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OH MY GAWD. Just had a argon co2 tank filled/exchanged. About a 60 cu ft size. $86.00! How in the he!! are you supposed to be able to afford this and still charge a reasonable rate when you do it for a living. I don't anymore-out of the body shop business but my gawd, that's out freaking rageous. I may have to go to flux cored wire and say the heck with it. I know the wire's high but this is ridiculous. And that's the smaller tanks. I'd hate to have to fill the 250 cu ft tanks like we used to have at work.
 
Seems to me that everything at the LWS has skyrocketed in price.
 
YOU GUYS ARE SCARING ME!! I own my tanks, Argon and oxy-acetylene, about due to have them filled. I know the oxygen tank is past due for testing, looks like I'm going to get hit pretty hard.:mad:
 
jbltwin1 said:
OH MY GAWD. Just had a argon co2 tank filled/exchanged. About a 60 cu ft size. $86.00! How in the he!! are you supposed to be able to afford this and still charge a reasonable rate when you do it for a living. I don't anymore-out of the body shop business but my gawd, that's out freaking rageous. I may have to go to flux cored wire and say the heck with it. I know the wire's high but this is ridiculous. And that's the smaller tanks. I'd hate to have to fill the 250 cu ft tanks like we used to have at work.
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was it at an Airgas?


Airgas tried to pull that crap with me last year, I told them their bottles would be sitting at the end of my driveway and they could pick them up anytime, as I wouldnt spend anymore of my time or money with Airgas...

I went to a different lws and now I pay like $30 for 120cf bottle 75/25..
 
Yup. I just noticed that mine is bouncing on empty, I'll need to take the hit soon. The last time I had it filled, the price had doubled what it was previously.

I don't get it. Nearly 1% of the air we breathe is argon so what drives the price up so much?

Tom
 
TLGriff said:
Yup. I just noticed that mine is bouncing on empty, I'll need to take the hit soon. The last time I had it filled, the price had doubled what it was previously.

I don't get it. Nearly 1% of the air we breathe is argon so what drives the price up so much?

Tom
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homeland security..
 
I don't think I could produce it for the current price. Fractional distillation of LOX? I forget what I paid for my last bottles of oxy-fuel, but I asked the guys at the place if it had gone up, or was going to....they said nothing major had happened and they had heard all the rumors too. Still seemed like it was up to me. I don't use a lot of it, but a friend does, and he watches it closely. I asked him, and he hadn't noticed.
 
to many people are gasping for air because of inflation thats why argon is going up lol:lmao:Mac
 
I only paid $38 for 75/25. I believe my tank is an 80cu ft. I got it at a local supplier (Clark Industrial in San Jose, CA. Great guys). As I understand it, Airgas tends to be on the expensive side.
 
One of our locals was recently bought out by Matheson. I haven't been in there much since then, but it's the same old guys.
 
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