Cylinder lease question

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(09-23-2019, 08:44 AM)TomG Wrote: Why do you lease at all?

Tom

Because size matters.  

30 years ago welding supply places around here stopped "selling" anyone a cylinder over a certain size (usually 40 cu. ft.). Your only option to get a larger tank is to lease them now. Getting small cylinders filled costs 2 - 3 time more to fill than a large cylinder and you end up having to fill them more often.

But since I don't do near as much welding as I used to I did buy a couple of smaller 80 cu. ft. cylinders (from a different company of course) to use so I can get rid of these large leased tanks once and for all.

My large oxy/acet tanks I bought many, many years ago (different welding supply no longer in existence) I have an actual title for. Never been a problem getting them exchanged. Don't have to pay any extortion money... um, er, "maintenance fees". But then I've never taken them to the   place I'm having to deal with now. Same for all my other assorted small cylinders I own.

The only reason I went there for the large tanks is because they are the closest to me.