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| Author: | Paulieg [ Dec 10th, '12, 04:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Where to find good cheap blue barrels? |
Moving to North Virginia, US next April, and I plan to set up my system there. I need to find some good and cheap blue barrels. Does anyone out there know of a good souce or starting point? Please help, much thanks. |
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| Author: | swflcpl [ Dec 10th, '12, 12:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Where to find good cheap blue barrels? |
Craigslist can be an excellent start as I find the many uses usually lead to at least one person in each city trying to make buck from them. HTH Bobby http://hotrockacreshomestead.wordpress.com |
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| Author: | JayGee [ Jan 26th, '13, 04:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Where to find good cheap blue barrels? |
Here's a site that may help! http://www.lexingtoncontainercompany.com/ IF you cannot get there ask for a place local to where you are moving to. Their barrels are very clean - used once, cleaned and rinsed. I live in IN and have a friend that lives near this place. I borrowed his trailer and took it back later and the two trips still paid for themselves for what I wanted. |
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| Author: | Ronmaggi [ Jan 26th, '13, 04:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Where to find good cheap blue barrels? |
Also look at your local bottling company. They usually get their syrups in blue barrels. If you are lucky, they get them in IBCs. |
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| Author: | Mallow [ Jan 27th, '13, 22:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Where to find good cheap blue barrels? |
Found mine on craigslist. Wide mouth black 65 gallon barrels that held olives for $14 per barrel. |
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| Author: | lax4ivan [ Mar 19th, '13, 02:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Where to find good cheap blue barrels? |
You can grab some from car washes (55 and 33 gal). Wal mart bakery always has five gal buckets so do many chines food carryout. |
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| Author: | Shelgeyr [ Mar 19th, '13, 04:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Where to find good cheap blue barrels? |
Gotta agree with Ronmaggi - I got all of mine (and that's a great many of them) for free from both Coca Cola and Dr. Pepper bottling plants. I imagine the same would hold true for most other bottling plants except for Pepsi (whom I've repeatedly heard has ceased letting barrels go - but that could change at any time so you'd to well to check regardless, that is of course if they have a plant near you), and for Miller Beer, who does not give away (or sell) either barrels or totes (as of when I talked to them in December of last year). Here's a quick Google Maps bottling plant search for Virginia: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=bottling ... 41&t=m&z=6 |
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