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09-25-2023, 04:21 PM | #1 |
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Burn barrels
Anyone have any open top 55 gal. steel barrels they'd be willing to part with or sell for use as a burn barrel? Just looking for one but might consider a couple.
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09-25-2023, 06:34 PM | #3 |
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Wow it has been a very long time since I have heard of someone using a 55-gal barrel to burn. Maybe you are as old as me
Also, I can remember my grandfather using two barrels to cure ham. Stack them up, hang ham in the upper, slow smoky fire in the lower. Alan |
09-25-2023, 07:17 PM | #4 |
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Go to a marina or car shop. They often give them away. Bulk oil drum
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09-26-2023, 04:25 AM | #5 |
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So I am curious, what will you burn?
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09-26-2023, 05:56 AM | #6 |
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My wife likes to burn small brush pieces as we clear a lot. Also, I have a lot of cutoffs from sawing as we're renovating a house. Too small to be useable. Beats loading it up and taking it to the transfer station.
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09-26-2023, 06:08 AM | #7 |
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Not sure I want to burn off the oil film on those. I would think they recycle them anyway.
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Ah, ok. We do the same with the brush I cut in a big outside the house fireplace. I remember my aunt and uncle alway burned their trash in one of those. Is that still legal?
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09-26-2023, 08:07 AM | #9 |
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According to local FD, metal burn barrel is ok. 55 gal is maximum. Still need a permit and a call to Carroll county dispatch before burning. Barrel needs steel mesh cover and constantly attended. We also keep a water hose nearby and don't burn when it's windy. In my opinion it's better/safer than a traditional fieldstone type fireplace as the embers are more enclosed, providing you don't overfill.
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We used a burn barrel back in the 60s to dispose of our thrash and we lived only 12 miles north of Boston. Don't think that would be ok today.
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09-26-2023, 01:06 PM | #11 |
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I bought a 3pt hitch chipper for my tractor but after two years of chipping brush I sold it. I tried burning brush and chipping brush, but in the end, for me anyway, I found it easier and quicker to just load it in my pickup truck and take it to the dump. Meredith dump is less than 3 miles away from my house and they don't charge extra, over and above my 2 year dump permit, for brush or yard waste. The bigger pieces, I cut up, and save for burning in the fire pit in spring and fall.
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