Burn Barrel Question

How about using the pointed end of a pick? You could make as many hole as want without waking up the neighbors. Be careful that the pick doesn't glance off the barrel and hit you. A large pointed bar might work too.

i was just to the dump last week they don't want anything that was a non bottle or jug
no microwave dinner trays ,cottage cheese tubs , take out type containers , and they want everything washed up nice or in th trash it goes

i had an idea a few years ago , put every product in a brown box put a glued on paper label and then everthing can be composted , but i don't thing the marketing department is going for that.

for food products like cottage cheese seal them up in paper milk cartons so the user cuts the top of and pours the product into their reusable container

Use a short section of hog panel bent into a circle and wired.

It has enough holes built in.

To the poster who wanted to know where to get steel barrels. I'm in Texas and our local ice cream creamery plant gives away the unused cream in steel barrels to anyone who wants it for their hogs,etc. We got about 9 of them.

Never put holes in mine and it burned fine. One day I used it as for target practice and it didn't burn any different with the holes.

What I did do, is cut a large hole in the bottom and set the barrel on cinder blocks. Easy to get the cold ashes out and the barrel doesn't rust out as quickly up on blocks.

I live in a windy area so the fencing suggested just doesn't work here. I do have a wire top for the barrel to keep stuff from blowing around.

I never burn plastic, and can only recycle certain numbers found on the bottom of plastic stuff. So it goes to the dump.

Think about what you are going to do with the ashes. I can't use them on my garden with the clay soil here.

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using the information from here, we use the barrel out of our old washing machine. Has lots of holes, wide base and we didn't have to buy it!!

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you will want to pound a few drainage holes in the bottom to allow rain to drain out..and you'll also want to look for some old refrig grates or other open type of grillwork to throw over the top to keep any loose papers or whatever to whoosh out with the wind.

i don't put any vent holes in the side..as someone said they'll get those on their own..but you should have drainage holes..we put ours up on 3 or 4 cement blocks also to keep them off of the ground..prevents rusting for a while and helps the ventilation and to keep the fire to not spread to the surrounding vegetation.

oh Kmac15..there is one of those in our field..good idea

In my county in NY burn barrels are illegal.

I can burn a ten foot high pile of brush but I can't light my burn barrel.

Outdoor furnaces have restricted burning times and the powers that be are trying to outlaw them completely

Yup, I have a drum out of an old dryer, works great. It's just on four pieces of stone, nothing fancy. I saw one a couple of weeks ago that a guy had screwed on four pieces of angle iron to make short legs. I wanted to use one out of my old washing machine but the motor was seized on. I think the dryer drum also has more holes in it.

Use a Plasma Cutter? Go to your local art show and find a metal artist that owns a plasma cutter and have them cut some interesting shapes instead of plain old holes. Cut in some shooting stars and moons. If you were here I'd charge ya ten bucks but who knows maybe a case of beer would do it where you live. It only takes a few minutes if you do it free hand with a plasma cutter. Any welder would have a plasma cutter also.