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55 gallon drums

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:06 pm
by DoublePslayer
Anyone know where I can find a metal drum fairly clean near Grenada?

Re: 55 gallon drums

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:32 pm
by DoublePslayer
Anyone?

Re: 55 gallon drums

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:40 pm
by ufgators68
What do you want to do with it?

Re: 55 gallon drums

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:22 am
by Smoke68
Most likely a smoker

Re: 55 gallon drums

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:37 am
by Anatidae
Smoke68 wrote:Most likely a smoker
.........maybe a still?..... :shock:

Re: 55 gallon drums

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:11 pm
by ufgators68
Anatidae wrote:
Smoke68 wrote:Most likely a smoker
.........maybe a still?..... :shock:
Dead hooker storage?

Re: 55 gallon drums

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:15 pm
by Northbigmuddy
ufgators68 wrote:
Anatidae wrote:
Smoke68 wrote:Most likely a smoker
.........maybe a still?..... :shock:
Dead hooker storage?
Wait... Your supposed to hold on to those?

Re: 55 gallon drums

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:40 pm
by ufgators68
Northbigmuddy wrote:
ufgators68 wrote:
Dead hooker storage?
Wait... Your supposed to hold on to those?
Only long enough for the acid to do its work.

Re: 55 gallon drums

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:00 pm
by Smoke68
Boy did this thread hit a tangent.

Re: 55 gallon drums

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:52 pm
by DoublePslayer
All of the above! :D But going to try an ugly drum smoker first. Maybe a still later.

Re: 55 gallon drums

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:23 am
by ufgators68
Cool. I've built a few of those.

I get my drums from a fuel/oil distributor (White Oil in Aberdeen). New, unlined barrels run $25 and are worth it for not having to deal with either the red or tan liners. You can't burn those liners out. I had one barrel glowing and the liner survived... it is now a trash/brush burning barrel.

This is my current UDS. I've added another rack at the top of the drum since this pic.

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I need to finish the cart and paint the whole thing.

Re: 55 gallon drums

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:47 am
by edub20
the ball valve for water pan drain or air intake?

Re: 55 gallon drums

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:52 am
by ufgators68
edub20 wrote:the ball valve for water pan drain or air intake?
Air intake.

Re: 55 gallon drums

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:00 am
by champcaller
I like that!

Re: 55 gallon drums

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:10 am
by DoublePslayer
champcaller wrote:I like that!
That's what I was thinking. I saw it on Facebook the other day and it looks pretty easy and fairly cheap. Google "ugly drum smoker," and you will find a ton of different plans for it. "They" claim you can hold 225 for about 12 hours with it. If I can find a drum, I'm going to try it out.