Just made a deal for 36 of these:
http://www.thecarystore.com/containers-catalog/packaging-and-containers-ibcs-intermediate-bulk-containers-plastic-ibcs-refurbished-ibcs-reconditioned-tote-tank-reconditioned-cage-steel-pallet/275-gallon-reconditioned-ibc-tote-with-a-2-npt-valve-26WTOT
You running a still RC?
>still
I live in the right part of the country for that, but no.
See the metal cage? They stack like legos. I plan to cut them into stackable wall panels for an outbuilding.
I just added "take a tour of RC's place" to my bucket list.
>panels
I'm liking this.
They are commodity items, usually selling on CL for $80-100. It's a little tougher to find those that you can verify that the contents were not hazardous, but still not that hard. My problem is/was that [a] I want the pattern of the cage grid to be the same (they vary by manufacturer, but some are more standard than others), {b} I need a lot of them, [c] I need them supplied from a few nearby sources (I don't want to spend my life chasing these down 1 or 2 at a time), and [d] I wanted to pay $60 or less for them. These came from a concrete products plant where they use low-grade vegetable oil as a release agent. Note that they are built to handle approximately a ton of weight each.
>bucket list
Come on, Gurtie. How about next May just before it gets so damn hot & muggy? I'll reserve your room.
>stack
Say you wanted to go 2-high, for example. The first one would be placed on the ground as-is. The integral pallet becomes the 'floor.' For the second layer, the pallet on the bottom is easily removed by undoing a few screws. This leaves a rectangular tube-like cage open at the top & bottom. Even with the pallet removed, the remaining cage still has a male end that mates with the top of the previous layer. 2-high gives you about 7 feet to the top rail.
I want to see it finished.
Post PICS please
36 * 275 gallon = 9,900 gallon = 37,472 L.
That's a LOT of water RC?! I'm thinking moonshine here?
>LOT
Yeah! Beat that, ergo. hhh
>pictures
The bit that seems ironic is in the background :-)
Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink.
Picked up 15 more totes yesterday from a municipal water plant. Ergophobe, you need to up your water-storage game, hhh.
So the rebar is shaping up. When do you buy the concrete plant?
And when can I reserve a spot in the apocalypse bunker?
Lemmee see, where was I?
I'm working on a few projects at once. Boating & swimming gear is a particular problem as it needs to be in a cabana or out-building down by the water where permanent structures are illegal. I also have a lot of it AND it tends to be damaged by sunlight. So...
>rebar
It's hollow galvanized tubing, so very light. I'd estimate that the whole building is going to come in around 350-400 pounds. It's 7ft x 8ft and will have an interior height of around 7.5ft.
The pipes you see on the underside of the first picture tie it together, but their purpose is to act as a guide to pass a bridle through when I need to tow it away at the end of the summer.