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where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 01:25 PM
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Any one know where I can possibly get 4 to 6. Looking to build a floating duck blind.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 01:27 PM
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 01:41 PM
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Garret has all the metal ones you will need.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 01:46 PM
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those are not for sale...yet
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 02:04 PM
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craigs list. Also all the high volume car washes buy their soap in plastic 55 gallon drums. You can try them as well.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 02:18 PM
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those are not for sale...yet And you get 90lbs of peeled crawfish in every drum.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 03:37 PM
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I'm with GK because I like salty old dudes.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 03:51 PM
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those are not for sale...yet And you get 90lbs of peeled crawfish in every drum. if he wants crawfish he needs to PM me for a quote, I cant roll out the cooker for free
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 04:10 PM
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I'm near denton, and yeah crawfish I'm down. Thought about car washes and pool supply places.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 04:15 PM
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crawfish season is over, PM me next year for your next event/party
Attention rickym, this is not a troll post, just a good hearted fun type of post
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 04:18 PM
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I found some on craigslist at a place located on Harry Hines. They were used to store liquid fragrances for incense and such. Washed them out with water and bleach and now use them to store my water for the camper, but I don't drink the water. He advertises $20 a barrel, but I talked him down to $15 since I bought 3. I'm not sure if that was cheap, but it worked for me.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 04:23 PM
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If your planning on storing water or feed get food grade barrels.
for every stereotype there's a prototype don't be the prototype
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 07:11 PM
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Yeah these will be used in the lake to keep the blind afloat. I'd like 6 but will take 4.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 10:28 PM
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You need to post some pics of the floating blind, I would like to see it. I thought about floating my blind. I bet after 1 year the plastic barrels lose air, cave in. I got one from a car wash just to think about how I would use them to float my blind, after one year, just sitting in my back yard, it caved in, I guess just from the cold and heat weather changes. Good luck with it.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 11:08 PM
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I'm near denton, and yeah crawfish I'm down. Thought about car washes and pool supply places. There is a place in Justin along Fm 156 on the north side of town that sell blue 55 gallon plastic drums. I haven't driven by in a while, so I don't know for sure if they still have them.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 11:42 PM
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You need to post some pics of the floating blind, I would like to see it. I thought about floating my blind. I bet after 1 year the plastic barrels lose air, cave in. I got one from a car wash just to think about how I would use them to float my blind, after one year, just sitting in my back yard, it caved in, I guess just from the cold and heat weather changes. Good luck with it. Here's one I just built Guy. I finished decking it and the dog entry platform today so should test float it this weekend. I am going to use 6 barrels to float it. Dimensions are 10x8 to the outside. It is about 5 feet between the pontoons. It's all galvanized so if I have to spend a $100 every couple years on new barrels for whatever reason that is fine with me. The frame will last forever.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/07/15 11:57 PM
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Here it is before I got it galvanized and before I put the dog/person entry platform on it. I had to put that on afterwards or it would not have fit in the galvanizing trough. Welding galvanized metal sucks big time and getting it hot dip galavanized was only like $.25/lb I think.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/08/15 12:24 AM
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Wow that's cool. I like the platform the blind sits on and dog platform,but I would go with a lower profile dr duck blind type style, and would also like to have a platform to walk around the blind, like a cat walk. Looks good though, post more pics when its done.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/08/15 12:45 AM
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Wow that's cool. I like the platform the blind sits on and dog platform,but I would go with a lower profile dr duck blind type style, and would also like to have a platform to walk around the blind, like a cat walk. Looks good though, post more pics when its done. The dog will actually exit through a hole in the front of the blind. That platform will be for someone to step out of the blind and grab the dog and let him shake off outside the blind. As far as how high up it sits it should not be too big of a problem because we hunt in big patches of reeds that stick up at least 5 ft above the water, 6 ft in a lot of places. A cat walk would be nice though. This is just a prototype. The next one will be much nicer. I am anxious to see how stable it will be. I made the shooting slot narrow in attempt to keep everyone's weight towards the center while standing up and moving to shoot.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/08/15 01:04 AM
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/08/15 02:17 AM
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Try Fulton's Hardware there on 377 south of 35E. I got some steel barrels there last week and I think I saw some plastic ones in the back. Might be wrong but worth the phone call since it's in Denton. It's south of Fulton's recycling. Don't confuse the two.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/08/15 02:44 AM
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Thanks guys for the suggestions. Yeah that blind above is awesome. Mine will be much simpler. I plan on towing it out using two old wake boards and my john boat anchoring it down and leaving it so I have a spot I can drive to on the boat hop out and not have to be in freezing water w waders on
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/08/15 07:49 PM
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Not sure where you're located. There's a place in Ben Wheeler just off of HWY 64 that sells them. I don't know the price but he alwasy has a ton of them sitting out.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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07/24/15 12:54 PM
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Got the first floating blind done. It is loaded up to be transported to its final destination and to be test floated. Time to start on number 2.
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Re: where to get cheap 55 gallon plastic drums
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