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For Sale: 55 gallon drum

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:38 pm
by rcman50166
Hi guys. I have another item for sale. It is a 55 gallon drum. It's made of plastic and has two caps. Maybe someone with better knowledge can help me explain this one.

Price: Best offer + Shipping

I can always take more photos too :wink:

What I know about it:

Original Value: $285

Made of HDPE

Discontinued

Made by Norton Performance Plastics

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:12 pm
by jrrdw
What was in this? Do you know?

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:24 pm
by rcman50166
I can't be certain as of this point. But it has no odor, color, smell, residue or taste (best if you not know how I figured that out) so I'm going to assume water. It came from a hydrodynamics lab. So it's a reasonable assumption.

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:48 pm
by rcman50166
Update: I have two of these 55 gallon tanks and one 100 gallon tank. I'm going to give this a week before I end the sale. It'll be a shame because I'll be forced to throw these away because I do not have room to keep them.

P.S. I was told by a professor that they only held water.

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:55 pm
by Moonbogg
What would you do with it? Combustion chamber for a large disposable cannon?

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 5:08 pm
by jrrdw
Moonbogg wrote:What would you do with it? Combustion chamber for a large disposable cannon?
Thats a good question, your probly better off Ebaying them. You will reach a more interested group of people that will have more of a use for them. Since your time is limited, go with a 3 day auction, start the bidding low (they where free to you) and post the item numer or auction link in this thread in case a member is indeed interested.

Let me know when your done with this thread and I'll lock it.

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 5:46 pm
by rcman50166
Moonbogg wrote:What would you do with it? Combustion chamber for a large disposable cannon?
You can do whatever it is that you want with it. Hold race fuel, backup water tank, comically large pill bottle. Whatever floats your boat, I don't care. I just thought it was a pity to throw out perfectly good containers such as these.

Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:53 pm
by rcman50166
Well the two 55 gallon containers are spoken for, I have a 100 gallon tank left but I do think anyone is going to bite. You may still PM me about it, but other than that, you may now lock this thread jrrdw.