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  1. 05-31-2010, 01:57 PM #1
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    Hmm Where to buy saddle clamps?

    Where can I buy some 6" PVC saddle clamps like the ones used here? http://www.rackattack.com/product-pa...kit-6-inch.asp I tried HD and Lowes and they dont have them. The plumbing supply house by me said I need a license to buy from them. Who sells just the saddle clamps?
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    I just bend a piece of 3/8 allthread and nut and washer them.
    You sure are cocky for a starving pilgrim.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zachhvac View Post
    I just bend a piece of 3/8 allthread and nut and washer them.
    Do I need to heat it up at all or does it bend easy enough without heating it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by rogerk View Post
    Where can I buy some 6" PVC saddle clamps like the ones used here? http://www.rackattack.com/product-pa...kit-6-inch.asp I tried HD and Lowes and they dont have them. The plumbing supply house by me said I need a license to buy from them. Who sells just the saddle clamps?
    Grainger sells them,but I would just make my own.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rogerk View Post
    Do I need to heat it up at all or does it bend easy enough without heating it?
    No heat needed.

    Leverage is your friend if you do this by hand.

    Take a 10' length of all thread, cut it in 1/2.

    Wrap each piece a little more than 1/2 way around the PVC.

    Trim ends to fit.

    Done.
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    Quote Originally Posted by neophytes serendipity View Post
    No heat needed.

    Leverage is your friend if you do this by hand.

    Take a 10' length of all thread, cut it in 1/2.

    Wrap each piece a little more than 1/2 way around the PVC.

    Trim ends to fit.

    Done.
    Thanks. I put a bolt in the back section of the pipe through my ladder rack and then put a black rubber straps around the front and back but they are already cracking. I noticed while driving around that the other service trucks that use the PVC tube were using U bolts/threaded rod to keep them in place.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rogerk View Post
    Thanks. I put a bolt in the back section of the pipe through my ladder rack and then put a black rubber straps around the front and back but they are already cracking. I noticed while driving around that the other service trucks that use the PVC tube were using U bolts/threaded rod to keep them in place.
    Keep a bolt or some type of small protrusion that the PVC tube is tightened against using the U bolts.

    The PVC tube may shift in a minor collision otherwise.

    Happened to someone I know. The only thing that slowed it down was the endcap. Still dented the truck cab, though.

    If you have something solid like a forklift propane cylinder to put a larger radius pre-bend in the all thread, you have a smaller chance of kinking it bending around something smaller initially... but 3/8" usually bends easily.
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    If you want to get fancy use stainless steel all thread washers/ nuts.
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    Well I dont keep any pipe in mine. I keep a large fold out umbrella for those really sunny days while changing out a compressor, and 2 spare tanks - an oxy and acet. I dont know how safe the oxy acet tanks are in there. I keep waiting for the umbrella to shoot out the 6" PVC like a bazooka.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rogerk View Post
    Well I dont keep any pipe in mine. I keep a large fold out umbrella for those really sunny days while changing out a compressor, and 2 spare tanks - an oxy and acet. I dont know how safe the oxy acet tanks are in there. I keep waiting for the umbrella to shoot out the 6" PVC like a bazooka.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rogerk View Post
    Well I dont keep any pipe in mine. I keep a large fold out umbrella for those really sunny days while changing out a compressor, and 2 spare tanks - an oxy and acet. I dont know how safe the oxy acet tanks are in there. I keep waiting for the umbrella to shoot out the 6" PVC like a bazooka.
    (1) Pretty sure it is illegal (DOT) to carry gas bottles in anything but an upright position.

    (2) Acetylene gas is dissolved in acetone in the bottle. There is a porous filler in there, too. Transporting acetylene in anything but a horizontal position is bad. Using the same bottle before it stands upright for 8 hours is bad, too.

    I suggest you do some reading up on acetylene so you realize just how dangerous it is.

    The umbrella is the least of your worries.
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    Add to that, the oxogen and acetylene are bad enough apart, together they are really a dangerous idea, for gods sake done put an oily rag in there with them.
    You sure are cocky for a starving pilgrim.
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