I am thinking about getting a drum barrel to burn the little things I pick up around the property, like twigs and stuff. Where can I find one? I just need one and what is a good price?
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if you were in chicago I could get you one for nothing...
Unfortunetly you're not. I'll make a phone call, a cousin or my grandmother owns a drum manufacturing plant in chicago and st louis, he may know someone that makes them.
Thanks, you don't have to go through all that trouble!Handyman, painter, wood floor refinisher, property maintenance in Tulsa, OK
I found mine under Drum in the yellow pages. I think it was15 or 17.00 cleaned. It was used but that shouldn't matter. They might be a little more now since steel is higher now then when I bought mine.
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Edited 2/3/2007 7:37 pm ET by Jemcon
Like Cag, if you were here I'd give you a couple. I'd even deliver if on my way to somewhere. I'd think ther'e be lots of half rusted barrels laying about Tulsa.
An uncle worked oil fields in OK and there were hundreds of reject barrels suitable for burning that just went to scrap iron. Think all you need to do is put a 'wanted' in Craigs list for Tulsa to get one free.
You are fortunate to be able to burn outdoors, burn barrels are illegal in the entire state of Warshington.
Well Tulsa was under a burn ban for a while because of the dry weather but that has since been lifted since Feb 1st I think. I was in Tacoma/Seattle last year visiting the uncle and it certainly is a lot wetter there than here.Handyman, painter, wood floor refinisher, property maintenance in Tulsa, OK
<<<You are fortunate to be able to burn outdoors, burn barrels are illegal in the entire state of Warshington>>>
I live in un-incorporated Pacific County, near Oysterville. Anytime you want to burn just call firehouse to see if it's a burn day. They tell you it's OK with a recorded message. Tell you to have a permit (available free at the grocery store, just fill in and keep with you, no date needed-it's open ended). You must have a shovel and hose at the site.
Almost everyone in the countryside does it, BUT, as you said, no burn barrels. Go figure. At least a barrel would keep a fire smaller and under better control. IMO.
Just more bureaucratic BS...The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it. -Mark Twain...
Be kind to your children....they will choose your nursing home.
I've some timberland in Lewis county with a cabin, can burn there.
One Thanksgiving weekend when it was raining all day, had an 1 acre slash pile going, dozer keeping the edges pushed in, burned for 4 days.
Like you said, go figure about the bureacrats, think its all about money.
About 10 years ago , Milwaukee land co. had a 6 section slash burn, quite the burn.
Post an ad on Craig's List in your area. I did the same thing last year as I wanted one for burning on jobs in the winter. Had about 25 people begging me to come get theirs out of their yard.
I bought a truck rack from a place that also did spray-in bedliners. They were perfectly clean and he would have given me dozens.
Ask a petroleum supply place. They might charge 15 or 20 for the nice ones, but you can usually get a dented up drum for free if you ask nice, or if you're there buying something else.
zak
"When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin
"so it goes"
Thanks for the tip. Tulsa is a big petroleum town. I might post in the craigslist and see what happens.Handyman, painter, wood floor refinisher, property maintenance in Tulsa, OK
Someone said, "Ask a petroleum supply place."Petroleum products are shipped in tight-head (closed top)55gal drums. If you get an empty one, it could be dangerous to cut the lid off; explosion hazard due to residual vapors. Open top drums are used by industrial paint manufacturers, glue or food products companies, among others. Problem is, they usually have paid a deposit on drums, so won't want to give them away unless they have a damaged one.Look up "barrels" or "cooperages" in yellow pages and ask for a junker. Here's something I found on Google;
JEHL COOPERAGE CO. INC. Address: 2700 S. 25TH AVENUE, TULSAGood luckBruceT
That place doesn't look too far away from me. Thanks, I will check it out come Monday. Cooperage huh? Sounds like something from the movie Master and Commander :)Handyman, painter, wood floor refinisher, property maintenance in Tulsa, OK
Bruce,
At twelve years old I wanted to make a homemade one man hot tub and asked my dad if I could make one out of a 55 gal drum by removing the top. Even though my dad and I have issues it is pretty cool that he set me up with a cold chisel and a hammer and I had the top cut off that thing is about twenty minutes.I realize a hammer and chisel could give off sparks but if one was really worried about it just fill the barrel with water prior to cutting the lid off.Did you have visions of someone taking a cutting torch to a barrel with gasoline vapors in it (obviously a bad combination) or are there less obvious dangers I don't see in cutting off the top.Karl
Yeah, I guess a cold chisel would get the job done, but a cutting torch or angle grinder is what a lot of guys would use. Years ago I worked for a petrochemical company. A Shell Chemical distributor in Arizona filled drums of Xylene (nearly as flammable as gasoline) and sold them to another distributor who in turn sold to an end-user. End user had some construction going on and one of the steel workers decided to weld two empty drums together for a temporary work platform. After the funeral, the welder's family sued the end-user company, both distributors and Shell Chemical because they did not place a warning label on the drums about not welding on them. Courts held Shell liable despite the fact that they had nothing to do with the drums; just had deep pockets.
BruceT
Go to a local auto dealership, they probably have a number of them out back of the service shop.
I get as many as I need for rolling timber beams around. They are happy to give them away.
Rod
I got my last steel drum from Brachs Candy...I loaded it into the van on my way to meet a customer and measure their kitchen...well I parked my van in the sun, and the inch of artificial cherry flavor syrup in the bottom of the drum began to making the entire neighborhood smell like cherry cough syrup.
I opened all the van windows, in spite of the cold, and drove home...with a wicked headache. My shop smelled like a cherry for weeks too.
I get my barrels from a farm down the road. They have both plastic and steel with removable lids. The steel barrels have the lid with the band type of clamp on them.
I think they get some kind of cattle feed in them, so they are clean.
If you do find a barrel and burn stuff in it, poke some holes in the bottom so it gets good airflow. That way it will burn with less smoke and will not get as much ash in it.I've even known guys who would knock put both ends and set the barrel on a grate that's propped up on bricks. That way you get all kinds of air flow, and the ashes drop out the bottom.
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Less smoke is always better... that way there is less chance someone might get alarmed and call the fire department. But I will check into the burn permit thing too just to make sure I have all my bases covered.Handyman, painter, wood floor refinisher, property maintenance in Tulsa, OK
Just a thought to add on burn barrels
The environmental health officer was out, inspecting my new septic system, and as an aside remarked that he could fine me 10 grand if I used the burn barrel.
Now I live in the country, and many folks still burn their trash, I burn brush piles regularly (call the fire co first on big piles...)
He basically implied that burning trash is illegal, really bad (unless professionally incinerated) and that they typically look the other way. I don't burn much trash, except cardboard these days anyway. Just a thought.
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