DBLAZER
1/2 ton status
NO BIGGIE AT ALL!!!!
CK5
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OBA with Scuba Tank
- Thread starter txfireman110
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darkshadow
1 ton status
i would not be worryed about gas leaking out if you have the travle gard on a bottle nothen is gunna get it off, so when you need it you can screew it off and then put your regulator on, i have seen a full o2 bottle knocked off a loading dock, first i tryed to grab it then dove for cover. thankfully it had its cap on and it took the drop on concreat. so i would not worry about that much, bolt some hold downs for it and your laghing. /forums/images/graemlins/woot.gif
84gmcjimmy
1 ton status
Another reason to say your a crazy man darkshadow /forums/images/graemlins/yikes.gif
az-k5
1/2 ton status
I have a worry along the lines of storage. Where can it safely be when not in use? In the non-cooled garage, in the house, backyard shed? Also, being in AZ and wheeling an open K5 I was wondering how bad it is for the tank to be in direct sun all day (or for a whole weekend)? I know the welding shops leave their tanks on the dock, and the welding trucks aroung town have them on top of the tool boxes, I am just trying to play it safe.
Our fleet mechanic suggested this. He's been diving for a long time. I'm a certified diver, but if you get a SCBA, no "U", tank- the ones for firefighters- scuba shops will fill it for you. The set-ups are different. I have a set of SCBA's for work, and I had no problem getting them filled. Never got carded /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif If you shop for a used one, it's around $50. Try even city, state, and county auctions.
fad2blk99
1/2 ton status
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Too high of pressure to be safe inside a vehicle if you ask me, especially one to be used off road.
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Not sure about liquid CO2, but liquid oxygen at about 70 degrees ambient air temp only pressurizes to around 300 or so psi Appaerntly thats all it needs to keep it in a liquid state). I don't think CO2 is that high.
And of course, not that 300psi is nothing to laugh at.
Too high of pressure to be safe inside a vehicle if you ask me, especially one to be used off road.
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Not sure about liquid CO2, but liquid oxygen at about 70 degrees ambient air temp only pressurizes to around 300 or so psi Appaerntly thats all it needs to keep it in a liquid state). I don't think CO2 is that high.
And of course, not that 300psi is nothing to laugh at.
fad2blk99
1/2 ton status
I don't think CO2 lasts longer than any of the others, its just the cheapest of the inert gases to get in liquid form.
TrcksR4ME
1/2 ton status
I seem to recall that Co2 expands when it gets hot, but I don't know if that would cause a problem /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
camok10
1/2 ton status
you can get tanks filled if you are not certified. I am not and i do it all the time. DO NOT PUT CO2 IN THE AIR TANK IF YOU EVER WANT TO PUT AIR IN IT AGAIN! it will weaken it, and bada things can happen. also if you are going to use co2, make sure that the bottle sits upright and does not have a internal bottom feed tube. you dont want to accidently put a little liquid co2 into tires or anything else for that matter, cause when it expands, you can have mucho problems.
have a nice day.
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alex.
have a nice day.
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alex.
