Hunting 15 gallon barrels in sc

[Zephod]

Having not much luck so far. I want to use, used 15 gallon plastic barrels for my waste water.

I can see one locally but it's behind a fence by a derelict house but even though it looks abandoned, it is somebody else's property.

Other than that, craigslist only shows stuff 100+ miles away and internet searches are even worse - 200 miles away. Even more incredible are the prices people want for used barrels!

Does anybody in sc know where they're available for a realistic prijce ??

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[ArtGill]

Try a commercial pool supply.  I used to purchase Hypochoriate in 15 gal drums.  Then maybe a chemical supply.

Art

[goldgiter]

Self service car washes have them.

Wes

[Zephod]

The 15 gallon barrels look good for waste water. I'm not sure what to do get for clean water. I think I should probably get new barrels for fresh water.

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[gg04]

Any bottling or canning company's around. All use products that come in food grade plastic barrels.rdw

[Iceni John]

Do you have enough space between the underside of the floor and the bottom of the bodyside to fit larger barrels?   Some impecunious skoolie converters use 45-ish gallon barrels, and they don't hang down lower than the bottom of the body.   I'm thinking that gray water will fill up your 15 gallon barrels pretty quickly.   Bus converting is one place where too much is never enough!   FYI, I have a 65 gallons poo tank and a 115 gallons gray, and even then I've put in a secondary passenger-side dump for the gray just in case it fills completely.

John

[Zephod]

Do you have enough space between the underside of the floor and the bottom of the bodyside to fit larger barrels?   Some impecunious skoolie converters use 45-ish gallon barrels, and they don't hang down lower than the bottom of the body.   I'm thinking that gray water will fill up your 15 gallon barrels pretty quickly.   Bus converting is one place where too much is never enough!   FYI, I have a 65 gallons poo tank and a 115 gallons gray, and even then I've put in a secondary passenger-side dump for the gray just in case it fills completely.

John

I have 15-16 inches from the ribs to the bottom of the skirt. That means a bunch of 15 gallon drums.

I'm thinking of 45 gallons total - three grey and three white

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[Oonrahnjay]

I have 15-16 inches from the ribs to the bottom of the skirt. That means a bunch of 15 gallon drums.

I'm thinking of 45 gallons total - three grey and three white 

    I'm guessin you know and you've made up your mind to use drums but drums are notorious for wasting volume.  If you're paying $20 for 6 drums (or $120), $175 - $200 for a tank that fits the space and maximizes utility would sound like a good use of $$ to me.  But DIYW ...

[eagle19952]

    I'm guessin you know and you've made up your mind to use drums but drums are notorious for wasting volume.  If you're paying $20 for 6 drums (or $120), $175 - $200 for a tank that fits the space and maximizes utility would sound like a good use of $$ to me.  But DIYW ...

my bet says he's looking for drums that cost $0.00 or less 

[Zephod]

my bet says he's looking for drums that cost $0.00 or less 

Don't be such a jerk! I'm happy to pay for barrels. They're $40 new. I'm after 3 in used condition ($20 or less each) and maybe 3 new.

New tanks are ludicrous prices. This from the local dealers catalog...

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[edvanland]

Check out any laundry places. I got a lot of the 15 gallon ones that had had bleach in them. So did not need to sanitize them, course I use them to get water for our bus and friends MH when at Lake Powell.
ED

[HB of CJ]

My old Crown Supercoach 40 foot 10 wheeler had very little room under the floor for conventional square water tanks.  Actually practically none.  My non expensive solution was to consider round free 55 gallon olive barrel type plastic drums INSIDE the coach.

Not a good idea.  Fortunately never done.  Probably wise.  Some Crown converters have had good success relocating various things under the floor to make room for conventional tanks.  I also considered relocating starter batteries, air cleaners and fuel tanks.

But ... in the final reflection, it is moot since I sold the Crown.  One set of plans had several small square fluid tanks at different locations underneath to get a decent capacity without having the weight and balances too far out of wack.  100 water, 125 holding.

[Iceni John]

Don't be such a jerk! I'm happy to pay for barrels. They're $40 new. I'm after 3 in used condition ($20 or less each) and maybe 3 new.

New tanks are ludicrous prices. This from the local dealers catalog...

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Those prices are way too high!   You should find the actual manufacturer of roto-molded or spin-molded polyethylene tanks and get some prices from them, not from a reseller who's marking up 100% !   If you go this route, you definitely want to find a local source, otherwise truck freight for tanks makes them uneconomical.   Here in this part of SoCal we have Ronco Plastics in Tustin who made all my four, and tanks for Tom C and some other folk on this board  -  their prices were very reasonable, about $2.50 per gallon including umpteen spin-welded fittings wherever I needed them, and that's for tanks exactly the size I need.   Most areas have a roto-molder equivalent to Ronco, and they sometimes have ready-made tanks in stock that are unwanted or returned stock that they will sell cheap.   Just an idea.

John

[Zephod]

Those prices are way too high!   You should find the actual manufacturer of roto-molded or spin-molded polyethylene tanks and get some prices from them, not from a reseller who's marking up 100% !   If you go this route, you definitely want to find a local source, otherwise truck freight for tanks makes them uneconomical.   Here in this part of SoCal we have Ronco Plastics in Tustin who made all my four, and tanks for Tom C and some other folk on this board  -  their prices were very reasonable, about $2.50 per gallon including umpteen spin-welded fittings wherever I needed them, and that's for tanks exactly the size I need.   Most areas have a roto-molder equivalent to Ronco, and they sometimes have ready-made tanks in stock that are unwanted or returned stock that they will sell cheap.   Just an idea.

John

Thereby hangs the problem. I don't seem to have much around me in SC. I suppose I could enquire of the Chamber of Commerce but SC seems to consist largely of nothing useful.

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[chessie4905]

When I was a kid,we travelled in a house car 48 Chevy school bus. It had two 80 water tanks mounted behind rear axle, up between frame and body skirt on each side. Aa short stub was welded or screwed into each tank to fill them Filler stuck out through sheet metal at very rear sides and had a threaded cap to be removed to fill. Fill nipples aimed uphill some. Later the tanks were replaced with 60 gallon tanks as the first were heavier than needed and the smaller capacity worked well. Since it has been so long, they could have been 60 changed to 40's. A small air compressor was installed on engine to pressurize system. The waste tank was fabricated from steel sheet pieces and welded. We cooled the refrig with blocks of ice. Travelled across the US one summer and several trips to Fla and Rehoboth beach every year. Family of seven.