Tank maintenance day

[marie]

Nope, both of those places send everything out of town. In fact it's Wick's that looks after filling my bottle along with all the fire extinguishers in town.

And while there maybe 20,000 people from saltery bay to lund there is less then 10,000 that actually live inside town limits



Edit, ok so I lied, there is actually 13000 people living in the town proper

[fishmaster]

Maybe you need to get one of those monster bottles? I think their like 100lbs or somthing...should last you a few months anyways

[Scavenger]

Sounds like it would be easier to have 2 bottles, have one dropped off at your CO2 shop to be shipped for filling and swap when other bottle is empty. More cost I know, but you wouldn't be out of CO2

[Delphinus]

Yeah, wow, I can understand there not being a place to fill it in town then, but you'd think there'd be something within a couple hours drive. Three weeks to a fill is .. well .. well, what can I say, I'd consider that unacceptable.. but I guess you work with what you got. I agree with Scav, I think you should get a 70lb bottle for your main and then use a 10lb or 5lb bottle as the spare.

That's actually what I do, I have two cylinders myself because I thought the 1 to 2 day turnaround for my fills was too long

And the real irony is I'm not even running a reactor right now. I've been dosing instead. Damn thing keeps leaking, it's driving me crazy. I've been contemplating ditching the reactor altogether when my new tank comes up and just go with the Balling method or a derivative. But, that's another topic altogether.

Sorry to hear it's such a hassle in Powell River. I honestly thought P.R. was sort of the nearest major centre for a lot of those coastal hamlets. But when I was looking for you last night, I agree, I saw basically nothing in the town of Powell River itself. I found places in Qualicum Beach though .. You'd think there'd be something that could do better than 3 weeks. I guess all the restaurants/fast food places probably just have a truck come in once per week loaded up with cylinders, coming in from the L.M. maybe...

[Phanman]

I smell business venture... You should open up a CO2 refilling business, everyone would have to go through you

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Marie,

If you want, I can try to find a spare CO2 tank for you, get it filled & bring it up next time I head to PR (with TomR).

Anthony

[marie]

I have a spare bottle, It's out getting filled right now.I didn't think there was any rush getting the second one filled but then I wasn't expecting to start running out after only 4 months.

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Yeah, wow, I can understand there not being a place to fill it in town then, but you'd think there'd be something within a couple hours drive...

A couple of hours drive would put me someplace in the ocean or on the top of a mountain at the end of nowhere (Powell River is in the middle of nowhere )

Unfortunately I am at the mercy of other people who don't think I'm important enough to rush the job. The alternative is to pay $100 for ferries and go and get it filled myself

[marie]

3 month frag growth

June 20


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