weight of oak barrels?

[seravitae]

Hey, anyone have a rough weight for oak barrels? any standard size.. 200/250/330L etc.

just trying to work out whether it's farily cost-effective to buy a used oak barrel and chip it for use in glass aging vessels.

ps. i have googled to no luck

[seravitae]

actually just found some weights. for 255L barrel the weight is about 45 kilograms. I can get these for about $145, so that's $3.20 per kilo of oak. I think that's pretty decent?

[HookLine]

I paid $75 for half a 320 litre used red wine barrel made from French oak. So I think your price is in the ballpark. Hell of a lot cheaper than buying it in little packs from the brew store.

Be aware that wine barrels may have anti-fungal agents painted lightly on the outside, usually just on the ends of the barrel, I think. I am not even certain it is done in Australia, but when I cut the staves up I split off the outside 3 mm or so from the oak sticks before using them, just to be sure.

And half a 320 litre barrel was pretty heavy. Can be moved around, but takes some effort.

[lawnman 2]

dont know but i bet their lighter empty than full lol
would mind buying one full though and bottleing the wine at home as we need it.
we went down to margret river a wine growing region in the south west of west aust and brought home a case and drank it in bit over a week.
dam it was good wine but goes to your head too quik not like my home brew i can drink a bottle no probs
sorry to have got off the track

[seravitae]

hookline, cheers - guess ill save up and grab a barrel yeah, i planned to sand off the outside or chip/split the outside off, because i figured they might have paint or some sealant or crap on them. didn't guess anti-fungal, but all the same..

[ajwhskybrls]

Hello,The weight of a used white oak whiskey barrel if freshly dumped is approx.118lbs A new barrel weighs approx 100lbs These barrels are a 53 gallon/200 ltr compacity.