Dumping trash barrels

[cowsrus]

We burn our trash and when the barrels are full I haul them out to a ditch on my property and dump them. The problem is the barrels are very heavy. I take them out with my tractor front end loader, but I have to dump them manually. I'm trying to come up with something that I could haul & dump with the FEL. You can't strap them to the fel because they won;t turn enough to dump. I use round barrels now, but i,m open for ideas. I,ve done a search and not found anything on this. I've been trying to come up with an idea on this, I thought maybe you guys had some ideas on this. By the way, there are no public landfills around here.

 

[MrJimi]

I hope your barrels are metal? weld some hooks on the bottom, opposing each other and put a chain to the bottom, hook chain and lift and barrel will dump
Jim

 

[cowsrus]

That is a good idea, I had been welding hand holds to the bottom rim. DIdn't think about the chain. That would certainly be the easiest way to go, also should be effective. Thanks

 

[MrJimi]

Just remember not to pack the barrels tight like I would to get more in
Jim

 

[LBrown59]

1*== ==I don't let the barrel get full and I haul the trash not the barrel
2*Mine hain't because I don't let it get full.
3*I don't take the barrel anywhere just the trash in the bucket.
Dumps real easy out of the bucket without the barrel to fool around with.
4*Don't take the trash in the barrel and you won't have to fuss with it.
5*I've posted about this a time or so.
6*I've described how I set up my trash barrel and how I empty it a few times on the board.

Obviously you haven't cut the bottoms out of the barrels.
You don't want bottoms in burning barrels because they cause the problem you're having with dumping them.

1*We burn our trash and when the barrels are full I haul them out to a ditch on my property and dump them.
2*The problem is the barrels are very heavy.
3* I take them out with my tractor front end loader, but I have to dump them manually.
4*I'm trying to come up with something that I could haul & dump with the FEL. You can't strap them to the fel because they won;t turn enough to dump. .
5*I,ve done a search and not found anything on this.
6*I thought maybe you guys had some ideas on this.

 

[LBrown59]

I hope your barrels are metal? weld some hooks on the bottom, opposing each other and put a chain to the bottom, hook chain and lift and barrel will dump
Jim

How does this work?

 

[turnkey4099]

1*== ==I don't let the barrel get full and I haul the trash not the barrel
2*Mine hain't because I don't let it get full.
3*I don't take the barrel anywhere just the trash in the bucket.
Dumps real easy out of the bucket without the barrel to fool around with.
4*Don't take the trash in the barrel and you won't have to fuss with it.
5*I've posted about this a time or so.
6*I've described how I set up my trash barrel and how I empty it a few times on the board.

Obviously you haven't cut the bottoms out of the barrels.
You don't want bottoms in burning barrels because they cause the problem you're having with dumping them.

Yes! Yes! and Yes! After a few years of digging half burned paper, etc out of my barrel to put in the trash I finally got wise.

Set up a "U" of two rows of 8x16" block, laid some angles across, cut the bottom out of the barrel and fired it up. Burns like a blow torch and all the ashes just shovel out from the open "U". Does use up barrels - about 1 every two years...well it did until the State of WA put a bounty on people using them. They pay people to rat you out so mine is no longer in use except 1 time per year to burn up accumulated yard trash and gift wrapping - usually done right after Christmas on a foggy day (I'm right on the highway).

I gaurantee that anyone who burns once with an open ended barrel with never go back to the other way.

Harry K

 

[john_bud]

My dad should have been a lawyer. When they outlawed open burning, they left in that you can have a fire for cooking, camping etc. He dropped a couple oaks killed by wilt, piled up the brush and lit it off. Neighbors called the cops (3 blocks from the station!), they came out and started in on him. He then pointed to the sticks sitting 20' from the fire, one with a marshmallow and one with a hotdog. They left.

jb

 

[LarryD]

They pay people to rat you out so mine is no longer in use...

Harry K

So I shouldn't mention I used my tractor to help my neighbor dump his barrel this weekend?

What was that number by the way?

 

[Wayne County Hose]

My dad should have been a lawyer. When they outlawed open burning, they left in that you can have a fire for cooking, camping etc. He dropped a couple oaks killed by wilt, piled up the brush and lit it off. Neighbors called the cops (3 blocks from the station!), they came out and started in on him. He then pointed to the sticks sitting 20' from the fire, one with a marshmallow and one with a hotdog. They left.

jb

After that, I would have held a hot dog between my cheeks and called the neighbors to invite them to my rump roast barbecue.

 

[LBrown59]

I'm trying to come up with something that I could haul & dump with the FEL. I use round barrels now, but i,m open for ideas. I,ve done a search and not found anything on this. I've been trying to come up with an idea on this, I thought maybe you guys had some ideas on this.

how i do it.

 

[LBrown59]

Set up a "U" of two rows of 8x16" block, laid some angles across, cut the bottom out of the barrel and fired it up. ) (I'm right on the highway).
Harry K

This gave me an idea.

I think I will widen this base so I can just set the barrel off to the side then scoop the stuff up with the FEL.
That would eliminate shoveling and rakeing it into the FEL bucket.

 

[john_bud]

I'm thinking 3 scoops with the backhoe and a rebar grate over the top with the hollow barrel on top of that. When it fills up, you remove the grate, cover and dig a new hole.

jb

 

[LBrown59]

how i do it.

I upgraded this set up the other day.
Details here:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/1435008-post1.html

 

[farmboy12]

Sorry to bring this up so late, but here's an idea.

A little complicated, but should work well. Weld on 3 point brackets, closer to the bottom, with lower links right at the bottom. Back up to the ditch, release top link, and let it flip.
Hope this helps!


Kyle

 

[jinjimbob]

What do you burn in the barrels, ALL trash, plastic too?

If you are just burning wood/paper/cardboard, I would think those ashes are good to spread on the ground.

Burying metal burn barrels? Wow, it sounds like you live in China or Mexico.