Most of those horror stories were people welding or cutting a fuel tank/drum that they had emptied but vapor remained rather than welding something near by but it never hurts to err on the side of safety, especially with a plastic tank that could be punctured by hot slag. Funny thing is a full tank is less likely to explode than an empty one. As I suggested earlier, remove the handle and brackets and then weld them.
Last edited by aussietrev; 23/08/15 07:49 PM.
