boston area AL tank recycling

[Damselfish]

Someone gave me a couple AL80s long out of hydro, in quite nice cosmetic shape. Neither should be 6351 but they're of the vintage I may decide to dump one or both anyway. If I decide to scrap, anybody know any recycling places west of Boston that buy them? I googled around and couldn't find a a place.

(Unless someone is interested - 89 Catalina with a Catalina valve that seems in good shape, no air in the tank when I got it. 2/90 Luxfer with a mystery valve that is frozen and looks a little corroded onto the tank, not sure if there's air in it. I haven't tried to mess with either yet.)

 

[Stu S.]

The best recycling for those is to put them back into service. You should have no trouble finding takers.

 

[SteveAD]

They are both serviceable as far as the alloy is concerned. get them hydroed, repair or replace the bad valve, and keep them in service.

As far as salvage facilities, I just brought a bunch of failed tanks to Nichols salvage (978-388-4129) in amesbury, got $.60 per pound for the aluminum.