posting air bottles

[ethanl]

Not sure if that one will work for me, cheers for the helpful advice though hah

 

[Tom]

Any large organisation can be an arse when they want to be,find out from one of the paintball retailers how they remit air bottles.

Retailers may already use couriers - or they may have commercial Royal Mail/ parcel force accounts with the ability to post cylinders

 

[Tom]

So if the burst disk has been removed, royal mail or any courier service for that matter will be more than happy to post the air tank?

Removal of the burst disk guarantees it's not pressurized (note there are 2 burst disks - high pressure for the cylinder, low pressure for the regulator)
Removal of the regulator makes cylinders comply with customs for international travel so they know it is depressurised and can look inside

* do be aware of thread damage, whether or not the regulator was loctited in place, and reassemble to the correct torque rating, and don't mess about with cylinders if you don't know what you are doing *

Removal of either may or may not comply with the carriers policy
Check first, and don't just ask the person at the counter - if you do then take their details for later on in case they were wrong

 

[Tom]

Some extra info from lips:

http://p8ntballer-forums.com/threads/important-news-about-air-tanks.162232/

They fell foul of the policy change when using Royal Mail for a fast delivery