Paulmal
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You've got me beat. I won't pick up in FL, don't need them that bad!
I'll take them, I live in Fl so the pick up. Is no problem.
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You've got me beat. I won't pick up in FL, don't need them that bad!
Bit of a hijack here but WOW.....how much did that cost?
Bit of a hijack here but WOW.....how much did that cost?
Breaking news that a compressor operator at Amigos del Mar dive shop was killed this afternoon when a tank he was filling exploded. More news as it comes.
Proper inspections, at proper intervals, should prevent explosions from occurring during the filling process. That's why the inspections are being done. These inspections include visual inspections, hydrostatic testing, and eddy current testing. There are rare exceptions (like the cylinder with slag).
FYI, we call visual inspections "annuals," but the actual recommended frequency of visual inspections can be more frequent than annually (e.g., a busy dive shop should be doing visual inspections at least as often as quarterly).
I personally no longer keep aluminum tanks that are older than two hydros because of my belief that the repetative filling cycles cause too much stress and wear on a soft metal tank made of aluminum.
I certainly hope you drive to all your dives as you might be surprised at the age of some aircraft and how many cycles and the stress the aluminum wings and body are subjected to. BTW I hear Henny calling ...
Whenever I need to sell any 15 year old tanks I know I can count on you to buy them off me so that I can keep getting newer ones. :cool2:
I pay an average of $130 per tank and use it for 15 years (that's two hydros during my ownership) and then I sell it for an average of $75, so that means that it has cost me around $55 + $30 per hydro = $7.70 per year to own fairly new tanks.
With the money I make off selling OLD tanks to you I can now buy NEW tanks for only $55 out of pocket and I have the peace of mind of having a new tank.
And for that, I thank you, my family thanks you and my dive buddies thank you.
And as a pilot I am fully aware of the t/o and landing cycle stress that my aircraft is under, but the testing procedure for an aircraft is not to stress it out to see if it fails.
For the record I trust an aluminum built aircraft way more than I trust composites.
Note to self:
SB members to sell my 15 year old tanks to for quick sale -
- Notso_Ken
- PfcAJ
- Paulmal
- Scared Silly
I had several criticizing my 15 year use of my personal tanks and most if not all said they would take them, so my going rate for used tanks is $75.I must have missed the reply where anyone offered you $75 for your used tanks!