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How to properly dispose of empty 55 gallon drums?

Posted on 6/24/16 at 9:52 pm
Posted by CapperVin
Member since Apr 2013
10531 posts
Posted on 6/24/16 at 9:52 pm
they are metal. Any ideas?
Posted by cuyahoga tiger
NE Ohio via Tangipahoa
Member since Nov 2011
5825 posts
Posted on 6/24/16 at 9:54 pm to
Crush with front end loader put in dumpster.
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
9313 posts
Posted on 6/24/16 at 9:55 pm to
Posted by CapperVin
Member since Apr 2013
10531 posts
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:00 pm to
WTF



Posted by CapperVin
Member since Apr 2013
10531 posts
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:01 pm to
that is def a possibility
Posted by CapperVin
Member since Apr 2013
10531 posts
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:12 pm to
anybody know what a scrap yard would pay per drum?
Posted by onelochevy
Slidell, LA
Member since Jan 2011
16524 posts
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:26 pm to
Put them on Craigslist.
Posted by mack the knife
EBR
Member since Oct 2012
4183 posts
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:33 pm to
freaking cool!
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15074 posts
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:34 pm to
quote:

Put them on Craigslist.


This. You can get $10-20 a piece for them if there in good shape and can be made into a grill or smoker.

Posted by Pepperidge
Slidell
Member since Apr 2011
4311 posts
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:34 pm to
What is the condition and where are you located?

would love to have one as a burn barrel...
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
24916 posts
Posted on 6/24/16 at 10:36 pm to
Lots of people will pay for those.
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
27321 posts
Posted on 6/24/16 at 11:34 pm to
I need two if in decent shape.
Posted by Enfuego
Uptown
Member since Mar 2009
9879 posts
Posted on 6/24/16 at 11:52 pm to
Go to the nearest apartment complex. Throw it in the dumpster.
Posted by 756
Member since Sep 2004
14852 posts
Posted on 6/25/16 at 7:05 am to
sell em
You might me a redneck if you burn garbage in a 55 gallon drum in your front yard

You might be a cajun if you float your houseboat with 55 gallon drums
Posted by Sparkplug#1
Member since May 2013
7352 posts
Posted on 6/25/16 at 7:49 am to
Do exactly what you are doing. OB folks will take them.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89453 posts
Posted on 6/25/16 at 7:51 am to
Make BBQ grills out of them.

When I was a kid (yeah, buddy, I'm old) grills made from drums were the rule, not the exception.
This post was edited on 6/25/16 at 7:51 am
Posted by OhMy
Member since Jan 2016
834 posts
Posted on 6/25/16 at 7:53 am to
Craigslist.

Floating dock (shitty) or BBQ grill.
This post was edited on 6/25/16 at 7:54 am
Posted by BobABooey
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2004
14224 posts
Posted on 6/25/16 at 9:17 am to
Are they clean inside? I wouldn't make a grill if they stored something toxic.

When we were kids, the neighbor got 4 of them with lids on. We used to jump on them and roll them around the yard and battle each other. The last to fall off won. When we got tired of that, we built a frame to hold them in place and a deck and had an awesome raft that we used all Summer.

Do kids do stuff like that any more or would they rather stay plugged into their electronics?
Posted by CapperVin
Member since Apr 2013
10531 posts
Posted on 6/25/16 at 9:25 am to
quote:

I wouldn't make a grill if they stored something toxic



yeah that's my only concern about giving them to people. These drums are from an oil field where chemicals were stored in them. They have been drained empty but not cleaned with fresh water or any other cleaning supplies.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38615 posts
Posted on 6/25/16 at 9:27 am to
there's a dude up near Shreveport with some tannerite he wants to get rid of. Maybe you two can get together and help each other out
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