Transporting Scuba Tanks in a Vehicle

[GatorKev]

A while back on the Discovery Channel the MythBusters confirmed that a tank that has it's valve sheered off will become a rocket. In the test they wacked a valve off a tank and it went rocketing accross a room and through a cinder block wall and then into another wall behind that. Graned the test was done with one of those large CO2 tanks. They also tried shooting an AL 80cu scuba tank to see if it would explode and it didn't.

I took a first responder course (medic course) a few years back and they showed us what can happen to an oxygen tank when the valve sheers off. Yes it does become a rocket and that was only on a small tank, about the size of a pony bottle... Could be very dangerous but it sure is amazing to watch...

 

[Bowzer]

Posed the same question a year or so ago, got the same answers. Got a Toyota van and found that if I leave the rear seat up, the tanks fit in the well the seat folds into. I can get four or possibly six. (mix of LP85 and HP80) Use a couple of ratchet hold downs over the top and they aren't going anywhere.

 

[scubafire]

I just tie a rope around mine and drag them behind the car. Saves room inside.