omg - these are heavy!

[mynamehere]

I have been borrowing double HP 100's - and find them to be annoyingly heavy - especially for those long walks....

ok, so i AM a chic....but not a sissy.

My (cave) instructor says double 80's arent big enough. And that i have to buy hundreds.

and how much less do they (double 80's) weigh?
how much do hundreds weigh?

How am i supposed to lift them up on to my tail gate when they get filled?
I hate asking for help, but dont want to carry them.



maybe i AM a sissy.

 

[Txfirefighter4305]

How about a rolling luggage carrier of some sort? Or a lightweight two wheel dolly, or shoot iy you have a truck, get a nice big one with off road wheels.

As for lifting, look into one of those wheelchair lifts you see in the backs of pickups. That would most certainly work.

I can come up with a thousand ideas, let me know if you need anything else.

 

[Bobbin-along]

The hp100's from worthington are within a pound of an aluminum 80 so about 35lbs empty.

The hp80's from worthington are around 28-29 lbs empty IIRC.

lifting from the gound to a tailgate is a big mass to be doing. Generally we plan our transits like this:

Open tailgate before heading into shop to make sure there is a spot on the table at the fill station.

Bring doubles set in by putting arms through harness and carrying in front of us.

Set on table. remove plate and take with.
Then when picking up, we make sure tailgate is down-->go in and complete transaction-->put plate on tanks and schlep to truck.

This system may or may not work for everyone, but it does for us.

 

[piikki]

Check out different tank weights for example in here:

TECHDIVINGLIMITED.COM

Then get one of these to make life easier:

Purchase Folding Hand Carts, Collapsible Aluminum Luggage Cart, Overhead Luggage Push Carts, Portable Folding Hand Cart At Globalindustrial.Com.

Takes a set of dubs easily, and folds nicely to stay in car.

 

[BabyDuck]

also, once you get through class you might find a constant buddy who has a similar sac/rmv and also wishes to wear 80s/85s. so you only have to 'suck it up' through class and if your buddy wants to dive big tanks.

 

[Kingmob3]

another option to go with a two wheeled dolly is a set of the ATV/Dog ramps for SUV/Pick up's.
Allen

 

[shoredivr]

I've actually found my double HP100's to be less heavy as time goes by. I use the folding handcart.

 

[mynamehere]

thanks for the ideas.

i am going to try and suck it up.

maybe hit the gym. (hahahahahha)

and I am definately going to buy the hand cart.

 

[JahJahwarrior]

Dive shop I give my business to has their air fill stuff outside, you can back your truck or car up, and drag the hose over to fill

 

[mynamehere]

oh, and my dive buddy and i are almost always within a hundred pounds of each other. But she handles the hundreds better than i do. she would laugh at me if i mentioned going to 80's.