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2/2/2012 5:55:14 PM EDT
I need a few drums, 50-60gallon, fiberglass or Plastic. Does anyone have a source?  Wifey wants rainbarrels for garden and flowers.  Looking for cheap sources.
2/3/2012 4:24:43 AM EDT
[#1]
Anybody?
2/3/2012 4:30:00 AM EDT
[#2]
Do you know any farmers who might have empty 30-gallon herbicide drums laying around?

2/3/2012 4:32:16 AM EDT
[#3]
Go HERE



I bought all my water storage stuff here.


CMOS
2/3/2012 4:33:08 AM EDT
[#4]
Check around auto shops.  A lot of their fluids come in poly 55 gallon drums.  Usually washer fluid.
2/3/2012 4:36:25 AM EDT
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Where in pa are you? I might be able to help. I know a guy that sells food grade white 55 gallon drums for $10 each. Some of them still have residue inside but its usually stuff like food coloring or some kinda flavoring.
2/3/2012 4:36:40 AM EDT
[#6]
Got a dairy farm near by?  The one by us sells buckets for dirt cheap, like $.25 for a 5gal pail.
2/3/2012 4:46:09 AM EDT
[#7]
I think Costco sometimes has such things
2/3/2012 4:52:35 AM EDT
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Quoted:


Go HERE
I bought all my water storage stuff here.





CMOS


i see they have canned bacon...

 
2/3/2012 4:57:37 AM EDT
[#9]
Check the local car wash they get there chems in 5gal, 15 gal, 30 gal, and 55gal containers and many just trash them when empty.






 
2/3/2012 5:02:39 AM EDT
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Quoted:
Where in pa are you? I might be able to help. I know a guy that sells food grade white 55 gallon drums for $10 each. Some of them still have residue inside but its usually stuff like food coloring or some kinda flavoring.


Plastic 55 gal barrels, $8 each
2/3/2012 5:21:31 AM EDT
[#11]
US Plastics (Lima, OH) has a website... shipping will probably hurt ya some though.  But pretty much any container made of plastics, they will have.
2/3/2012 5:49:00 AM EDT
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US Plastics (Lima, OH) has a website... shipping will probably hurt ya some though.  But pretty much any container made of plastics, they will have.



+1

I have ordered from them a few times. Good selection of stuff and shipping wasn't that bad.

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=76169&catid=459
2/3/2012 5:54:18 AM EDT
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This is the end of the thread....

1) Go to a place that does aluminum anodizing...ask for some plastic blue barrels...they usually just give them away.

2) Take them home, dump a big box baking soda in each one, fill with water....the barrels usually have an acidic residue.

3) Empty the water.

4) Fill barrel with body and cement.

5) Discard.

6) ???

7) Profit.

***Ignore steps 4 thru 7 if you just need rain barrels.
2/3/2012 8:46:03 AM EDT
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Quoted:
Where in pa are you? I might be able to help. I know a guy that sells food grade white 55 gallon drums for $10 each. Some of them still have residue inside but its usually stuff like food coloring or some kinda flavoring.


I'm in York.  Thanks for the ideas guys, I'll have to make some calls.  Home depot has them for around $80.  I wanted to spend less than that.
2/3/2012 8:53:43 AM EDT
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Quoted:
Quoted:
Where in pa are you? I might be able to help. I know a guy that sells food grade white 55 gallon drums for $10 each. Some of them still have residue inside but its usually stuff like food coloring or some kinda flavoring.


I'm in York.  Thanks for the ideas guys, I'll have to make some calls.  Home depot has them for around $80.  I wanted to spend less than that.



We pay $10 for plastic or metal 55gal drums. Guy right outside of Whitewright has them piled up in front of his barn. You go load up as many as you want and put the money in the mailbox.

I personally would chop my own hand off before I paid $80 for a plastic drum.

2/3/2012 8:56:11 AM EDT
[#16]
Im out around pittsburgh...guy here sells those 55 gallon brown plastic drums for $8 each...he has a hundred of the easily...thats probly a little to far for ya though..