TequilaBrad
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Sorry to drop in with a question right off the bat, but here goes. Though I am new to the forum, I am not new to diving, been certified over 20 years. Family, kids in school, then college, then marriage, stopped my diving. Now, three friends and myself are wanting to get back in the water.
On June 29th, we took our 12 old (that word is important) tanks in to Burleson Scuba, and Doug Tracey, for Hyrdo, VIP, and Eddy Current testing. We picked them up on June 30th, and they had all passed with flying colors.
The following Saturday, we all went to Clear Springs Scuba Park, and did a few dives.
On Sunday, July 8th, two of us went to Athens, to dive there. That is when things started to go badly. We paid admission, and went to fill our tanks, as they were empty from the day before. They carried them in, but the young man doing the fill looked at our tank numbers, and ran for his boss. An older man came out, and started giving us the riot act, for bringing the tanks in for a fill. He was telling us that he could believe we let his guy carry such dangerous tanks. We were shocked, our tanks had just undergone a thorough testing a week prior. He said he didn't care, those tanks were too dangerous, and we needed to either bleed them off RIGHT NOW, or leave the property, RIGHT NOW. We bled them off, and ended up renting tanks for the dive. He even gave us a list of tanks that are supposed to dangerous. If they pass, are they still dangerous?
We go back to talk to Doug Tracey. He tells us that if they passed ALL the tests, they should be safe to dive with. As I told Doug, he doesn't have a scuba park, and his store is a long drive back, each time we want a fill.
NOW MY QUESTION. There are four of us, we want to dive. We have old tanks. CERTIFIED SAFE, old tanks. We are just south of the Dallas/Ft Worth area. We are looking to do diving trips anywhere from 4 to 5 hours away from home.
I want to know if there are any scuba parks that are willing to let us dive with our old tanks, THEY PASSED. AND, if you will also be willing to fill our tanks when we need a fill.
I already know that Athens is now off our list of dive spots, using our tanks. Is anyone out there, that we can put ON our list?
Should we choose to do lake or river diving, are there any dive shops that will be willing to fill our tanks? Again, THEY PASSED!!!
I have spoken with The Dive Shop in San Marcos, and they are now on our list of" go to" shops. Is there anyone else?
I am posting this to both the scubaboard forum, and the scubatoys forum, so if some of you see it twice, I am sorry. I just want to get to the widest audience possible
Thank you,
Brad
On June 29th, we took our 12 old (that word is important) tanks in to Burleson Scuba, and Doug Tracey, for Hyrdo, VIP, and Eddy Current testing. We picked them up on June 30th, and they had all passed with flying colors.
The following Saturday, we all went to Clear Springs Scuba Park, and did a few dives.
On Sunday, July 8th, two of us went to Athens, to dive there. That is when things started to go badly. We paid admission, and went to fill our tanks, as they were empty from the day before. They carried them in, but the young man doing the fill looked at our tank numbers, and ran for his boss. An older man came out, and started giving us the riot act, for bringing the tanks in for a fill. He was telling us that he could believe we let his guy carry such dangerous tanks. We were shocked, our tanks had just undergone a thorough testing a week prior. He said he didn't care, those tanks were too dangerous, and we needed to either bleed them off RIGHT NOW, or leave the property, RIGHT NOW. We bled them off, and ended up renting tanks for the dive. He even gave us a list of tanks that are supposed to dangerous. If they pass, are they still dangerous?
We go back to talk to Doug Tracey. He tells us that if they passed ALL the tests, they should be safe to dive with. As I told Doug, he doesn't have a scuba park, and his store is a long drive back, each time we want a fill.
NOW MY QUESTION. There are four of us, we want to dive. We have old tanks. CERTIFIED SAFE, old tanks. We are just south of the Dallas/Ft Worth area. We are looking to do diving trips anywhere from 4 to 5 hours away from home.
I want to know if there are any scuba parks that are willing to let us dive with our old tanks, THEY PASSED. AND, if you will also be willing to fill our tanks when we need a fill.
I already know that Athens is now off our list of dive spots, using our tanks. Is anyone out there, that we can put ON our list?
Should we choose to do lake or river diving, are there any dive shops that will be willing to fill our tanks? Again, THEY PASSED!!!
I have spoken with The Dive Shop in San Marcos, and they are now on our list of" go to" shops. Is there anyone else?
I am posting this to both the scubaboard forum, and the scubatoys forum, so if some of you see it twice, I am sorry. I just want to get to the widest audience possible
Thank you,
Brad