Traveling with tanks

[amtrosie]

No compressed air at all, travelers must remove the valve too. They will not take a cylinder with a closed valve on it. They think it will be full of a bio-weapon, and divers will unleash it upon unsuspecting holiday travelers.

Airlines are quite dry environments, it is when you release the air to empty the tank too quickly that you can get condensation. Likewise, if the tank is cold, and you take it out empty with no valve into a warm, humid environment, you could theoretically cause condensation to occur.

Believe it or not, it is easier to transport a bottle by air than it is by truck. I recently moved across country and was dismayed to discover that a scuba tank will not be transported, period!! Removing the valves will not alter that edict. This apparently is something new from the DOT. Shipping is still allowed. Go figure!

[hbh2oguard]

now that doesn't make sense at all. I'm assuming you mean in a moving truck that you couldn't put them into??

[amtrosie]

now that doesn't make sense at all. I'm assuming you mean in a moving truck that you couldn't put them into??

Correct!

Having just been through a Hazardous materials class, I can only presume that transportation for commerace has something to do with this.

[Papa Bear]

It can be moved once certified empty! This might be helpful!
http://www.lentztransfer.com/_fileCa...r_Pre_move.pdf

[Papa Bear]

Also this one is put out by the government and is the rule for the military when moving!
http://www.usap.gov/logistics/documents/LO-A-100.pdf
Again they must be "Certified Empty"!

[littleleemur]

When moving house a few years back, the moving company did mention our scuba tanks, but since we were planning on diving along the way it didn't become an issue.

I am curious though, what are the steps to get them to move my tanks if I relocated to the west coast?

[Papa Bear]

Read at the links I posted! They have to be "Certified Empty" with out the valves! Our LDS did just that, "Certified them as Empty" and plugged them with plastic caps! The US Air Force logistics moved them after that by moving van to Key West for my friend!

[littleleemur]

oops. my mistake. I missed the Lentz link.

Thanks PB!

[amtrosie]

Read at the links I posted! They have to be "Certified Empty" with out the valves! Our LDS did just that, "Certified them as Empty" and plugged them with plastic caps! The US Air Force logistics moved them after that by moving van to Key West for my friend!

Given the information I cited was a Federal Regulation ( I'll retrieve it tomorrow at work), not a directive from a moving company, I am going with the regulation. As for the pamphlet for the military, that does not constitute a federal reg either, and they may have an exemption, that civilians can not enjoy.

I know the reg is in CFR 49 part 170's though for the rest of the law-abiding population. (I'll not divulge how I finally got my tanks to me)

[Papa Bear]

That's why the tanks have DOT on them! They fall under (When full) compressed gas regulation (haz-mat)! The military uses civilian van lines! They don't have green moving & storage trucks! I have been around the trucking industry for 56 years and I have it right as to the moving of SCUBA tanks that are certified empty! How do you think they get them to the wholesalers and the shops? By truck! The regulations you cite are about any gas cylinder on interstate highways and also subject to some local state laws that most chips, smokies, and cops have no idea about! So if a "Moving company has a policy I can tell you it is one that has been well researched!

Sounds like you had the wrong company! Period!