55 Gal. Water Barrels?

[firtree]

Anyone know where I can get a few 55 Gallon food grade barrels
in MA (or RI)? I most of the country, Coca-Cola sells off their used
syrup bottles for $5-$15, but here I got a "no" from Coke and Pepsi.
Working on Polar in Worcester. Any thoughts? With shipping, a new barrel
runs almost $100. Ouch.

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[dwarven1]

Many years ago I got a used pickle barrel from McDonalds - 55 gal blue high-density polyethylene. Sliced it up to make a Wisby-style coat of plates and used it as my body armor in SCA tournaments for years afterwards.

 

[felonsforguncontrol]

Try your town water company. Mine resells http://www.nerainbarrel.com/ at a steep discount.

 

[bsimardjr]

Try calling this place, someone I work with buys some from them.

Bob

Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum Co.
161 Phoenix Ave.
Lowell, MA 01852
(978) 454-9135
FAX: (978) 454-0670

 

[wilfx]

Chelsea drum in Franklin. Plastic 55 gal barrels, last time I bought one it was $15.

 

[firtree]

FYI - New England Container in Smithfield, RI is the only
place around that has them in stock ($42.50 each). I plan
to pick a couple up soon.

 

[dwarven1]

Just out of curiousity, what do plan to do with them?

 

[Coyote33]

There is a sausage/kielbasa place where I was going to buy some of the blue barrels for a floating dock. They get pig intestines in them. Yecch!

 

[firtree]

Just out of curiousity, what do plan to do with them?

I don't like having no control over my water supply. In the event of
some major problem (or even a water source contamination) our
town's water could be useless or unavailable. Living in town, that makes
our home almost uninhabitable. I used to live rural where we would
lose power for about 3 weeks/year. We always kept some water on hand
to use until the power came back. You can use snow for the toilets, but
not really for drinking and food prep without a lot of work.

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[dwarven1]

Ah, I see. I do not like the city water for drinking, so I get Polar delivered. I just make sure that I have at least 5 or 10 gallons on hand when I order more.