55 Gallon Drums

[redfishbluefish]

Found a local place that has clean 55 gallon drums $10 a piece:



Drums contained citric acid that's been rinsed out. Even if there was residual, it wouldn't hurt anything.
Guy located on the Sayreville / South Amboy border close to Rt 35, Rt 9 and the Parkway. Here's the Craigslist:

55 Gal Drums - sporting goods - by owner - sale

Hey you need something to shoot at here you go 55 gallon drums fill them up and shoot away but they also have 1 million other useful purposes ,garbage cans ,fill with fuel oil ,fill with water you...

cnj.craigslist.org

I picked up four for a raised bed garden....drums cut down to 15 inches.

 

[Rueric]

These would be great for a kalk reservoir!
Are these food grade drums though?
Also, who uses craigslist anymore, I thought FB marketplace was the way to go now

 

[redfishbluefish]

These would be great for a kalk reservoir!
Are these food grade drums though?
Also, who uses craigslist anymore, I thought FB marketplace was the way to go now

Let me start with your last question….I’m an old fart and don’t waste my time on any social media sites. So I don’t have Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc. To put it differently, I have a life!

Now as far as these drums, I’ll take a closer look tomorrow, but I do know they are high density polyethylene….the cleanest of any plastic material you can find. Brute trash cans are made of polyethylene. It’s safe. The other consideration is that this citric acid was used to passivate stainless steel for the pharmaceutical industry, so I would think, as a minimum, it is food grade. But again, I’ll look tomorrow to see what I can find. I personally wouldn’t think twice about using these for any application of my tank.

 

[Rueric]

Let me start with your last question….I’m an old fart and don’t waste my time on any social media sites. So I don’t have Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc. To put it differently, I have a life!

Now as far as these drums, I’ll take a closer look tomorrow, but I do know they are high density polyethylene….the cleanest of any plastic material you can find. Brute trash cans are made of polyethylene. It’s safe. The other consideration is that this citric acid was used to passivate stainless steel for the pharmaceutical industry, so I would think, as a minimum, it is food grade. But again, I’ll look tomorrow to see what I can find. I personally wouldn’t think twice about using these for any application of my tank.

Let me know! I can use some upgrades to my brutes

 

[redfishbluefish]

Here’s the UN code on the drum. To put it bluntly, this means it’s made from FDA-Compliant resins for containment of food and cosmetic products. This is "higher" than the Brute cans.




Not sure who the manufacturer is, but THIS LINK explains the UN coding.

And here’s the recycle code.

 

[Rueric]

Awesome! Thanks

 

[radiata]

That's a great price! I paid $30 for them 30 years ago!

 

[Hallowhead]

Sheew great price, I want one with a removable top, that's what I'm searching for but agreed, I spent $30