Did our First Storage Units Today!

**Steel-toe** · 07-07-2011, 11:23 AM

I have gone to a few of those storage auctions. They are pretty cool. I have never actually won a unit but came close a couple times before it went a little over my maximum. A few weeks ago there was a unit with a set of oxy/acetylene tanks I didnt see any torch tips but there were some boxes so I was gonna take a chance until some punk kid kept bidding me up and the only other thing in the unit was a cheap first act drum set so I dropped out. I guess its just my gambling nature that makes me keep going back.

**CLR Solutions** · 07-07-2011, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Steel-toe

I have gone to a few of those storage auctions. They are pretty cool. I have never actually won a unit but came close a couple times before it went a little over my maximum. A few weeks ago there was a unit with a set of oxy/acetylene tanks I didnt see any torch tips but there were some boxes so I was gonna take a chance until some punk kid kept bidding me up and the only other thing in the unit was a cheap first act drum set so I dropped out. I guess its just my gambling nature that makes me keep going back.

Good thing you didnt win that auction. The laws post 9/11 regarding bottle gas tanks have gotten much stricter. You would need actual proof of ownership of those tanks to get them filled at any welding supply. Also if the tanks are older they need to be pressure tested and checked for microscopic cracks. High pressure tanks have a limited service life and need to be swapped out at a maintenance interval.

**dherik** · 07-07-2011, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by CLR Solutions

Good thing you didnt win that auction. The laws post 9/11 regarding bottle gas tanks have gotten much stricter. You would need actual proof of ownership of those tanks to get them filled at any welding supply. Also if the tanks are older they need to be pressure tested and checked for microscopic cracks. High pressure tanks have a limited service life and need to be swapped out at a maintenance interval.

I don't think airgas has EVER asked for proof of ownership when I have taken tanks in to be filled.

**CLR Solutions** · 07-07-2011, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by dherik

I don't think airgas has EVER asked for proof of ownership when I have taken tanks in to be filled.

Maybe its a regional thing. Around here you cant take a tank from airgas to a praxair location to be filled. If the tank is leased you need paperwork showing that you are the lessee. If you cant provide proof of ownership they assume the tank is stolen and try to report you.

**dherik** · 07-07-2011, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by CLR Solutions

Maybe its a regional thing. Around here you cant take a tank from airgas to a praxair location to be filled. If the tank is leased you need paperwork showing that you are the lessee. If you cant provide proof of ownership they assume the tank is stolen and try to report you.

It must be a regional thing. That's just silly if you ask me. They have leak checked a couple of my tanks before, but never anything like that. hell I think I've got tanks with other companies stickers on them.

**CLR Solutions** · 07-07-2011, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by dherik

It must be a regional thing. That's just silly if you ask me. They have leak checked a couple of my tanks before, but never anything like that. hell I think I've got tanks with other companies stickers on them.

I agree. It is just what I have encountered in the past. I now just have leased tanks from one company that they switch out every 3 years and there is no issue.