Kids found an old oil barrel

mnjoe · Apr 13, 2014

Kids went looking for old stuff to use for their yard. They found an old oil barrel...the end says..The Barrel Oil Co Saint Paul, MN 2805 6-15. It is a steel barrel has a taper...bottom and top is smaller than the middle. Any ideas if this company is still around? Thanks joe

greygoat · Apr 13, 2014

In 1980, Burlington Northern railroad was still
getting bulk diesel lube oil in barrels like
that, shipped in boxcars from Mobil and Sinclair.

tomNE · Apr 13, 2014

they make excellent wood stoves for shops!

Anonymous-0 · Apr 13, 2014

Have one from standard oil Co.

Dr. Walt · Apr 15, 2014

tomNE:

Be careful about using them for shop stoves, the one that I have like that is Galvanized inside & out. Better if you can find the older style "Hogshead" (60 gallon) drums with the I-beam hoops on the outside. Easier to weld legs to the hoops, no chance of burn-through on the sheet-metal.

Pops1532 · Apr 15, 2014

The most common are embossed Standard Oil Company.
Much heavier gauge than a regular drum. And not galvanized.
They used to be pretty common at petroliana swap meets until everyone figured out they're fairly common and not worth much.

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