snipe
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- Location
- west yorkshire
want to get rid of the above, how would you dispose of them. Must be over 30 yrs old.
Got an old set of oxy acetylene bottles.
- Thread starter snipe
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Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
Are they BOC?
They never belonged to you, only rented. Take them back to agent.
They never belonged to you, only rented. Take them back to agent.
crofter 65
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- Location
- Ross-Shire
And answer some difficult questions, I know someone who took cylinders that he didn't have an account for back to BOC and they threatened to prosecute him although nothing happened, but he did sweat for a while.
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
Did someone dump them in your field. 
miniconnect
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- Location
- Argyll
Local council waste Depot will have a cage for old bottles. They should take them regardless.
- Location
- East Sussex
They make good bollards, neck down of course.
Dont they have serial numbers on and can be traced back?Did someone dump them in your field.
Have 2 at ours will probably burry them will give someone hours of fun in the future thinking they are an unexploded bomb
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
If snipe's are as old as he says then they won't have bar codes. Ancient.
- Location
- Portsmouth
I've sent lots of bottle that have been acquired over the years back. When they run out just phone the company BOC, air products, air liquide etc and they come and collect them for free. I've never had to answer any questions
Lazy Sod
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- Location
- Warminster Wiltshire
As above, I had an Air Products and a BOC cylinder that I no longer needed. I wasn't paying rent for them as they had been left at the farm several years ago. A phone call to each company saw them collected a few months ago.
I have 3, 47kg. Calor propane bottles to get rid of. I understand that they will pay £7.50 each for them if delivered to one of their depots. For me that is a 50 mile round trip with the car and trailer, so at the moment they are placed near my yard entrance, in view from the road. Perhaps a caravan dweller with a transit pickup might take them away.
I have 3, 47kg. Calor propane bottles to get rid of. I understand that they will pay £7.50 each for them if delivered to one of their depots. For me that is a 50 mile round trip with the car and trailer, so at the moment they are placed near my yard entrance, in view from the road. Perhaps a caravan dweller with a transit pickup might take them away.
Netherfield
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- Location
- West Yorkshire
£7.50 doesn't sound a lot, it costs £59.99 initially, it claims you can only get a partial refund, but that's taking the pee a bit.
- Location
- Portsmouth
Calor will also collect for free if its not worth your time taking to depot
Like a good many more organisations, BOC would like you to think they have police powers... which they don't.
Take them back to any depot and leave them there, admit nothing and affect an Irish accent if needs be.
Local Energas depot has never been proud, he would accept anything.
Take them back to any depot and leave them there, admit nothing and affect an Irish accent if needs be.
Local Energas depot has never been proud, he would accept anything.
Just take them back have done this loads of times as they get dumped all the time never been questioned or threatened
Take them to local supp!ier ,no money but will be reused
TripleSix
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- Location
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
i know its not right, but.....
i had a similar problem here, two acet bottles (old style) and boy could i not get rid of them, they were like a pair of white elephants, the word was out at the time about boc not being too impressed if you brought em back with no account so i didnt go askin tbh as the local boc crowd are odd to say the least.
my scrappie wouldnt touch them, nobody else wanted them so i decided to advertise the pair of them for 50 quid and sure enough 10 days later a lad lands and buys them.
he went out the gate doing his best impression of a Cheshire cat and i wished him the best of luck with em.
i had a similar problem here, two acet bottles (old style) and boy could i not get rid of them, they were like a pair of white elephants, the word was out at the time about boc not being too impressed if you brought em back with no account so i didnt go askin tbh as the local boc crowd are odd to say the least.
my scrappie wouldnt touch them, nobody else wanted them so i decided to advertise the pair of them for 50 quid and sure enough 10 days later a lad lands and buys them.
he went out the gate doing his best impression of a Cheshire cat and i wished him the best of luck with em.