old tanks..

[Mobius1]

Can you take an old tank and turn it in to a local can reclamation place for some money?

i know you can for some of the older brass valves.

just curious.

 

[d33ps1x]

Any idustrial scrap place will take it but you are talking not much money for the aluminum in a tank. To them it's just material.

Brass is worth significantly more.

 

[pipedope]

Are made from old tanks.

You can DIY or take them to artists that do metal and have some cool instead of them just being recycled.

Anybody in FL want to get rid of some old tanks?

 

[pasley]

I have never done it, but and AL 80 tank should weigh about 32 to 34 pounds empty. I called my local recycling center and todays quote is $0.30, maybe more, maybe less depending upon where you go. So that makes the tank worth about $10.00. They were also interested in if the metal was clean or dirty (more for clean) and wanted me to cut the tank in half first.

 

[d33ps1x]

Yah. Even virgin aluminum scrap from the aero industry is more or less worthless in small quantities. Not worth the gas to bring it to the scrappers.

Better used as wind chimes.

 

[bgbill]

A friend of mine recently took about 30 al80's to the scrap yard, he got $20.00 each.

 

[d33ps1x]

Great price. Must have had a use for them other than recycling.

 

[bgbill]

They must have a certain amount of scrap value, that is why Luxfer wants them returned.

I think that Luxfer is screwing people, when they originally sold the tanks, they had a lifetime warranty.

 

[427HEVN]

from what Luxfer says if you call them, the lifetime warranty was put out under US Divers (not Luxfer) and is still honored!

Doesn't sound like a screw job to me.