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Jim

04-18-2002 16:26:49

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I use a 55 gal drum for a burn barrel and they rust out very quickly. Anyone have any good ideas to solve this problem? Thanks

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Joe (Wa)

04-20-2002 22:34:05

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Re: Burn barrel in reply to Jim, 04-18-2002 16:26:49

I have been thinking of going the concrete covert route also. Anyone have any experience with it? Doesn't concrete absorb moisture and tend to eject projectiles when it turns to steam? Thanks for any info. Joe

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Mark A

04-19-2002 07:45:50

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Re: Burn barrel in reply to Jim, 04-18-2002 16:26:49

Get more barrels!! Just dont get the plastic kind like I did once..... .....only lasted for one burn! Seriously, if you have access to a concrete culvert pipe, that would work the best.

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Dan Kelley

04-19-2002 07:30:28

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Re: Burn barrel in reply to Jim, 04-18-2002 16:26:49

You could try a concrete pipe. Block it off the ground with cinder blocks. Old refrigerator grate at the bottom, or an old fireplace grate at the bottom. Should last forever.

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Scrounger

04-19-2002 07:24:17

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Re: Burn barrel in reply to Jim, 04-18-2002 16:26:49

Check with township or county shop for piece of a large used culvert,old feedstore hammermill screen(flattened) makes good top or bottom.

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Greaseman

04-19-2002 05:28:19

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Re: Burn barrel in reply to Jim, 04-18-2002 16:26:49

What I do is real simple, because of where I work (to keep up with my tractor addiction) I take two or three barrels to my buddy to decap with a cold chisel. Then I burn the _____ __out of them, fill 'em again, burn until they fall apart, then take them back into work where they are sent to a metal recycler with all the waste still in them.

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T_Bone

04-19-2002 01:51:12

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Re: Burn barrel in reply to Jim, 04-18-2002 16:26:49

Hi Jim,

You can use fire clay to line the inside of the barrel. Fire clay comes in a powder and mixed with water to a paste then applied to the sides with a rubber glove. It dries very hard and protects the metal from the high heat that caues the barrel to rust easy and makes the barrel last longer.

I also cut the bottom out and use a refer grate set up on cender blocks. Makes for a good burn barrel as it don't smoke much.

T_Bone

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Dusty

04-18-2002 18:55:13

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Re: Burn barrel in reply to Jim, 04-18-2002 16:26:49

Cut both ends out, place an old refrigerator grate on two or three cement blocks, set barrel on top, drive a steel fence post in ground inside barrel ( to keep wind from blowing barrel away), keep ashes cleaned out, and barrel will last many years.
Dusty

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Deb

01-05-2003 07:27:11

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Re: Re: Burn barrel in reply to Dusty, 04-18-2002 18:55:13

Does anyone know where I can buy a burn barrel? We really need a new one.

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All the refrigerator grates or racks I ever saw-

04-19-2002 06:14:30

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Re: Re: Burn barrel in reply to Dusty, 04-18-2002 18:55:13

were made of aluminum and would melt very easily.
Stove racks are o.k.

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AL 2

04-18-2002 18:54:02

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Re: Burn barrel in reply to Jim, 04-18-2002 16:26:49

Some people use a 200 gal. oil tank. Cut a door and draft in one end and put some kind of chimney or stove pipes on it. IT will be good for a long time as little or no rain water will get into it. As others are sure to tell you , it can be very dangerous or deadly to cut into any tank like this without following all safety precautions.

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Farmer/Paul

04-22-2002 05:51:42

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Re: Re: Burn barrel in reply to AL 2, 04-18-2002 18:54:02

I have used 45gal drums to burn trash set it on cinder blocks at 3 point and the 2 ends are cut out used 3/8ths rod for a bottom.

Father in law uses an old 500 gallon water tank bottom cut out of it,sits on 3 points with patio stone under it. He has a fill hatch and a stack has been using it forever.

I also just bought some 4 X 4 X 5ft tall steel cage affair. It is made of 3/8ths rod with about a 3 inch opening the fold flat. They seem to work great so far. Cost me $5 each and I had planned on using them to make a fence for livestock.

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