New Welder

[Vinny]

I had a brand new CO2 tank I used for beer. I forgot to shut off the tank a number of times and it ran out, so I took it to the local welding gas shop. The replaced it with a full old beat up tank. I asked them what happened to my new tank and they said "don't worry about it. We'll keep replacing the tanks you bought in." Then they closed, but since they had a number of other stores I just went to another one. After about 3-4 years I brought one in and they told me it was outta hydro and it'd cost me extra. So I went thru the whole story about how I started with a new tank, ... , and the guy marked the replacement tank and told me to only bring it back there and I'd never have to worry about hydro.

Now they've been bought out by airgas but I still have alot of gas in that last tank (it's on the mig right now). Another tank I have here (old co2 tank, well outta hydro) they told me I could bring it in, pay $75 and get the next size larger (10#) filled with the Argon/CO2 mix. Sounds fair to me, but I haven't done it yet. Something else always comes up reaching for my extra cash instead.