiently suffered my incessant chit chat on the subject of tractors for longer than I care to remember, and on many occasions he has put himself out, dropped what ever it was he was doing, to come and lend a hand cranking handles, or loading a find onto a trailer. Although he himself has never actually owned or restored a tractor, he was always enthusiastic and always around helping with other peoples projects.
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