Thanks Centercut, I hope it passes, it had seen a lot of use by Phoenix FD.
That's why you dont buy them cheap overdue Scott tanks on ebay. They are old and bang up by firefighters. The department toss them away and people try to make money off them by selling it on ebay. Buy a new tank. You be glad you do. Why try to save a few dollars to get an old bang up tanks made 10 or more years ago and who knows what the previous owners done to it. My new Cf tank is so shiny and clean I can eat off of it. I wouldnt eat off of a old firemen's beat up tank. Eww
That is very nice that you can afford a new tank. I am more concerned with the air inside of the tank than how shiny the tank looks. I suppose this tank could fail inspection as any tank could, but several folks on the forum have had good good luck with these exact 2008 Phx FD tanks passing inspection. The previous owner was Phoenix Fire Department and I really do not have a question on how they were used. Phoenix contracted with Drager for all their SCBAs in 2008 but cancelled it in 2012 over an issue with the regulator in the facemasks, and retired all of their Dragers shortly thereafter. They replaced them all with another manufacturer (Scott). A local surplus outfit acquired them and has been selling them for what I think is a fair deal.
