uhh...he should take better care of his air tanks, especially if he needs them so much for his business....at least keep them inside the building where they won't be exposed to the elements, and less likely to rust.

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uhh....scratch that they were covered...they should do less blowing up

 

You have to realize that those tanks have been there since he's owned the business, atleast 20 years. Having them inside would make them more of a hazard.

 

Wow, that sucks. Glad your dad is ok.

 

Well when he gets a new one, inform him to read the instructions. Water accumulates inside the tank from the changing air pressure. Your supposed to drain the water out every so often. If you don't it causes the tank to rust from the inside (making it weaker and weaker over time). Eventually it will do just that (explode). Glad no one was hurt.

 

My dad knows that. He can explain better as to what happened. My dad's been doing this kind of work & messing with air compressors for well over 32 years...so he doesn't need to read the instructions, unless the new tank is unlike any one he's used before. He does drain the water, in fact he checks the tanks every monring when he gets to work...that's why he cut the spare one on yesterday...because when he checked them, he realized his main one didn't work.

Thanks for the concern everybody

 

wow, thank god nobody was hurt. Who'd ever think something like that could happen?

 

u wanna hear and explosion get one of those small co2 tanks and tap out the hole alittle bigger and then fill it with black gun powder and insert a long fuse, (so u can get the hell outta there) and then light..thats a hell of an explosion besides shooting propane tanks from behind a bunker

 

I'm glad nobody was hurt, but it sure would be fun to watch one explode from a safe distance.

I used to work with some crazy dealership mechanics who would do things like fit an air chuck to an empty antifreeze jug, hook it up and turn on the main line pressure. The "boom" got people running from the sales floor up front, heh heh. Um, not that I would endorse such stupidity, ahem.

 

they're cast iron and they rot out. My 60 gallon is two years old and I dont like going near it. theyre friggin dangerous machines to mess with. That woulda gutted someone like a deer. a pinata deer.

 

Yeah, if the explosion wouldn't have busted my dad, the shrapnel would have.