cylinder wheels?

[Ann Marie]

I once saw a guy that had made a tank carrier. It was made of metal and had a long enough handle so that he could easily carry the cylinder behind him. The cylinder fit into a cup type holder on the bottom. It had good size wheels and a strap that would keep the cylinder in place.

At the time, I was taking a ferry across from Long Beach, CA to Catalina. Carting your cylinder is a pain going across. I wish I had gotten his name and number because I would have paid to have him make one.

 

[cra2]

Don, do you have a picture of your contraption?

I bought a cheap hand truck at Northern, added two more wheels inside the frame, (I got one with a removeable axle just for that reason.) and now I have a beach handtruck for diving and fishing. Four ten-inch wheels can carry quite a load in sand.

 

[D_B]

Here's how I get my stuff to Catalina, a Stanely 24 gal #29005 rolling tool chest, fits in the hold, and have carried two al80's strapped to the top (HP100 in pic, use ratchet tiedown and rubber floor mat under tank = no slipping) I just put tank back on after arrival

 

[Sam Miller III]

I once saw a guy that had made a tank carrier. It was made of metal and had a long enough handle so that he could easily carry the cylinder behind him. The cylinder fit into a cup type holder on the bottom. It had good size wheels and a strap that would keep the cylinder in place.

At the time, I was taking a ferry across from Long Beach, CA to Catalina. Carting your cylinder is a pain going across. I wish I had gotten his name and number because I would have paid to have him make one.

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I developed and manufactured a tank carrier which gained a certain amount of popularity with divers in the Orange County California area. This was about 25 years perhaps as long as 35 years ago (maybe even longer ago) when Scuba tanks were 70 or 72s and the larger 80s were just becoming popular.

It was constructed from 1/2 square tubing which had been black powder coated. the tank set in a cradle and was held in place by a single strap. The handle was a telescoping type that extended and locked in varrious locations. Two special features were the hooks for other equipment and a curved hook arrangement that allowed the unit to be strapped and stored on the outside of the gunnels when not in use.

I shopped them to the OC diving manufactures of the area; US Divers, Voit, I think Sea Tec and or Ocean Quest. All signed non disclosures and demonstrated interest, however they were expensive to locally produce, therefore, the unit cost would be excessive. I investigated using Ruben Pena's Miquilliadoes and even the far east as possible source of manufacture. Some where along the line I lost interest and devoted my effort to a more productive activity

I made a number of them which were marketed locally and I would assume there are possibly a few remaining in LA OC and SD areas.

I have one remaining in my dive locker, If any one is interested I will sell it for cost which is $35.00 plus S&H. PM if interested.

sdm

 

[CompuDude]

Got a pic, Sam?

 

[grandpoobah]

I think if the wheels were be enogh to roll well, then the issue would be fitting the tanks on the boat with big wheels on the side. moving it from car to boat on the dolly seems to be the best bet.

 

[Ann Marie]

Here are photo of Sam Miller's cylinder cycle!

He's got it if anyone is interested in purchasing it!

 

[dannobee]

Why couldn't you just use one of those fold up golf bag carriers? They already have big wheels, a strap, and a round bottom. Seems like you could move the upper bracket down to fit a scuba tank, then call it good. Maybe even add something to hang your bc and other stuff on?

Or keeping with the golf theme, an electric golf cart. You know, the four wheeled kind, with cup holders and a roof for shade?

 

[CompuDude]

I'd think a little hand truck (which is basically Sam's thing, I guess) would do the job just as well, although with a single tank, Sam's custom hand truck would have no rolling and need no straps. A regular hand truck (with a bungee strap to hold things in place) would work well for both singles and doubles, however.

Sam's cart certainly is priced right, however, and if you're only moving one tank seems like a great idea. Will larger (8") tanks fit it if it was originally built with 72's in mind? Ann Marie, is that what you were describing above?

 

[mike_s]

First time I watched my wife try to haul her dive bag and her two tanks from the car, I thought to myself...
"why don't they have little 1-2" wheels built into the plastic foot of the cylinders just like they have on luggage?"
Then, you could just tip the tank back and drag it behind you, if you were too tired/weak to lift it.
And they'd be so small/light/cheap, they'd just be integrated into one side of the plastic foot that's already there.

Does anything like that exist?

You used to could buy them out of the SkyMall catalog I think for $49 bucks.

they must have really sucked because now you can buy them from overstock.com for $11 bucks.


see http://www.overstock.com//Scuba-Tank-n-Tow/1135978/product.html?cid=82124