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- Tired of watching videos that require special tools or "adapters" you have to build? It will take twice as long to watch this video as it does to remove your propane tank valve. Once you "break the threads" the rest is a piece of cake!
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" I Believe They Call This a Pipe " 😂😂😂 Thank You Sir ! Be Careful With those Magical Tools 😉
I am just glad someone else enjoyed my rather mundane humor. Hope the video helped. Peace.
While I've never thought about taking the valve off of a propane tank I stumbled across this video and liked it thoroughly. Notably , I liked your logic the most.
Thanks. Hope the video helped and gave you some ideas.
@@HNXMediahey thank you how to take off valve it's brass can sell to scrap dealer from Scott new Zealand
"I believe they call this, a pipe"
Subbed. Made me snigger.
It wasn’t a pipe. It was a super thick washer. Cheers!
At least someone appreciates my weak attempt at humor. Thanks!
LOL.
"... as long as you can get purchase on that valve...." ;-)
Yes but where would I find a “pipe “ ? LOL
thanks. Nice work. I appreciate the shortness of this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Laughed out loud when you said “I think they call this “a pipe”
I'm glad some people enjoy my weak attempt at humor. Thanks for watching.
I did the same
You make it look much easier than it was for me. But it did work with the pipe wrench and winch straps. I couldn't get enough friction with the straps and a tree, so I ended up lashing it down on a landscape timber at 90 degrees to the timber. Thanks for the video.
Lashing it to a landscape timber is a solid idea! Nice! Glad everything worked out. Best of luck with your project!
Very informative and no BS!!👍
Glad it helped. Thanks for watching!
"I believe they just call this a pipe" hahaha! Thanks for the quality content hoss! I have a couple of expired tanks that I want to also convert to a camp stove.
😎 Thanks! Hope the video was helpful. Good luck with your stoves and feel free to drop us a line to let us know how they turned out.
I like that ratchet strap to the tree... I will remember that for future use! Nice trick!! ;-)
I'd love to claim that that is an original idea, but I learned it years ago from someone else :)
I have to admit when I saw the tank strapped to a tree I thought for sure you were going to step back several yards and let loose with some sort of hand held artillery devise. I can’t believe removing the valve is as simple as that. I have a 7 1/2 gallon tank I think I going to make into a small barbecue. Thanks for the inspiration.
Possibly in the next video :)
When I was trying to get the valve out of my tank strapped to the tree, a .45 at 20 feet was tempting. Good thing I don't have one.
I used a long pry bar on the metal above to hold it and bent it pretty significantly, but did break it loose. Thanks for the video!!!
Cool! Glad it worked out!
I expected that strap to shear rather than the valve loosen. I wonder whether someone had loosened it previously? Congrats for your success.
Thanks for the video. I put a 1" round bar through the top bracket of the tank and had the other end in my vise and I turned out the valve very quickly with a pipe and 2 large Crescent wrenches!! I had to cut through the head of the screw on the handle to remove it because it was a Torx drive with a pin in it and I did not have the right hollow bit to remove it
Glad the video helped. Thanks for taking the time to comment and add to the discussion. I like your ideas for this technique.
Do you have to loosen that screw to remove the valve from the tank? What exactly does that screw do?
Harbor Freight has a kit with most types of anti tamp bits for about 4 bucks, last time I checked.
I couldn't find the pipe in the tool section at Home Depot.
I will try Lowe's.
You might have to special order it - 6-8 weeks for delivery 😎
A chain link fence upright or horizontal would also work -- except I can't find one because my HOA doesn't allow chain link fences. Happy to report that I found a youtube video showing how to make one for next to nothing with a bunch of tools.
@Jesse Terrance Nice!
Getting ahold of the tank - that's the trick, isn't it? Thanks for your help!
Ain't that the truth. Getting ahold of them is getting harder and harder.
I used a 2 ft length of 1/2 pipe along with the ratchet straps. Didn’t cost a thing. Thanks for a very informative video.
Another pipe through the skirt holes saves a ton of setup time.. 👀
That didn't work for me.
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Lend your wife some money for a new wardrobe and she'll help with your outdoor equipment work and likely more besides (offer to do the dishes, laundry and ironing - you will smile more and she will too).
@@Don.Challenger my wife had nothing to do with the problem. I was doing this while she was at work. And I do run the laundry and wash the dishes. I try to make her feel appreciated and loved. I'm trying to keep myself busy while dealing with my MS disability.
@@mikemcgown6362 Very good. But I'm sorry I think that I misinterpreted your comment as being comical and responded erroneously in kind.
Demo done like a boss. Sad you were not smoking as looking for Thursday Fun clips
Well damn, if I'd know that, I would have at least lit up a bowl and given you some quality footage. Now I feel bad :)
Worked first try. Thanks for the video
Happy to help.
So I could have used a pipe instead of buying the snap on valvinator 3000??? Crap!!
LOL. Don't give Snap On any ideas. They will be marketing that to the ignorant masses within the week.
I was just surfing and stumbled across this. It’s something that I have always wondered about.
I hope the video helped and gave you some ideas. Thanks for watching and leaving a positive comment.
Thank you from Big Bear Lake, Ca. I was wondering how I was going to secure it.
Glad the video was helpful. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
You water the tank so that it grows, right?
Sure. You never know what might happen 😎
Common sense is so rare it's almost extinct
Common sense is now a super power.
Basic sense is also in extremely short supply.
Common sense is not common any longer.
Quick and to the point. Perfect!
Glad it helped. Peace.
Thanks for a simple explanation!
Hope it helped. Time to try it out and make something unique!
Just get yourself one of these here......its called A PIPE!
LMAO- THANKS a ton for letting me know I wasn't on the wrong path
I'm here to keep you on that straight and narrow path...mostly.
@@HNXMedia it's one of those things where...;
Like, im in a Facebook group for a specific topic. You ask a question- and everyone says "Google it"... wouldn't most people avoid asking public questions if the answers were easily decided by Google?
And what with gas fittings being weird from other nuts & bolts.....[lots of "lefties thread"]... I wasn't sure if I was turning the right way.
LOL! Exactly! Too right! Yep, lots of pipe fittings are left-threaded and such. Just glad I could help out. Stay well and stay safe.
Did you bore out the opening on your refill adapter? That's a huge hole
Nope, that's the factory size.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience pulling that brass valve from a Propane bottle. New sub to you.😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥
Hope the idea was helpful.
Simply outstanding!👍👍👍
Many thanks!
Well I suppose your Idea was alright using a two Straps: But My Method is to take a Crowbar or a solid Piece of Bar : Place the Bar into a Vice {side on} Take hold of the Empty Gas Bottle and slide the Crowbar through the two Holes; and then with a 22mm Open end spanner or an adjustable Spanner or pipe wrench. If You Find it hard o Unscrew Place a Pipe within the Pipe wrench for extra Pull
Nice! I might just give that a try next time. Solid idea!
I have a tool that we made for changing out those valves. It’s a T-handle with a wrench welded on it 90* makes short work of it
Did you ever make anything out of this tank
Looked back thru you videos didn’t find one
Maybe I missed it
Thanks for maki;g the video
Fun to watch👍👍👍👍
Thanks! Hope it gave you some ideas.
Good video all little tricks are great God Bless and stay safe
Thanks 👍
You'd be surprised how many people dont know why you added water to tank
Yep. Simple things that can be overlooked. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Peace.
You can tell those people by the fact they have a L and R on their shoes.
" people don't know why you added water to tank"
That's just one isolated factoid. I'm never surprised how much lack of in depth knowledge most people exhibit on matters they feel feel particularly competent in. Look up the "Dunning Kruger Effect" and read about why that is the case, it very interesting. The lack of basic overall knowledge for a high percentage of people is epidemic today, imo. I'm 69 and it never stops coming up, the lack of real in depth understanding content providers show when making a how to video which they feel adequate in. The hardest part is being effectively diplomatic enough to not be painted as a hater and troll when pointing out short comings in a video or presenter's methods/Knowledge. Ignoring it and not commenting is the safest. Cheers.
Lots of comments here about why add water but know one has provided an answer. Also, my feet hurt every other day or so and someone else said it would be helpful to mark the shoes L and R but how am I supposed to know which letter goes on which one and how would that help anyway? I painted a floor the other day but left tracks on it when I was finished and my wife laughed at me. I still don’t think it was funny, I had to get out somehow.
Don't know if some of these comments or a joke or not the reason why you would add water to any vessel before cutting or welding is to purge any residual vapors or even liquids from the interior many people have been seriously injured or killed for failing to do a simple step. People assume that because the vessel is empty that the danger is gone but in fact they are still very dangerous.I fill vessels until they are overflowing and l continue to overflow for several seconds just to make sure no Boom
Thankyou
Happy to help.
Wow, cheers there... now back to turning it the right way.. ha ha
I love all stuff like this, subbed and looking forward to more interesting videos!
Thanks! Hope you enjoy my little journey into randomness with each video I make. Nice to have you along for the ride. Peace.
Good ! thanks for your lesson
Awesome, thank you sir!
Happy to help.
Very simple and effective, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Good to know
Great tip! I look for the next video.
Awesome, thank you!
Trade it in. You will have a new full extra tank.
He probably has enough of them already, he wants to make a camp stove out of this one. I used to make those stoves out of 30# freon tanks, they are great for cooking steaks and baked potatoes in on windy days. All you need is a roaring campfire to use the ones I made, I don't know just exactly what he has in mind for his. I guess we shall see.
A pipe becomes a torque multipler wrench real fast in my shop.
I kept a variety of force multipliers, on hand in my tool boxes,over the years,but have facilitated numerous lifetime warranty contracts with brand mogals. 😎🇨🇦🙋
Here in Oz, we call them a "cheater bar"
Hello, Just curious, can one replace the on/off dial on a propane tank with an on/off lever, one of those red rubberized ones?
Thank you in advance. =)
Honestly, not sure. I have never tried that.
@@HNXMedia I feel like when the tank is upside down for refilling smaller tanks, it would be easier to open & close the valve.
@@bigemugamer Never thought of that. That would be much easier. It seems like you could certainly control the flow better. I am not an expert on the pressure ratings though and I wonder if any shop would refill the tank once that valve is installed (at least in the over-regulated US). Very interesting idea.
You'd want it to be at least 375 psi if you did but also nobody would refill the tank with one of those valves or at least they are not supposed to at all.
Nicely done!
Thanks! Hope the video was helpful. Stay well.
I would add one safety measure. He made sure the valve was open to depressurize the tank. However just in case the old valve was faulty, when unscrewing the valve, wiggle from side to side to tell if there is pressure in the tank. If the valve is not very loose, there may still be pressure in the tank. Be safe.
Where were you early 2012 .
@@dancanavan2812 Sounds like you had an event in 2012. I had one in 1966 in the oil field. I unscrewed the head off a piece of equipment I didn't know was under pressure. It blew the 5 pound head about 50 feet. Luckily no one was in the way.
Will say please make sure the tank is empty if you're going to try this open the valve completely and open the pisser don't want to see anyone hurt themselves but fun fact valves are brass
short and sweet
I'am Your Newest Subscriber Great Videos
Welcome aboard! Hope you find some useful information and some humor in our random little channel. Peace.
what breed pup? He's awesome !
Thanks for asking! That is Gypsy Trail Pom. She goes everywhere with me. She is what is called a Throwback Pomeranian (that's a Pomeranian with "throwback genetics" from when poms were larger dogs). Instead of being "lap dog" size like most poms, "throwbacks" get to be about 20lbs and look a bit more like the larger spitz breeds (elkhounds, malamutes, etc) but are typically a little leaner. You'll see her featured in a lot of my videos since 2019 and she always pops up from time to time in the background. Thanks for watching and leaving such a positive comment! Stay well. Peace.
Do you have a link or part number for "pipe"?
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TY!
YW
More often than not, you'll find that valve rusted in place.
SO,
What you do is add some heat with a torch & that'll loosen
those rusted threads.
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I hope that was sarcasm because brass doesn’t rust.
Great idea
Thank you! Cheers!
Great idea....that's always the hard bit, to hold the fat little buggers still to twist the valve off..... will try that next time.....
When nothing else works, let Mother Nature do the job 😎
My man!
Hope it was helpful. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Stay well, stay safe.
Me-Laughs at jokes in the video, likes the video, finds a pipe in 2 min. Pipe is to narrow. Looks for better pipe for an hour. Cant find pipe. Looks on Facebook marketplace for a pipe. Spends 20 bucks on a pipe the next day. It works, thanks!
Happy to help.
Thank you.
No worries!
very good idea , antes casi dañe la rosca , thanks
Hope the video helped. Peace.
Great job!
The pipe is a tool call a cheater bar
I'll be trying this one soon. Pipe through handles didn't work for me.
Hope this idea helps. Thanks for watching.
@@HNXMedia valve was VERY stubborn. Ended up breaking the outlet fitting to pieces. Got a pipe wrench on it with a cheater pipe and I was victorious! Time to make something of the tank now.
@@mikemcgown6362 Awesome! Glad you got it sorted out. Time to make something cool!
"sometimes pipe through handles works.. with pipe secured to tree.. 😉
BOOM!
Shakalaka!
Damn ... no skinned knuckles or profanity perfect🤠👍
I think this was first ever project where I left those things out.
@@HNXMedia yep sometimes necessary 😂😂
I have a propane tank that's full but it leaks when I try to use it, is there a way to fix it?
I would not recommend attempting to fix a leaking propane tank. I would just trade it in for another one.
What are you going to do with the valve?
Scrapped it for brass value (I stockpile about a 5 gallon bucket full of brass and then take it to the local scrap yard).
If you wanted to make an air tank out of one of these the threads are 3/4 US pipe thread. A 3/4 x 1 1/2 inch nipple to a 3/4 inch T a ballcock valve and reducer reducers to fit the female air coupling to it, and use the other end of the T for either the air inlet or an air gauge and use a double ended male air coupling to fill the tank at the female outlet. But this is at your own risk.
When these bottles are new they are certified to 325 psi for a period of six years. If rusted or otherwise damaged (impact, burns, metal fatigue...) that certification is meaningless. If you take a bottle like that to a business that specializes in propane, they should reinspect the bottle and either reject it for further use, or recertify and apply a date stamp showing recertification date, good for another six years.
Do the big orange propane tanks have a left handed thread on them
Not for valve removal or replacement. The only left hand threads in propane systems are inside the service valve and in the regulator inlet or anywhere you find a pigtail.
Great video ty
I've done this hundreds of times, 8 times just in the past week. I have a better method 😊 btw, purging with water is not fool proof, vapour can still remain, I have a scar to prove it. If purging with water, leave it for a day or so to air out, don't cut straight away.
If you want to cut it, simply run car exhaust into it while cutting
Have you ever worked with a tank that's rusted closed?
I searched youtube and found this video.
The triangle-shaped handle won't move either direction. I cannot tell if it is currently opened or closed.
Using a pin I purged the gas I could out of it, but I'm sure there's still vapor. This makes me uneasy about opening it up.
Is it safe to drill into it underwater, would that prevent explosions?
I was also thinking a file and some lube, nobody has ever made a spark using a file.
@@capnlatenight5356 You can just drill into it normally, if there is no pressure inside of it. Nothing will happen. 1: Drilling doesn't produce sparks, if it does you'll destroy your bit before making it through the tank 😉 2: even if it did spark, it won't explode because there is no air in the tank, it would simply produce a small flame where the hole is. I cut these all the time as I make wood stoves from them. Heres my method, drill 6 or 8 mm hole in depressurised tank, put tank in a fire (I use a steel oil barrel, wood and a powerful blower from a bouncy castle) this burns off the paint and frees up the valve. After heat treating the valve comes out easily, usually just twist out by hand. At this point it is dangerous because there'll likely still be vapour inside (which still surprises me as the tank would be glowing red during heat treat) and taking the valve out will introduce air. You can leave it to air out for a day or so and it'll be good to go. I actually do a "controlled explosion" by firing my plasma cutter into the hole I drilled and the vapour ignites and shoots out the valve hole with big whooosh, sometimes still gives me a fright even though I've done it hundreds of times 😂😂 But you can skip that last step if you're not feeling brave/don't have a plasma. 👍 Let me know if I can help any more, don't want to see you getting hurt.
@@capnlatenight5356It's important to make sure there's no pressure inside it before drilling. If there is, it's possible that gas will spray out and ignite from the brushes in your drill motor, flame throwering you in the face (this has never happened me but I'm conscious that it could) As you say though, jam something into the valve pin and release any pressure first.
@@cocospops9351 thanks for the detailed response!
That does make sense to me, I'm definitely feeling safer about it. I'll be sure to try it like that.
That is how the Egyptians would have done it. Well done.
Physics and brute force 😎
Good Vid
Thanks for watching! Hope the video was helpful.
Good luck getting out all that odorant!
It is terrible. Lasted about a week.
I thought for a second he was pissing in the tank lol
I would have needed to have a few more beers first and FAR better aim.😄
nice will try
Hope the video helped.
I have a pipe I call a pipe also
A long bar stuck through the tank handle, layed on ground gives great leverage
Lol. This got me making one to heat shop with now. Just got valve out. Thanks for motivation ✊
Awesome! If you take a photo when it's done, feel free to come back and drop a link in the comments.
What is that screw for on the side of the valve that you backed off on?
It is the safety relief (pressure relief) valve. It is used when filling the tank to keep from building too much pressure.
Actually, it is a fixed liquid level valve. The purpose is to give you an unwavering indicator that the tank is filled to 80%, the legal fill level for liquid petroleum gas (lpg) bottles. It is commonly called a spitter valve, because as long as the tank is below 80% full, it vents gas. At 80% or higher, it vents (spits) liquid. Don't get any liquid on you, because it evaporates at 44 degrees below zero and will give you some rather painful freezer burns. The reason for the 80% fill level is to allow for thermal expansion of the liquid inside. Gases are compressible, liquids are not. If the liquid expands to 100% in that tank, and more heat is applied, at some point, the tank will rupture and cause a problem you don't want to be within a hundred yards of unless you enjoy having all the hair singed off your body and a lot of third degree burns. When the tank ruptures, each gallon of liquid evaporates to become 270 cubic feet of gas, which is explosive at any concentration above 4% in the atmosphere. After the initial pressure release of the rupture, the remaining liquid inside cools almost immediately to 44 below zero, and will continue venting through the rupture until all of the liquid is completely evaporated. Ever wondered why people who deal with this stuff daily need a certain amount of training before they get turned loose to work with it?
ahh the heck with it! Just use acetylene,much more efficient and hotter to boot. 4400 for propane mixed with 02
And 6300 for Acetylene when used as an oxidizing flame(excess oxygen added to the gas).
@@brettelmerelmer3061 Good advice Brett. Why do they call the average BBQ tank a 20 gallon tank as it would not hold near that much liquid?
Genial. Thanks!
That'll make a good snack cake storage chest 😄
Thanks 👍😉
Hope it helped.
@@HNXMedia Yes
I thought you were going to put this tank back in service, without having it recertification. 12 years from orginal date stamped on tank. Good idea for new valve then also then AFTER RECERT. EVERY 5 years after that. biggest problem with this bbq tanks is people over fill them. 80% full is the law. The newer ones have a built in device to shut off at 80% but I wouldn’t trust them, fill by WEIGHT! Only to be safe.
The cost of recert in my area is almost as expensive as buying a new tank. Recert = 5 yr life; New tank = 12 yr life.
Hmmmm, pipe...I've heard of them before.
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What does that small screw do? Most valves a velocity check valves in them and they will close if the propane is vented too quickly. You can here it click if the valve is opened too quickly and it doesn't take much when the valve is not connected to anything.
We have the same sense of humor
LOL. Thanks for getting my sad attempt at a joke.
@@HNXMedia wasn't that bad
Hank Hill would be proud.
Me to wife: "I just watched a guy take the valve of a propane tank so he could cut it up and make a stove"
Wife: "Aren't those things worth like $30? He should have traded it in for a full tank at Home Depot"
But my little stove/grill I'm going to make will be super awesome and last forever. And then after I die it will end up in an antique store and some hipster will buy it for $200. Wait...how does that help me? Oh well, I ain't no financial wizard.
@@HNXMedia lol
thats the tom cats kitten right there
Yep, the cat's pajamas :)
Hey I like it
And I like this comment.
"I believe they just call this a pipe"... I about died, LOL. Allow me to correct you sir. It's a Propane Valve Removal Tool. Menard's has them in many different lengths and sizes. If they are out of them when you need one you can also use a Ratchet Extension Tool to do the same thing. Just trying to help a brother out here. lol
This comment right here has made my day! Good looking out! I appreciate you, my friend. Stay well.
Chur, your way worked mean
Brass vlve has real scrap value, too.
Absolutely!
I usually just heat up the threads with a torch and she pops right off.
Cool. However, I cannot (in good conscious) recommend anyone go even remotely near an "unknown condition" propane tank with a torch unless they know exactly what they are doing.
No trees here. All I have is a saguaro cactus. Can I use that
Absolutely...just don't get "stuck."
No. They mess up your straps.
I like easy tech
I am easy. Wait, that didn't sound right.
Caution!!! Be sure you use a liberal amount of liquid dish soap before you put the water in. (3 ounces) I suggest more than one rinsing with moderately warm water before assuming this tank was safe to cut open! Cutting these supposedly empty tanks is often very dangerous!
Thank You !!! I was in the Propane Industry for 18 years & these videos of "HOW TO" are scary.
@@coffeebreak4700 I have cut open several of them for customers. In addition to hot water and dish soap rinse outs, I would also continuously force 125 PSI shop air in through a 3/8 inch tube while cutting, to create an overly rich mixture and prevent outgassing from forming an explosive pocket!! It is also very dangerous to grind off the welds on the safety guard, or the bottom rim, because the original weld might have had a "piping porosity" pinhole that went through the body metal but sealed up in the weld metal reinforcement or fillet weld as it cooled. The tank passed Hydro test, because the hole did not continue to the surface, but now, you have opened a hole with your grinder, just by grinding into the weld reinforcement above the tank wall, and possibly BOOM!
Nonsense. All you have to do is fill it with water to displace the gas. Once you do that, as shown in the video, you are completely safe to torch cut or grinder cut the tank. The gas is lighter than water, and will be completely displaced if you purge the tank.
@@josephkane825 utter nonsense.
@@carlericvonkleistiii2188 Propane is HEAVIER than water ! "Utter Idiot"
I have heard throwing them on a fire gets the top off
That's a video for another time.