Date:         Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:31:00 -0800
Reply-To:     David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
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From:         David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon welding and Argon prices
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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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
> 
>

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