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**GregWeld** · #1 06-07-2015, 03:50 PM

Next time I see a truck full of cylinders on the highway --- I'm backing off.... WAY off!! LOL

68Cuda · #2 06-07-2015, 05:37 PM

That video is in Russia. Their safety and handling of cylinders is pretty much non existent. The trucks here in the US that haul bottles have them all secured.

Gas cylinders are quite dangerous, I have seen the aftermath of one going through a cinderblock wall. Had a coworker at previous company I worked for try to hold down a "small" ~30lb CO2 bottle that had fallen and broken the head, he ended up riding it for about 100 feet before he let go. We have quite a few at work with a variety of dangerous gases in them. The more dangerous stuff, like Silane, we use bulk delivery systems to eliminate cylinders and manual handling. We have very specific rules for handling and transporting bottles.

Of course... __it happens, here in Dallas a few years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iam27Mh1zu4

Che70velle · #3 06-07-2015, 05:46 PM

I've wondered for YEARS what exactly would happen if one of these trucks was in a big accident. Now I know.
Weird how most of the worst crash videos, are out of Russia.

Build-It-Break-it · #4 06-07-2015, 06:05 PM

I've seen people carrying these in regular trucks with no caps on them tied up with rope. I literally saw one like that yesterday. It's not just in Russia trust me.

Vince@Meanstreets · #5 06-07-2015, 11:13 PM

were the people still in that white car?

Happy 4th everyone.

**Revved** · #6 06-09-2015, 10:04 AM

I remember when that happened!! Scary for the fire guys when cylinders are landing behind them!!

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Originally Posted by 68Cuda

Of course... __it happens, here in Dallas a few years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iam27Mh1zu4

TheJDMan · #7 06-10-2015, 05:51 PM

Back in the 70's I worked for a welding supply company in Kansas and in fact drove one of those cylinder trucks on a weekly route. Every cylinder on the truck, full or empty, was required by law to have the cap securely installed and the cylinders were chained into the trailer. The cylinders on that truck in the video do not appear to have any caps installed.

**Revved** · #8 06-11-2015, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TheJDMan

Back in the 70's I worked for a welding supply company in Kansas and in fact drove one of those cylinder trucks on a weekly route. Every cylinder on the truck, full or empty, was required by law to have the cap securely installed and the cylinders were chained into the trailer. The cylinders on that truck in the video do not appear to have any caps installed.

I've been told now by my local welding gas co (now owned by Airgas) that they legally cannot allow you to transport a cylinder in your own vehicle if it does not have the safety cap on top. They even had me sign a waiver for transporting it in my own vehicle after showing me pics of a pickup with the bed and half the cab blown apart.

**FaBrycation** · #9 06-11-2015, 08:22 PM

Yeah thats no joke. Like a truck full of rockets

bdahlg68 · #10 06-11-2015, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Che70velle

I've wondered for YEARS what exactly would happen if one of these trucks was in a big accident. Now I know.
Weird how most of the worst crash videos, are out of Russia.

It's just that most drivers have front facing video recorders in their car. I believe it may even be government mandated. So they are just recording a lot more than most others.

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