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Where will i get an old oil drum from? I desperately need one to burn a heck of a lot of brambles and twigs and bushes that i've chopped down in the garden, if i don't get rid of them Twin Valley will be on my case, any suggestions welcome

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Try a local garage workshop Shaz, but to be honest I think you'll be hard pushed to find much with scrap metal prices as they are.

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Cheers DiGy

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would an old galvanized metal bin not do just as well?
Not that I have one of those, but someone on here might just have one that they would lend you....the power of Accyweb is boundless.

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I was on about one of those with my dad earlier Marg, he said they aren't as thick as an oil drum and with the heat wouldn't last long, they sell them for £20 in Wilkinsons, i was going to get one until he changed my mind

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but if someone has one of the old ones..... which we did until it was pinched by the itinerant metal collectors...they were quite thick and we used to burn stuff in ours......failing that it looks like you are going to have to build a brick one :)

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Oooo i'd never thought of building a brick one, anyone want to offer to build one for me? :D

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Get in touch with Bob the Builder Shaz he can sort you out:D

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Lol

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Shaz it doesn't need to be built properly, just stack the bricks making sure there are some air gaps....if you know what I mean...sort of offset the bricks so that it isn't a solid wall.......your brambles will burn a treat.

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See shaz....more in my head than mucky water! :)

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Ah thanx Marg, i'll have to take a few bricks from next doors house so i can put one together, sure mi dad won't mind ;) how long dya think it will be before we get rollocked for getting 'chatty' in buy sell and swap?...... Mods you could always move this to questions and answers if it annoys ya

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No doubt your being watch Shaz:bigglasse

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My mate has a garage on victoria st and there is a empty oil drum in the yard !, its the bottom of rose st next door to sullys tyres , but you have to be quick ,them scrap blokes go round quite reguarly ,
ian
P.S he is called Mike ,

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didn't think it was chatty, just offering solutions to your thorny problem.

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i know Marg, thankyou :)

Ian, where is Victoria Street? i'm in Blackburn

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Just off Ormerod Street Shaz

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Factory bottoms?, thanx Bernie, thanx Ian, i'll see if i can get some transport, don't think it'd look good on a bus ;)

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i been garage today and he will keep it a few days berore it goes to scrap
ian

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thanx Ian, my dad has his eye on one in Blackburn at the moment, if we haven't picked the one up from your mate tomorrow then my dad will already have one, thankyou so so much for sorting it out for me, it is very much appreciated

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just been to pick the oil drum up, thankyou so much Ian

mi dad can't figure out how to open it though


;)

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shaz.......think he's going to need a bigger tool! :D

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The problem there shaz, as I see it, is that your dad is using a right handed tin opener, maybe the chap who made the drum put the lid on with a right handed "putter oner" so you need a left handed "taker offer" to remove it.

This forum is getting me as daft as of some of you.

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Your Dad's going to have to go at it with an angle grinder I think Shaz. :)

Good photos, raised a smile.

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I always used a hammer and chisel.

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glad you got it , mike would have cut the top iff if you asked him . !!
ian

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DON'T use an angle grinder, any residual fumes inside that drum could ignite from the sparks.
Retlaw.

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it was oil , so angle grinder will be ok ,

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Glad the pics made you all smile, me and my dad couldn't stop laughing when i took the pics Thanx again Ian :D thankyou for the concern Walter, it is motor oil that has been in it

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Its quite obvious you haven't read the rules before you joined Gremlin, it clearly states you have to be a sandwich short of a picnic to become a member:D

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I would still err on the cautious Shaz, a friend of mine was killed using a grinder to cut the top off an oil drum, I dont know what kind of oil was in the drum, but it set him on fire and he died from the injuries, his name was Steve Walsh and he owned Auto rescue in Bury, Im not trying to be morbid, just asking you be careful! :D

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I am still a trainee yet jaysay but I will try harder to be hungry after my next picnic.

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Thats the spirit Gremlin :mosher:

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I totally agree Derek,
I spent thirty years in the chemical and hazardous liquid business driving tankers.
We had to attend many courses on safety and pass C&G exams.
It was stressed most strongly that you never allowed a naked flame,heat or spark to any enclosed vessel which had contained a flammable liquid. Even the most friendly liquids such as heavy oil can give off flammable gases when heated. Practical demonstrations were done using small models in laboratory setting with the utmost of safety.

Take care.

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Strongly agree with derekgas and Gremlin. Don't use a grinder on a drum that has had oil in it, Shaz! Even motor oil gives off volatile fumes which will ignite when mixed with air and exposed to a spark. The amount of gas in an oil drum would give one hell of a bang and you'd be right on top of a steel drum exploding! Think what happened to the Japanese nuclear power station buildings-same problem.
Don't know what the others think but if you filled it full of water (to get rid of the gas and oil first) I think it would then be safe to cut.Just don't let the water get on the grinder or you have another dangerous problem.

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Maybe my brick barbie idea wasn't so bad after all....:)

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You're probably right,Margaret. Also you could actually use it as a barbeque this summer!

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Personally , I would have used a drill to make a hole , then a jigsaw with a metal cutter in it . Shaz got it at 10.44 so it must have a very large hole in it by now !

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use a cold chisel and a lump hammer , ideal project for a young lad and his mates, fill it with water first to stableize it and cut down on the noise ;)

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lol David, we got it home, i put it in the garden, hid it from 'scrappers' and just left it, going to have a go at it tomorrow at some point if the weather is ok

SJ, Reece's mates would end up rolling it down the street whilst one of them was in it, i daren't let them loose on it, reckon i'd better do it myself

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As I suggested Jack and believe me there was not many sparks off my hammer and chisel.:D:D

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sorry , missed your post .... anyway its good training for a sprog , good for teaching hand/eye co-ordination, the fun part is using a 1/16" drill to open up your first blackened finger nail, though these days it would probably be classed as child cruelty and require a hard hat, ear muffs, steel toe cap boots and a respirator . :D :D

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Ya but there could be a lot of expletive deletives if ya miss the chisel Beni:D

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Shaz I burnt some of my brambles and over growth from the garden the other day but was told by my Dad to ring the Fire Stn first to let them know I was having a "controlled" fire.

They appreciated my call and told me in future to call if I was having any more just incase a neighbour in the surrounding area called them out.

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Thanx Heth, it will be controlled, when i attempt to get the top off this bin, i only have one neighbour, i doubt he will ring the fire brigade, he's the old chap in the photo's, mi dad ;)

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Seems strange having controlled in the same sentence written by you Shaz:D

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lol cheers John

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Only here to oblige Shaz:D

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finally managed to get the top off the oil drum, with a screwdriver and one of Reece's weights :D


got sore piggin arms now though

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Looks clean enough to brew moonshine in does that Shaz:D

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just draining the bit of oil out of it at the moment John, i'll start burning stuff tomorrow