Fuel oil storage tanks

[jynxt]

We have several of these and wondered if there is any way to recycle the metal? They have been left sitting on our property for ages and it seems a waste to leave them sit there...especially when the price of metals is relatively high right now? Does anyone know if they are recycleable or do they have to go through some kind of special nonsense stuff because once upon a time they held fuel oil for heating the home?

[agmantoo]

Cut out the ends and use them for culverts or cut them completely apart and use the walls as flooring for a farm trailer. You do not want to send them to the scrap dealer due to the compliance issues.

[Hurricane Kurt]

Are they the oblong shaped tanks with two flat sides? If so they are commonly used to make pig cookers in the eastern part of NC, not sure where in NC you are. I sold three of them when I lived down there for $100 a piece. I just placed an ad in the Bargain Trader for "pig cooker drums" and had no problem getting rid of them.

Kurt

[wvpeach1963]

Hubby put sled runners on one for me and it makes a great burn barrel.

One he can hook the tractor to any time of year and take back to our fill.

[rambler]

In general you need a hole in it big enough to crawl into in order to do anything with it - to make sure it is clean. And of course it needs to be clean inside.

Would need to be real careful making that hole - boom....

I would ask the local scrap dealer what he requires - exact rules tend to be a little different locally....

--->Paul

[beowoulf90]

I use them for burn barrels and the neighbor used his for a pig roaster. I cut mine apart with a reciprocating saw and had no problems. If you want to scrap them, just knock a big hole in it. Once you have a big hole in it you can now burn off any excess fuel oil or kerosene if you need to do that before the scrapyard takes it..