rswyan
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After getting this months gas bill, I decided that I wanted to move the woodburning furnace (attached) that's up in the shed down to the house - it's just too nice to be in the shed - and the woodburning fireplace insert down at the house isn't getting the job done. I picked up the furnace pretty cheap (under $200) about 10 years ago, blasted it down to grey metal, and repainted it. This year I replaced the Dayton squirrel cage blower on the back of it. Could stand to be squirted again.
I figured I would replace it with a barrel stove made with a pair of 55's and one 30 gallon using this kit:
Vogelzang Barrel Stove Kits
So I went to:
Lehman's Hardware down in Kidron
and picked up the the deluxe barrel stove kit with gasketed door, as well as the optional second barrel kit. Should be able to keep the shed plenty warm.
A few days ago I started checking into 30 & 55 gallon open head steel drums. Thinking that I might want to make this a build-once/last forever deal, I thought I would price stainless steel drums - man, talk about a rude awaking !!! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Called a place out about 1/2 hour away that manufacturers them - the price for a 55 was $472 and the price for a 30 was $374 ....... I about fell out of my chair. I mean I expected that stainless would be higher but .... geez ..... I didn't expect that it would be on par with say, gold or platinum. Needless to say, the idea of using stainless got scraped real quick - unless I can find a source for used ones that are considerably less than the prices above.
So next I called another drum manufacturer about an hour away. Got this passed to this woman when I asked for a price quote on just a plain steel drum. She wanted to know who I was and what company I was with. I gave her my company name and told her this was basically just for my own private use. She then wanted to know what I wanted to use the drums for. I told her what I planned to do and she basically came back and said that the company had had liability problems in the past with their drums being used for unapproved uses and that she would have to talk to her manager and see if he was willing to go along with my intended use and that if he was, only then would she be able to provide me with a quote. No call back yet. This kinda &*(! makes me want to choke sue-happy folks and the ambulance chasers that promote the idea that no is responsible for their own conduct - it's always someone elses fault. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
So I need to come up with a source for 30 & 55 gallon open barrels - they don't have to be stainless, though that would sure be nice. They don't have to be brand new, although I would prefer that - just in decent condition and not all beat up. Open head drums with a lid are a must though.
Anybody out there have any ideas what type of businesses might have a few of these laying around that they would want to get rid of relatively cheaply ?
BTW, I promise not to sue you if you provide me with this information. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
I figured I would replace it with a barrel stove made with a pair of 55's and one 30 gallon using this kit:
Vogelzang Barrel Stove Kits
So I went to:
Lehman's Hardware down in Kidron
and picked up the the deluxe barrel stove kit with gasketed door, as well as the optional second barrel kit. Should be able to keep the shed plenty warm.
A few days ago I started checking into 30 & 55 gallon open head steel drums. Thinking that I might want to make this a build-once/last forever deal, I thought I would price stainless steel drums - man, talk about a rude awaking !!! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Called a place out about 1/2 hour away that manufacturers them - the price for a 55 was $472 and the price for a 30 was $374 ....... I about fell out of my chair. I mean I expected that stainless would be higher but .... geez ..... I didn't expect that it would be on par with say, gold or platinum. Needless to say, the idea of using stainless got scraped real quick - unless I can find a source for used ones that are considerably less than the prices above.
So next I called another drum manufacturer about an hour away. Got this passed to this woman when I asked for a price quote on just a plain steel drum. She wanted to know who I was and what company I was with. I gave her my company name and told her this was basically just for my own private use. She then wanted to know what I wanted to use the drums for. I told her what I planned to do and she basically came back and said that the company had had liability problems in the past with their drums being used for unapproved uses and that she would have to talk to her manager and see if he was willing to go along with my intended use and that if he was, only then would she be able to provide me with a quote. No call back yet. This kinda &*(! makes me want to choke sue-happy folks and the ambulance chasers that promote the idea that no is responsible for their own conduct - it's always someone elses fault. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
So I need to come up with a source for 30 & 55 gallon open barrels - they don't have to be stainless, though that would sure be nice. They don't have to be brand new, although I would prefer that - just in decent condition and not all beat up. Open head drums with a lid are a must though.
Anybody out there have any ideas what type of businesses might have a few of these laying around that they would want to get rid of relatively cheaply ?
BTW, I promise not to sue you if you provide me with this information. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif