How to ship a CO2 tank?

jcm2m9 · 07/30/2008, 06:45 AM

I just sold my calcium reactor and CO2 tank to someone here on RC. What is the best way to ship the CO2 tank. Should I bleed all the CO2 off and send it empty?

Let me know how you have shipped them through one of the major carriers.

Thanks
James

billdogg · 07/30/2008, 06:56 AM

you will have to empty it and probably remove the valve - if its under pressure.....well think Quantas Airlines last week. I think it may be against the law to ship one under pressure anyway

vetdog · 07/30/2008, 07:01 AM

it is against the law to ship under pressure

jcm2m9 · 07/30/2008, 07:01 AM

Ok, so I just need to drain off all the CO2 and then take off the valve? That is pretty easy!

Thanks for the help!

crvz · 07/30/2008, 07:56 AM

What do you mean the valve? The regulator? If so, I'd pull that off. But if it's the tank valve, I'd just open the tank, bleed off all the CO2, then box it up.

jdmcivicek9 · 07/30/2008, 08:39 AM

yeah just seperate the tank from everything else and leave the valve on the tank open when you ship it...

abulgin · 07/30/2008, 08:47 AM

Whatever you do, don't try to bring it in your carry on luggage.

About 1 year after 9/11 I was flying to Houston. I'm finishing up at the security line (this is before they had the huge security lines that we now suffer through). I'm sitting there putting all my stuff back together, and this young guy walks through--kind of looks a bit crazy--with a large duffle bag and they ask him to stop and open his bag. Well, he unzips it and--I sh*t you not--proceeds to pull out a disassembled paintball gun, including the co2 canister. He got really p*ssed when they told him he had to check the gun and had to leave the CO2 cartridge at the airport. I mean, what idiot would do that? This guy probably made the Darwin Awards at some point . . .

07/30/2008, 06:45 AM	#1
jcm2m9 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 507	How to ship a CO2 tank? I just sold my calcium reactor and CO2 tank to someone here on RC. What is the best way to ship the CO2 tank. Should I bleed all the CO2 off and send it empty? Let me know how you have shipped them through one of the major carriers. Thanks James __________________ James 14g Biocube that is no longer AIO. I have added a 20g sump, EuroReef RS80, Reef Angel Controller, DIY Led's, MP10, kalk drip, Quiet One Return Pump, 150w heater, custom stand..... http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2054516 Current Tank Info: 14g biocube that is no longer AIO

07/30/2008, 06:56 AM	#2
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	you will have to empty it and probably remove the valve - if its under pressure.....well think Quantas Airlines last week. I think it may be against the law to ship one under pressure anyway __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

07/30/2008, 07:01 AM	#3
vetdog Space cadet Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Huntingtown, MD Posts: 1,400	it is against the law to ship under pressure __________________ Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary. ~Mark Twain Current Tank Info: 300 gallon DD reef tank, RedSea MaxE260

07/30/2008, 07:01 AM	#4
jcm2m9 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 507	Ok, so I just need to drain off all the CO2 and then take off the valve? That is pretty easy! Thanks for the help! __________________ James 14g Biocube that is no longer AIO. I have added a 20g sump, EuroReef RS80, Reef Angel Controller, DIY Led's, MP10, kalk drip, Quiet One Return Pump, 150w heater, custom stand..... http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2054516 Current Tank Info: 14g biocube that is no longer AIO

07/30/2008, 07:56 AM	#5
crvz Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: houstonia Posts: 7,989	What do you mean the valve? The regulator? If so, I'd pull that off. But if it's the tank valve, I'd just open the tank, bleed off all the CO2, then box it up. __________________ -Chris- You don't win friends with salad. "Look! They're trying to learn for free!" ... "Use your phony guns as clubs!" Current Tank Info: rectangluar? wet?

07/30/2008, 08:39 AM	#6
jdmcivicek9 Moved On Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: 39°N, -108°W AKA Somewhere in Colorado Posts: 578	yeah just seperate the tank from everything else and leave the valve on the tank open when you ship it...

07/30/2008, 08:47 AM	#7
abulgin Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 2,664	Whatever you do, don't try to bring it in your carry on luggage. About 1 year after 9/11 I was flying to Houston. I'm finishing up at the security line (this is before they had the huge security lines that we now suffer through). I'm sitting there putting all my stuff back together, and this young guy walks through--kind of looks a bit crazy--with a large duffle bag and they ask him to stop and open his bag. Well, he unzips it and--I sht you not--proceeds to pull out a disassembled paintball gun, including the co2 canister. He got really pssed when they told him he had to check the gun and had to leave the CO2 cartridge at the airport. I mean, what idiot would do that? This guy probably made the Darwin Awards at some point . . .