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55 Gallon drum bouyancy

Posted on 8/27/12 at 5:42 pm
Posted by bpinson
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Member since May 2010
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Posted on 8/27/12 at 5:42 pm
How much weight will one hold, (thinking of a floating duck blind)?
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 8/27/12 at 5:43 pm to
tipsy.
Posted by Dangling Angler
Member since Jan 2012
98 posts
Posted on 8/27/12 at 6:40 pm to
Roughly 450 lbs.
Posted by Boats n Hose
NOLA
Member since Apr 2011
37248 posts
Posted on 8/27/12 at 6:46 pm to
Figure it'll support the weight of the volume of water it can displace. 55 gallons of water displaced would put it just under the surface of the water. 8 pints in a gallon, so 440 pints. A pint of water weighs a pound, so 440 lbs. so it can support less than 440 lbs.
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43030 posts
Posted on 8/27/12 at 6:58 pm to
I floated a 4000lb truck 300yds with 8, so that much
Posted by Geauxtiga
No man's land
Member since Jan 2008
34377 posts
Posted on 8/27/12 at 7:25 pm to
quote:

tipsy.
Very.

I'd get a pirogue and hunt out of it before I got in a drum. shite, you can get a 10 ft. jon boat and rig up something.
Posted by Ole Geauxt
KnowLa.
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 8/27/12 at 7:29 pm to
quote:

(thinking of a floating duck blind)?

put a saddle on it..
Posted by lsuchase
Member since Oct 2011
46 posts
Posted on 8/27/12 at 8:19 pm to
55gal*8.33 lb/gal=458lbs
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