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Well cannot find any of them screw lid type plastic drums / barrels in the 25 -35 gallon size . Has anybody got any idea what type business would get these ? All the ads on craigslist are sold out and do not have any. I need several. Any ideas might help me find them before second dealers get them. Thanks ahead for your input.

not sure of any specifics in your area but check with HAZMAT pick up companies, like the ones who pick up from retail stores. Mine just switched from 55g steel drums to 30g food grade containers. im gonna talk to my driver this week when he does his quarterly pick up

Thats a starting place . I have an industrial park close by and I am gonna ride and read company names, if one sounds like a possible place I am hitting them up. Thanks I will Google my area.

There are companies that sell drums.Home Depot has 55 gallon ones on their website too.

Greif bought up sonoco's drum mfg plants.

There are some 55 gal available but thats way bigger than I need. 25 would be great but 30 or 35 would work. Didn't really want the 55 if I can help it.

I bought a nice clean open top/ring band 30 gallon food grade blue barrel off E bay for cheap w/free shipping last year. Not many really screamin' good deals out there but checking each day may work to your advantage.

Car washes frequently get their chemicals in 30 gal HDPE drums. A factory I used to work in got additives for their heating boilers in the same.

Wash, clean, rewash, rinse, wash some more before using.

All good info. Thank you my friends.
The only thing I can give ya is advice, DON'T GRAB IT BY THE TAIL, IT MIGHT NOT LIKE IT !!

Take a look in the "Farm+Garden" section on Craigslist.

I'm fortunate here in central pa I can get food grade barrels, 55,25,10 and 5 gallon with clamp on lids 55 costs 35 dollars and 25 is 25 dollars also have whiskey barrels. Didn't get price on the whiskey barrel

Yea there have got to be here too cause there are alot of ads on craigslist, but must be a bunch of beer making fools around me cause I can't find any smaller than the 55, they are all sold out. I will find them sooner or later.

Go to eBay
under the shopping cart icon on the right side of the screen....click on the "Advanced" tab
when that opens look on the left side of the screen under Stores....click "Find Stores"
type the name to search....sunkist1956

This guy has several options in the size you want, and free shipping

Thank you, will do that right now. I appreciate the help.

Apparently he already sold out of any smaller barrels. All he has now are like 55 gal . I will keep checking back. Thanks again.

call around to the big deli companies that make salza for supermarkets of do huge catering contracts. they get pickles and olives in those barrels. The one near me (and no where near you) sells them for 10 bucks as ?rain barrels".
that maybe a good search term on craigs list.

Tsc.rain barrels.
If its for use as a fermenter there's no real need for a lid to screw on.just use a Rubbermaid trash can.

I may have located a couple, I will know tomorrow when I call them. If not I might either do the trash can or get one off of Ebay. I appreciate all the input.

If you do get a brute trash can, make sure you flip it over and check if it's LDPE. Most of the new ones are.

Not a problem if you're only doing sugar washes, but if you plan to cook corn in them, realize that they get soft and are not food safe above 170.

SR

Good info. Thank you, I will check that.

Lko67 wrote:I'm fortunate here in central pa I can get food grade barrels, 55,25,10 and 5 gallon with clamp on lids 55 costs 35 dollars and 25 is 25 dollars also have whiskey barrels. Didn't get price on the whiskey barrel

Would you mind PM'ing me the location for those? I may be interested in them at some point. North Central PAer here! We should meet up

Picked up 2 a few weeks ago for $25 each off Craigslist. They smelled weird but I let them soak in Oxyclean and water for several hours and they smell like new now.

I ended up with a 30 gallon and a 55 gallon barrel . I figured hell might as well make enough for 2 runs when I do it . Talked to my friend today who owns a plumbing company and he is gonna save me any and all copper tanks he comes by. Woohoo. He says he just scraped a couple. REALLY ? Dammit !!!!

I have heard water treatment plants are a source for barrels. I don't know for sure but may be worth calling about

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