Fake Hydro Stamp? Please look at my stamp and give opinions.

[noj3333]

So I have two tanks that I'd like to sell. I bought them used (here on SB), with a condition that they would pass hydro. The seller took them to his local shop, and they passed, and I paid him for the tanks (and the shop for the hydro).

Now I'm selling the tanks and a comment was made that the stamp is not real, or that there's some other issue with it. After looking at the stamp again, I can see how it's different then the other older stamps.

What's the experts opinions?

 

[noj3333]

I'm feeling a little bit uneasy. These were bought as a package, with an AL40 as well. The picture below is of the AL... all three stamps are different...

 

[lord1234]

Note the H557 marking:
PHMSA - Compressed Gas - Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders

I don't think the marks are fake, but I suggest taking them to your local hydro shop if you are that worried.

 

[noj3333]

Issue is I bought these tanks in Boston MA, and I live in Albany NY. A few hours drive.

 

[lord1234]

What's your life worth? Feel free to bring em to a local hydro shop. Also if you bought in Boston, reach out to some of the local divers in the Boston area(there are quite a few) who might be able to vouch for this person's veracity...Also it seems these were hydros in September of Last year...why are you just now looking into this?

 

[ScubaSteve858]

Issue is I bought these tanks in Boston MA, and I live in Albany NY. A few hours drive.

I took pictures of my 3 pst hp100 Hydro stamps for you to compare. I will say that I've never seen a stamp without the RIN in between. The stamps also look really sloppy. A shop that performs hydrostatic testing should be pretty good at stamping as it is a serious certification. I'm not an expert but those stamps are sketchy.

 

[Wookie]

Retester A021 is RW Fire Protection Inc, DBA Gorham Fire Appliance Company, 228 Williard St., Quincy, Ma 02169. Seems legit.

https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/PHMSA/DownloadableFiles/Files/Cylinder_Retest/cylid_a.pdf

 

[noj3333]

What's your life worth? Feel free to bring em to a local hydro shop. Also if you bought in Boston, reach out to some of the local divers in the Boston area(there are quite a few) who might be able to vouch for this person's veracity...Also it seems these were hydros in September of Last year...why are you just now looking into this?

I'm just posting about this now because I was going to sell the tanks (on SB) and someone commented about the stamp. I've a very new diver, and or all the ways to get ripped off I didn't think a fake hydro stamp was one of them.

I just reached out to the shop who I paid to have the hydro done at. I'm curious what they have to say. The reason the sale went down like this is because I bought the tanks without a current hydro. The seller said they would pass, he took them to his shop, they passed, I paid him, and drove out to get the tanks, paying the shop when I got there.

 

[ScubaSteve858]

Retester A021 is RW Fire Protection Inc, DBA Gorham Fire Appliance Company, 228 Williard St., Quincy, Ma 02169. Seems legit.

https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/PHMSA/DownloadableFiles/Files/Cylinder_Retest/cylid_a.pdf

I don't see where you are reading A021.. lol

 

[noj3333]

@Wookie the AL40 seems legit... what about the other stamps, the ones on the steel tanks?