where can i buy a 55 gallon drum?

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: WiseOldDude
Air Pollution Control, this guy needs to be watched closely

:roll:

 

[Colt45]

back alley in an industrial area?

 

[Spikesoldier]

ask your local hobo.

 

[bonkers325]

Originally posted by: Citrix
my dad died 3 years ago and i have about 25 boxes full of every conciveable document, bank statement, notes, vehicle logs, medical papers... that one could keep since the 1950's. hell i even found a log of a 1964 Ford Falcon that he bought in 1964 and it list EVERY SINGLE time he got gas in it, how many gallons, milage, cost, cost per gallon and MPG for the 10 years he owned it. :disgust: I need to burn all of this stuff and with my webber grill it would take way to long.

I need a 55 gallon drum so i can get this done one night and have a little fun at it. where can one get a 55 gallon drum?

buy a shredder instead. if you're going to burn it in a 55 gallon drum, you're going to have to stand over the fire and toss in papers one stack at a time anyway... might as well shred them one by one and check out each paper one last time. you never know what u might find...

 

[mchammer]

Originally posted by: technophile82
try contacting some waste management companies, or companies that treat hazardous waste. 55 gallon drums are often used to store such things. my company (an environmental consulting company) has several, but i dont know where we get them from.

Uhh.. I don't know if its such a good idea to burn stuff in a drum they used for hazerdous waste.

 

[mchammer]

Originally posted by: bonkers325

Originally posted by: Citrix
my dad died 3 years ago and i have about 25 boxes full of every conciveable document, bank statement, notes, vehicle logs, medical papers... that one could keep since the 1950's. hell i even found a log of a 1964 Ford Falcon that he bought in 1964 and it list EVERY SINGLE time he got gas in it, how many gallons, milage, cost, cost per gallon and MPG for the 10 years he owned it. :disgust: I need to burn all of this stuff and with my webber grill it would take way to long.

I need a 55 gallon drum so i can get this done one night and have a little fun at it. where can one get a 55 gallon drum?

buy a shredder instead. if you're going to burn it in a 55 gallon drum, you're going to have to stand over the fire and toss in papers one stack at a time anyway... might as well shred them one by one and check out each paper one last time. you never know what u might find...

Yea, maybe he has some old investments he forgot about, could be worth alot now. Post some pics up for us.

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
paper shredder. invite the neighbors kids over and let em have at it.

lol. Good observation. Kids love paper shredders. Heck, my cat loves shredders too. He thinks it's a can opener.
Come to think of it. I'm fascinated by paper shredders too. Like a redneck with a bugzapper.

 

[dug777]

Don't you have a municipal recycling collection service?

I'd just put one bin of papers out every two weeks until the papers are all gone...

 

[Nebor]

I can get you one for $60, but you have to figure out what to with all the chicken necks inside.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: dug777
Don't you have a municipal recycling collection service?

I'd just put one bin of papers out every two weeks until the papers are all gone...

Nope, i live out in the country, small town livin so buring trash isnt a problem.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: mchammer

Originally posted by: bonkers325

Originally posted by: Citrix
my dad died 3 years ago and i have about 25 boxes full of every conciveable document, bank statement, notes, vehicle logs, medical papers... that one could keep since the 1950's. hell i even found a log of a 1964 Ford Falcon that he bought in 1964 and it list EVERY SINGLE time he got gas in it, how many gallons, milage, cost, cost per gallon and MPG for the 10 years he owned it. :disgust: I need to burn all of this stuff and with my webber grill it would take way to long.

I need a 55 gallon drum so i can get this done one night and have a little fun at it. where can one get a 55 gallon drum?

buy a shredder instead. if you're going to burn it in a 55 gallon drum, you're going to have to stand over the fire and toss in papers one stack at a time anyway... might as well shred them one by one and check out each paper one last time. you never know what u might find...

Yea, maybe he has some old investments he forgot about, could be worth alot now. Post some pics up for us.

I have gone through them twice and i do have a stack of papers im keeping for nostalgia. papers like his old arrest reports from when he was a deputy sheriff in Harris county Texas. all his hand written monthly expense reports of every single bill he had from month to month dating back to the 50's. but the rest is junk and i swear he had OCD when it came to paperwork. he was very metilicouls on keeping EVERTHING. now i inherided it and im tired of it taking up space in my two sheds. i cant even get in them without removing half a dozen boxes to get to my tools then i have to put them all back. Hell i think i even found his original SS card with instructions from the 30's. but this stuff is getting burned, i consider it part of closure too.