The welding shop down the way pays like $10 a year for tank rental, which I would call reasonable. Do you have a deposit on any of these tanks or do you own them? David Marshall VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider http://www.hasenwerk.ca On Wed, November 12, 2008 18:09, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > > I'm not paying any yearly rental fee on any of the 3 welding tanks I use, > one of which is Argon/CO2 I believe. > ( and that one sure isn't anything like 150 bucks to refill, not unless > it's > gone up drastically recently ) > what's up with the yearly rental fee deal ? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Marshall" <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:53 PM > Subject: Vanagon welding and Argon prices > > > I am going to build a bull bar this weekend and my argon tank for my TIG > welder [Miller SyncroWave 180] is almost empty. > > Air > Liquide is charging $76 a year for tank rent and $155 for a fill > BOC > / Linde is $106 a year for tank and $145 for a fill > > The welding > shop down the road gets their tanks for $90 a fill from A.L. and they go > thru about a tank a week... I go through maybe two tanks a year. > This is the BIG tank here... > > I know this is a lot of they don't > want to deal with the little guy, but what are other prices out > there? > > David Marshall > VW Adventure Driver and BMW > Adventure Rider > > http://www.hasenwerk.ca > > ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON in the + + body of the message. + ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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