How much $ do you pull out of a liquid tank?

[The Bigles]

This is a question for full time pipemakers mainly. I know that there will be a huge range and a lot of people will have different product lines that use varying amounts of gas. But on average how much product gets made per tank? My guess is between 2000 and 5000.

I was thinking about this because we've been using o2 a little faster than we're used to but have had a full house (5 stations) more as well.

A friend of mine was once telling me how much he paid per K tank and said that he gets 300 in product per tank so paying 20 dollars didn't bother him. That's over 6.5 cents per dollar.

I think that our shop has been getting around 3500 per liquid. very rough guess. That makes our o2 cost about 4 cents per dollar.

Anyways, just curious to see if anyone else has thought about this.

[hashmasta-kut]

ive gotten over ten gs outta one. sometimes its half that tho.

[J Howard]

5k's a good estimate if you know what you're doing

[p.j.]

around 5

[The Bigles]

Seth and I were talking about it and it does sound like we're closer to five. that would make our o2 cost 2.66 cents per dollar

[p.j.]

why would you switch? just cost?

[The Bigles]

switch what?

[p.j.]

from liquid to k's...seems like it would mean more delivery cost and tank rental or lease which would really change the total price

[The Bigles]

no one is switching to k's???? I put that info in my post as a reference.

[p.j.]

no one is switching to k's???? I put that info in my post as a reference.

sorry...i thought that what you were thinking about. i didn't realize you were just giving that as an example of the cost breakdown

[HomegrownGlassStudio]

Hella....

[FredLight]

I dig the difference in estimates between post #2 and post #3.

I'm just not sure who to believe.

Ha. Just kidding.

[Belliott]

he wanted to know how much product in dollars u guys are getting out of a k tank or liquid tank and what % of your product cost is just o2.

[Dom]

Id say that I pay 3 cents per dollar made for liquid oxy. And that is a low averege. Meaning mostly production.

[hashmasta-kut]

I dig the difference in estimates between post #2 and post #3.

I'm just not sure who to believe.

Ha. Just kidding.


i'm quite sure neither of us cares if you believe us. and if you notice my estimate ranged from exactly his estimate to another, so in part, we gave the same estimate.

[CripSkillz]

1500 - 2500 outa mine but im lazy..

[bufbubba]

2500-3000 g here