Looking for Steel 55 Gallon Drums

[yukonjasper]

Howdy,
I've been looking around for Steel drums to convert to burn barrels. I figure I need 2-3 - one at the house for leaves etc. and one or two out to the farm for garbage. They seem to be tough to put your hands on as most things are shipped in plastic barrels these days it seems.

I don't know what they are worth I'm assuming $5-$15?), so let me know if you have some in excellent shape or know where I can go to get them.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[timwarner]

I can hook you up.

We get oil in 55 gallon drums, and I'm sure we got 10 or 15 empties lying around.

Send me a PM tomorrow to remind me to check.

I gotta pick up a freezer full of geese one of these days with a borrowed truck/trailer, so I could get them to either Oakdale or they are currently in Rogers.

[yukonjasper]

thanks - PM sent.

[mnglocker]

The proper name for the item you're seeking is a "Bum Drum". Jes saying.

[timwarner]

sorry folks, been gettin PMs about barrels. The barrel dude just picked em up so the only 2 we got are spoken for.

[FJ540]

Ours are turned around for disposal of used cutting fluid, mineral spirits, and isopropyl. I can see if we have extras, but they've just switched to the big plastic squares for bulk fluids and barrels might be in short supply.

[yukonjasper]

Thanks guys. The move to plastic is all to familiar. Timwarner, let me know if you still have some availability on the 2 you have. Thanks.

[FJ540]

We've got steel ones you can have. PM me for details. You'll have to come to Brooklyn Park to fetch them and they're hersterfer's cutting oil drums, so they'll be tricky to de-cap (not spark or hot knife (torch) friendly). The price is right, so it's your call if they'll work.

[Pezhead]

When I used to for work a paint comapny we had drums. I'm not sure if one of them would have any or not. Also try one of the lubrication companies as they may have some.

[1911fan]

To make them safe for cutting with the gas axe, fill with water to overflow, then siphon off a couple of inches. all the vapors and volitiles will wash out doing this.

[timwarner]

I just use a can opener made for 55-gallon drums, it even rolls the sharp edge down into the barrel.

[FJ540]

There ya go - get the drums from me, and go to Tim's for beheading.

[gyrfalcon]

What sort of brand/oil do you use? Most of the oil drums I've seen of late are all plastic junk... The only things they seem to use steel on anymore is caustic solutions that are very harsh on plastics & polymers.

[timwarner]

Lube-tech is what we're usin now,

I think the barrels I have now are leftovers from ace lube maybe?

All the oil we get is in steel barrels. The only plastic ones we get are for various cleaning/degreasing products.

[FJ540]

Hangsterfer's - they're very much steel. I'll be snagging one myself, now that I own a swamp that needs a whole bunch of crap burned.