Washington/Oregon Craigslist bargain for somebody.

[olkev]

Hopefully, they're still available. USD triples for $25. I'm not going to make a 160 mile drive to buy some tanks I'll likely never use. I'm really tempted, but getting these hydroed and filled will probably be too much of a hassle. Fantastic deal for someone though.

Triple 30 Dive Tanks

That manifold alone is well worth the $25, and then some! Those tanks bay be the the 6351 but that setup came out around 1988. It does not have the first stage regulator built into it. The yoke is not centered but offset to the right side. You can put whatever reg on it you want. 3x40cu ft = 120 cu ft of air at 3000psi. Retail on it was about $900 I think.

Jean Michel Cousteau Ocean adventures team is currently diving with this setup. They have custom outer shells now and a custom BC but, those are the tanks and the manifold. That manifold alone sold for $265 in 2007.

 

[captain]

Not for them. Sure, triples of any kind are inherently cool, but I'm almost positive these are 6351 tanks, which means either I buy 3 new tanks or I fill them with a whip off my other tanks. Plus, I've never been crazy about the offset valve or the angled manifold used on these. I just didn't want these bad enough to make them worth the gas, time, hydro costs and hassle.

Now if those had been 50's or 60's era triples I would have gladly driven a 400 mile trip and I wouldn't have posted here until I had them home.

I get that. I just got the impression you wanted them but were unwilling to make a 160 mile trip. I drive 80 miles one way to eat at a particular restaurant.

 

[Airleron]

Stop it Captain, now you have me considering calling that guy
I did. He's away on a trip at the moment and told me to call back monday. He sounded a little tipsy actually.


Lisa, the UDS 1 was manufactured by US Divers and had triple tanks, but with an integrated aluminum manifold/first stage/tank filling system. It had a built in J valve reserve. Complex and very proprietary in nature. The tanks have 1" valve openings so only those tanks can be used with it. It's the system I'm talking about restoring on the other site. Cool but short sighted in many ways as most proprietary systems are.

The ABS triple system was also manufactured by US Divers but used a more traditional chrome over brass solid manifold with a yoke connection on the right hand side and no built in reserve. You could throw any reg set on it but a DH would need offset hoses as the yoke is skewed to the right. The tanks were 3/4" so any modern tank could also be fitted to it.

Another one of the clamshell styles one might see is the RAID double tank system by Technisub. I believe the tanks are not standard 72's (could be corrected on that) and the manifold system is also proprietary and quite complex. Ryan at Flashback SCUBA (Sea Explorer on the other site) gave me a good look through of this system at last years Tacoma dive expo.

Some other clamshell systems are the Watergill ATPAC and Dacor Nautilus as well as the Scubapro Scuba System.

Ryan also showed me a double tank clamshell Cousteau system (the one with the DH mounted on the chest) that he recreated himself from the original. I forget the name but the rig, and the story of its build, was amazing.

The clamshells are very cool and I think they may have suffered an early demise due to the "mainstreaming" of diving to the masses. This meant more rental/vacation divers who probably didn't have the time or need to understand or care for "all in one" systems.

Of course, the "all in one" recreational rebreathers are becoming quite popular now.

Thank you Canada. Please post pics along the way of your rebuild, when its complete and of course, in action. I'd like to get an idea of the size of the set up. You also need one of those wetsuits with the yellow stripe, like the Cousteaus. Righteous!