I know I saw this posted recently but could not find it with the search.
I am replacing my gas tank and don't know what to do with the old one. I have let it sit with water in it but it still has fumes.
Can it be put in the trash? taken to a scrap yard?
any suggestions?

I think I would rinse it out with some soapy water, possibly dishwashing liquid. That should get rid of any danger then deposit it in a trash dumpster that takes that kind of thing.
Jody

K_Janisch

If you are unable to get gid of it let me know. I have a junk pile at the farm that we throw our
unusable items into. I work in Lee's Summit, so if needed we can meet.

Mike

thanks Mike
I might take you up on that. I'll put some soapy water in it tonight.

Take it to your local Pick A Part late at night chuck it over the fence and run like heck!!! :eek: Actually I asked the guys at Pick and they let me throw it in their scrap pile when they were open.

Most any of the junk yards (not auto salvage yards) will take them if you chop big holes in them
We have to do the same with our old refrigerant tanks

bring it to me and I'll haul it off with my next load of old water heaters and A/C units

Where's ol' Patter when you need him. I'm sure he'd make a great Friday nite extravaganza out of this. Stuff a gas filled rag into it and a streem of fuel, lite a match and see how high it'll go. graemlins/clonk.gif

Hay... Hold my beer and watch this!!! :D
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We have to do the same with our old refrigerant tanks Do you work in the heating and air business? It's not often I see another of my kind on an automotive board.

Originally posted by Joey-T:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> We have to do the same with our old refrigerant tanks Do you work in the heating and air business? It's not often I see another of my kind on an automotive board. </font>[/QUOTE]I've been in the business since 1960 and had a small HVAC, plumbing & electrical service company since 1973 but recently simi retired and pretty much turned the business over to my son

A & A Airconditioning, Plumbing, Heating & Electric (http://aaaircond.com/)

I am the son (one of the sons) in a family-owned business. Dad has talked about retiring a few times, but he's one of those workoholics that probably wouldn't quit until he dies. He has talked of maybe going another 10 or so years, but I'm in my 30's now- I'd be ready to retire by the time he decides to. Even though I have been with the company since I got out of the Marines in 95, I still don't think I want to do this the rest of my working life. HVAC/plumbing work is rough on the body.

Back to the topic though, we also punch holes in our freon cans. We have an area behind the shop where we dump all of our metal- then various scrap collectors show up and take it (we save and sell the copper ourselves though- it funds our Christmas party). I have punched holes in quite a few automotive gas tanks and threw them out there and someone always takes them. I only rinse them out once and they still smell, so it must not matter much to the scrap people.

Hard on the body is right !
Pulling calcium/lime logged water heaters up steps, lifting condensing units and trying to loosen old old pipes while in very awkward positions really kills the back after a few years

I wouldn't give my grandson a job because I didn't want him getting into this business but it was all I had to offer my son at the time and I had started teaching him when he was 10 years old
(he's 43 now)

I've been sleeping with a heating pad on my back for a month now (trying to sleep that is)

With the hot weather we've been swamped and I've been helping out with installs lately
Today we had to lift a 4 ton unit over the top of the bushes and lift the new unit back over
My helper is my 68 or 69 year old brother in-law
Younger guys don't want to work anymore, they're only interested in parties and pay checks

You probably enjoy being with your dad and I know he enjoys working with you but if I were you I would get out of this business and find something that isn't so hard on the back and pays a heck of a lot more, especially since Home Depot and the utility companys are starting to take over the HVAC business

What part of the country are you in?

I'm in central Indiana, in a dying county. There isn't much left here for good paying jobs. We just had a new Home Depot open up right beside a Lowes, so I wonder what impact it will have on us. We are fortunate to be a subcontractor/warehouser for America's Water Heater Rentals, so we do OK in water heaters as far as trying to hang with the chain stores. On the other side of the coin, the rental units are Sepco Conservation series, which are concrete lined (in sizes 50, 80, 100 and 120 gallons). We're talking 450-550 lbs EMPTY. We have removed some of these that were limed up in basements.

Younger guys don't want to work anymore, they're only interested in parties and pay checks AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH! We have two early-20's guys who are all about getting off early, showing up late, and skipping days. But we can't hardly find anyone to work, and when we do, they don't last long. In our shop, you can get raises by passing the RSES class, passing the manual D, or any other number of classes/exams offered. No one wants to, because that would mean studying on your own time.

I seen on your site that you primarily deal in York equipment. We don't see much York around here (probably a supplier issue). We deal mainly in Armstrong with Janitrol as our lower cost option. We used to carry Weatherking before they quit selling them around here. At any rate, keeping up with which company bought out another is like me trying to sort through which brake setup I'll use in my Chevelle- CONFUSING!