KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
Couldn't you just put some holes in the 55 gallon drum for air:dunno: or is spending $400 better?
My neighbor removed the top and bottom of a steel drum and welded in a piece of expanded metal mesh as a bottom. He then put 8 inch legs on it. Very slick... air goes in ashes fall out ... very portable as well. He has maybe $30 in it and has been using it several years.
That "so-called" flame on the left picture of the "high-temp" burn barrel looks like one seriously crappy photoshop job. Plus I like how they laid the normal burn barrel on the right purposely on the ground so no air is getting under the embers and intentionally making a smokey mess of things. Every burn barrel that I've seen in buddies yards was elevated and had holes drilled in the bottom/sides for proper air movement. How much exactly are they asking for this high-temp barrel?? I'm willing to bet rust will destroy this thing just as fast as it would a normal one....
Half the fun of using a burn barrel is putting the holes in... I usually put .45 or .44 holes in mine.
JT
Didn't think of that before
I just use a cutting torch :msp_tongue:
Back when this area was still rural...
folks just knocked a couple dozen holes in a steel barrel using a pick or maddock.
favoring the lower portion and a few in the bottom to let rainwater drain.
Then they set the barrel on top of about six bricks to raise the barrel
of the ground a bit to keep the bottom from rusting so fast.
I guess nowdays if it aint got a UL tag or some-such on it
you'll have a H.O.A. up your backside within a week of using it.
No H.O.A. here and I hope we never get stuck with one,
But I guess the light rail will bring that crowd soon enough.
150 gallons of oil and fuel would burn for a long time, that is the half or so that didn't go into the groundwater. I can light a damn big bonfire on a 2 gallon can of 50/50 diesel and oil. If it's dry (even a little) when I burn a big brush pile, I'll get the farm machinery out and make a 30-40 foot ring of bare dirt around it before lighting.
Few things I look forward to more than lighting up a big pile of brush with lots of friends and cold beverages on a summer night.
So when's the party Steve:confused2:
Beefie
Whenever summer gets here - probably next year sometime.
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