[TheForge] Oxygen & Acetylene cylinders

[Mike Mastrangelo]

Yes - it does seem to be a problem. I bought cylinders from a business in
Austin Texas. A few years later I went back to the same business to refill
them. They told me they could not since I did not purchase the cylinders
from them. I told them that I did purchase them there - but they claimed to
have no record of that and refused to refill them

On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 10:06 AM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
wrote:

> Hello
>
> long time no write.
>
> I have a need to use the oxygen-acetylene torch and
> the cylinders need to be exchanged.
>
> my pickup truck has a broken leaf spring shackle and the rear of the
> leaf spring has punched through the bed of the truck. it is not
> drivable. Need to cut off the old leaf spring bracket and shackle.
>
> The outfit where i purchased the cylinders has gone bankrupt and was
> purchased by airgas. I have the paperwork showing that I own the
> cylinders but it appears airgas is having difficulties finding my old
> account information.
>
> The local cylinder exchange will not tell me if they even have my size
> cylinders to exchange until I set up a new account with them and place a
> deposit on the account. I told them I was a cash only individual and did
> not need an account, that I just wanted to exchange my cylinders and
> could they just tell me if they had them in stock. They still wanted the
> account set up and a hefty deposit. Is the economy really that bad that
> they have to resort to thieving deposits. My gut feeling is that I would
> never see that deposit money again.
>
> The other cylinder exchange, gaspony, at the local farm&fleet is
> expensive. They do not have my large oxygen cylinder so they want me to
> purchase a new cylinder and fill. I am downsizing and do not need
> anymore cylinders.
>
> are others having issues with cylinders and exchanging them.
>
> the local cylinder exchange even after showing them my paperwork
> basically implied that I could have forged the paperwork on my computer
> and that the cylinders belonged to the defunct company. I do not need
> that attitude.
>
> note: I did consider purchasing one of the small cylinder tote kit from
> harborfreight but the small size may not be enough to complete the task
> at hand. Would anyone with a small cylinder tote kit, comment on the
> cutting time with the unit?
>
>
> --
> terry l. ridder ><>
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