Tanks and cylinders.

**dherik** · 05-16-2011, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by easyrecycle

Once the valve is out you should be good. Propane is more or less a gas so once the valve is open it will leave the tank but to be safe you can just let it sit around for a few hours before you go to cutting it or what ever. Reason why scrap yards want the hole an or be cut in half is..when your standing an you loading the scrap into the crusher you may not be able to tell if the valve is there or not, a hole you can see...a tank in half you can see...no deadly mistakes

I know it's going a little overboard, but pressurized propane tanks scare the heck out of me, but when I take off the valve, I fill the thing with water, and make sure there's no residue of any kind inside before I start cutting them.

**Mick** · 05-16-2011, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by dherik

I know it's going a little overboard, but pressurized propane tanks scare the heck out of me, but when I take off the valve, I fill the thing with water, and make sure there's no residue of any kind inside before I start cutting them.

Maybe, but I was thinking about doing the same thing - after I let it sit for a couple days.

**trashman** · 07-20-2011, 10:57 AM

ditto...............

**fiat128** · 07-20-2011, 11:04 AM

I've recycled a bunch of the "gas grill" style and campstove type propane tanks. What I do is once they are empty, I take em out and use them for target practice. Once they look like swiss cheese, the local yard takes em no questions asked.

They make nice targets too since they have a nice loud "ping" whey you shoot them.