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1/17/2012 11:21:49 PM
I know there was a topic about this somewhere, but for the life of me I cannot find it. 
I am looking for a water storage solution. Some of the ideas here seem like good ones for saving money. However, is there anything wrong with purchasing some 55 gallon drums from a place like Beprepared.com?
Honestly $75 or so a barrel shipped seems like a pretty good deal.
I am planning on storing in the garage. So how many for 2 adults and a baby?
I am looking for a water storage solution. Some of the ideas here seem like good ones for saving money. However, is there anything wrong with purchasing some 55 gallon drums from a place like Beprepared.com?
Honestly $75 or so a barrel shipped seems like a pretty good deal.
I am planning on storing in the garage. So how many for 2 adults and a baby?
1/18/2012 1:10:28 AM
Where in Texas are you at? Guy down the street does sell them for $15 each. I am just West of Ft. Worth.
1/18/2012 6:30:14 AM
Corpus.
1/18/2012 9:22:39 AM
If it is for drinking water I would suggest that you consider the smaller drums. I personally use the 15-gal closed top HDPE drums and when filled these still weigh about 120+ pounds. For me, I can still carry these and move them to where they are needed as opposed to about 460lbs or so that a 55-gal drum of water would weigh. In addition, by having multiple smaller containers it makes refilling, cleaning, rotating, and everything else a little easier.
JMHOs but I have eight of these 15-gal HDPE drums in our preps along with about eight 20L MWCs so that is about 160-gal total of water for our family of four. Like I said, this is portable water too so I can load it and bug out or resuply on my own if I had too with relative ease. I have just wrestled enough 55-gal drums in my youth on the farm that I like my smaller water drums. JMHOs
JMHOs but I have eight of these 15-gal HDPE drums in our preps along with about eight 20L MWCs so that is about 160-gal total of water for our family of four. Like I said, this is portable water too so I can load it and bug out or resuply on my own if I had too with relative ease. I have just wrestled enough 55-gal drums in my youth on the farm that I like my smaller water drums. JMHOs
1/18/2012 12:55:46 PM
Originally Posted By Quarterbore:
If it is for drinking water I would suggest that you consider the smaller drums. I personally use the 15-gal closed top HDPE drums and when filled these still weigh about 120+ pounds. For me, I can still carry these and move them to where they are needed as opposed to about 460lbs or so that a 55-gal drum of water would weigh. In addition, by having multiple smaller containers it makes refilling, cleaning, rotating, and everything else a little easier.
JMHOs but I have eight of these 15-gal HDPE drums in our preps along with about eight 20L MWCs so that is about 160-gal total of water for our family of four. Like I said, this is portable water too so I can load it and bug out or resuply on my own if I had too with relative ease. I have just wrestled enough 55-gal drums in my youth on the farm that I like my smaller water drums. JMHOs
If it is for drinking water I would suggest that you consider the smaller drums. I personally use the 15-gal closed top HDPE drums and when filled these still weigh about 120+ pounds. For me, I can still carry these and move them to where they are needed as opposed to about 460lbs or so that a 55-gal drum of water would weigh. In addition, by having multiple smaller containers it makes refilling, cleaning, rotating, and everything else a little easier.
JMHOs but I have eight of these 15-gal HDPE drums in our preps along with about eight 20L MWCs so that is about 160-gal total of water for our family of four. Like I said, this is portable water too so I can load it and bug out or resuply on my own if I had too with relative ease. I have just wrestled enough 55-gal drums in my youth on the farm that I like my smaller water drums. JMHOs
You can also get either 50gal or 20gal plastic drums from a Coke/Pepsi (or whatever) bottling plant. They are food grade - just clean any syrup residue out and it's good to go. They are normally about $3 each.
1/18/2012 2:33:41 PM
1/18/2012 2:56:59 PM
Hmm, perhaps what I think were 15-gal drums were actually 20-gal drums as these are what I was refering too...
http://www.bayteccontainers.com/20-gallon-blue-plastic-drum.html
So more like 170-pounds full which is more like what the feel like when I pick one up!
My old thread here: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_10_18/627218_HDPE_Blue_Water_Drums___15__30__or_55_galon___Open_or_Closed_top___liners___spigot_DISCOUNT_CODE_P2.html
1/18/2012 5:40:54 PM
Check craigslist. You can find these locally to you and pay way less.anywhere from $5 to $25 dollars.
1/18/2012 7:33:32 PM
Originally Posted By Chris1836:
Where in Texas are you at? Guy down the street does sell them for $15 each. I am just West of Ft. Worth.
Where in Texas are you at? Guy down the street does sell them for $15 each. I am just West of Ft. Worth.
Are these new or used ?
1/18/2012 9:41:56 PM
Originally Posted By Quarterbore:
If it is for drinking water I would suggest that you consider the smaller drums. I personally use the 15-gal closed top HDPE drums and when filled these still weigh about 120+ pounds. s
If it is for drinking water I would suggest that you consider the smaller drums. I personally use the 15-gal closed top HDPE drums and when filled these still weigh about 120+ pounds. s
Thanks, I will look into that too.
1/18/2012 10:02:43 PM
All my barrels I've gotten free at our Pepsi (Wispack) bottling center. Their syrup comes in 55 gallon plastic drums and they like to get rid of them. Look for a bottling/distributor soda plant and see what you can come up with.
1/19/2012 12:51:30 AM
Originally Posted By 1fromtx:
Are these new or used ?
Originally Posted By Chris1836:
Where in Texas are you at? Guy down the street does sell them for $15 each. I am just West of Ft. Worth.
Where in Texas are you at? Guy down the street does sell them for $15 each. I am just West of Ft. Worth.
Are these new or used ?
They are used, I think he gets them from the Dannon place in Dallas.
1/20/2012 4:19:40 PM
if the water is for irrigation, ect. look on yute tube; there's tons of good stuff that will jog
yer creatitavity; blue 55gal bbls aren't worth more that $10-15;
my buddy get's em in Austin for around $12, so if anybody needs any PM me.
yer creatitavity; blue 55gal bbls aren't worth more that $10-15;
my buddy get's em in Austin for around $12, so if anybody needs any PM me.
1/21/2012 4:35:01 PM
Originally Posted By Quarterbore:
Hmm, perhaps what I think were 15-gal drums were actually 20-gal drums as these are what I was refering too...
http://www.bayteccontainers.com/20-gallon-blue-plastic-drum.html
So more like 170-pounds full which is more like what the feel like when I pick one up!
My old thread here: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_10_18/627218_HDPE_Blue_Water_Drums___15__30__or_55_galon___Open_or_Closed_top___liners___spigot_DISCOUNT_CODE_P2.html
Hmm, perhaps what I think were 15-gal drums were actually 20-gal drums as these are what I was refering too...
http://www.bayteccontainers.com/20-gallon-blue-plastic-drum.html
So more like 170-pounds full which is more like what the feel like when I pick one up!
My old thread here: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_10_18/627218_HDPE_Blue_Water_Drums___15__30__or_55_galon___Open_or_Closed_top___liners___spigot_DISCOUNT_CODE_P2.html
I have some 15 gallon ones that look just like that - and while they're more like 17 gallons (I fill them with a 1-gallon water jug from my RO system in the sink) the ones I have aren't 20. It's 15 with plenty of headspace - here in Phoenix I don't have to worry about freezing, so I leave less. Mine have a line that says where 15 gallons is, and it's right where it should be.
Wouldn't surprise me if they made 20's like that, too, but my 15's look JUST like that.
I wouldn't want anything much bigger than that, though - more than about 20 and I'd have a really hard time moving them without a dolly. And maybe with.
