Welding on a tank that’s half full of gasoline, how many safety violations?
How many safety violations can you spot? While this looks like a “here, hold my beer and watch this…” moment, there are no famous last words spoken. He’s either got stainless steel balls or has already drunk too much. The classic line here is “..they only blow up in Hollywood”.
I understand what he’s doing, you spray a huge amount of inert CO2 liquid into the gas tank that is both heaver than air and will displace all the oxygen. The MIG welder too, also sprays out CO2 as a gas (If, of course you haven’t forgotten to turn the gas on first). If there’s no oxygen, there can’t be a fire or explosion (as long as everything works out as expected). Dave also knows what he’s doing. Note the cardboard placed beside him to keep the wind from blowing away the shielding gas.
If he wanted to score the safety violation hexfecta, however, I suppose he should forgo the welding mask altogether and just closed his eyes before pulling the trigger. I’ll confess to doing that before when I’ve only needed a quick tack weld or three. That welding mask is the only piece of equipment he isn’t misusing. Note how he carefully places the fire extinguisher completely out of reach.
I’ve got an urge to mail him some JB weld or a pair of jack-stands.
Weld fuel tank with gas in it 3:24 min.
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