I was stationed in Savannah back in WW-Saudi so I know where Blufton is. We used to ride thru there. Good times.
When they replaced the original old cantilever Talmadge bridge across the Savannah River back in the ‘90(s), my CH-47 carried it out to sea to build fish reefs. The bridge they replaced her with is gorgeous but I understand it may need to be replaced if the port is to expand to service Neo-Panamax vessels.
I live about 30 min East of HSV over Chapman Mountain North of 72. We still have cotton/soybean and corn fields out here but the subdivisions are beginning to swallow them up turning this into a bedroom community.
My house is off the end of a dead end road on the side of Berry Mountain. If anybody shows up out here they’re either lost or trying to find us.
My brew buddy has an accoun t with Foxx and I get them from there. When he places ann order with them, he asks if I need anything and I throw a few on his order. I now have a pretty good supply.
Just make sure that when ordering them that the small o-ring gaskets are on the top of the poppet. I got some once that didn’t have any and had to order them separately. That only happened to me once, but caveat emptor.
Hi it’s me, the only other pin lock keg user out there.
I have some universal poppets and they will work on your pin lock kegs with some work. They are fine on the three gallon pin lock kegs I own but difficult to work with on five gallon kegs. I guess the posts are a little shorter on those (at least the ones I have) and the springs are a little too stiff to work easily. They will loosen a little over time but early on it is tough to get the top of the poppet to sit right and maintain a seal. You have to be careful about screwing down the post to make sure it is seated correctly.
I ordered some from Denny’s post above, #15. They came in yesterday. I’ve had my ball lock kegs for 20+ years, so the poppets are at least that old. I had replaced the orings a few times. My observations with the universal poppets when using ball lock kegs:
-They do fit both gas and beverage posts.
-The springs are much longer than the originals and provide more closing force. They do not have the three little prongs which hold the springs in place while you screw the post onto the keg, but I had no problems installing them. After years of removing them for cleaning, the prongs didn’t hold very well anymore.
-Like Denny mentioned, the poppets extend higher from the top of the post than the originals. On mine two of the four are a little higher than the other two. Installing the QD’s is a little harder, but I pressure checked two different kegs with four new poppets, and they worked well. With time, the springs may loosen a bit, IDK.
-I purchased two replace gas posts, with new poppets before knowing you can buy just the poppets. They were $7-8 each. These are significantly cheaper, but still not a huge investment unless you have several kegs.
-They did come with the spare orings.