Store locator for Praxair. As mentioned above they will do it. The one here does anyways. They are cheap and everywhere. They will fill just about anything with anything.
I've called a dozen local places and none of them fill CO2 tanks in-house--perhaps some kind of city regulation. They all send them out. The lowest price I've found was $20/refill.
The outfit I use for empty tanks is Contra Costa welding supply in
Concord. They also have a place in Bezerkly. But your associate may not live
anywhere near these locations.
Well, I've been a bit stalled on the install. In fact, instead of having one tank, I decided to get another one too.
So the one I got through Brent is going to be the regulator/master tank, with a double hose fitment. That one will go on the passenger side rear most cargo pillar.
The second one I bought used and filled for $45...that one is going on with a double hose attachment only to the driver's side rear most cargo pillar. They will be connected with a hose from the master to the slave across the roof underneath the headliner.
I am fabbing up brakets to fit where the 3rd row seatbelts were originally attached at.
I will post pics in the future, hopefully before Toys for Tots on Dec. 3rd.
I'm planning on buying a couple of these tanks soon... could someone please send me height and diameter measurements? I'm building a shelf & want to have enough room for the tanks underneath.
if anyone is still interested in one of these compressors I might have a source let me know i found 3 today but I had them sold to my employees in five min
A couple of guys have asked for additional information and pics of the custom CO2 tank mounting bracket that uses one of the 3rd row seat brackets. The flat mounting plate is 1/4" steel. The holes were drilled in the plate to line up with 2 tank brackets, back-to-back. There are also 6 more holes that line up with the tank bracket when laid flat so the tank can be mounted any way I want it. The curved surfaces of the 3rd row seat bracket were ground flat so that the tank mounting plate would be level. You'll have to do a little trial fitting to see what I mean. The edges of the flat plate were rounded to avoid injury to my dogs.
Nuts were tacked to the bottom so that I could use some knurled black hex cap screws to secure the tank bracket to the plate. At the time the pic was taken I had some rubber cushions to keep the tank from rattling in the bracket. Since then, I have bought the tank boot from Christo so those rubber feet are not needed.
This is the tank bracket that I have. It used to be the same one that Power Tank sold but I believe they have another one now. You can still buy these brackets at fire extinguisher suppliers.
My turn. I like the versitility of Beo's mount. Went to a little local welding shop in Capo Beach and for $20 in steel and welding and some primer and paint from me, here's what I got. These are three pics of the bracket welding to the third row seat bracket. The tank bracket from The Source (probably same as Beo's) as The Source's bracket is from the fire extinguisher industry as well. The bracket fit quite nicely in between the two circular knobs on the seat bracket. I has a 7"x8" plate of steel welded between those to knobs and then the tank bracket welded to the steel plate. I chose not to go with the versitility of Beo's.
Here are a few pics of the bracket with tank in place. In the last pic you can see a little of my other handy work this week. Double 12V outlets in the back of the truck, one switched and one unswitched.
Last of my handy work this week. Uniden Pro 520 installed. Have a Wilson 5000 mag mount for the roof. Ran the wire down the DS. Needed an extra 6 feet to get it to the radio. Put connectors in where the jack is stored to be able to remove the antenna and store the cable connection behind the access panel. Got the SWR reading on channels 1 and 40 to just about 1.5. Channel 20 is at 1.1. Also added a 6 fuse block in the engine bay, but don't have any pics of it. Mounted it on the frame just above the DS grommet right below the hood line. Have the subwoofer, unswitched 12v outlet, cb, brake controller and compass/outside temp Wayfinder all terminating there.
Which one of us you asking Ken, Brent or Beo? I decided to go upright so the tank could be used in place. I thought I remembered reading somewhere that, while the tank could be used on it's side, that it was better used upright. That's the only real reason.
I have to give all credit to Beo and Chris Geiger, from whom Beo stole the idea. Only change I made was mounting the bracket between the round knobs on the seat bracket. While discussing ways of mounting with the welding guy, who used to own a 60 btw, I discovered that the tank bracket fit nicely where I've had it welded. I can't complain for $20 in welding costs and another $10 in rattle can primer and paint!
May try to mount a mag flashlight clamp to one side as well. That tank bracket is solid and is going nowhere.
Upright makes it easier to use. You don't have to remove the tank from the bracket if you slide open the rear window you can reach all 4 tyres with the coiled hose. I went with the flexibility mainly because I had planned on getting a spare tank. I hate running out of CO2 and I don't like wasting CO2 by having it filled before it's empty.
Brent's idea will cost less in fab time because the tank bracket is welded to the plate. Mine has holes for bolting the tank bracket to the plate. I think an improvement would be to get the smaller plate like Brent's and drill holes so that the tank bracket could be mounted horizontally or vertically. Then you could use 1 tank (but only one) in either position.
Hey Brent... You've been BUSY! Time to sell off those golf clubs, get a tattoo, buy a few cases of Keystone Light, and join some red-neck off-roading club.
