Lead in drum!

[Freightman]

My son is working a deal with one of his students dad's, said that the trucking co he works for has a 55 gal. drum full of W-W. He is going to ask the boss if we can have it. I told my son to tell him we would cast some boolits for him, son thinks they get a drum full once or twice a year. Keep your fingers crossed for us.
By the way what does a drum full of W-W weigh? I have a HD ford 3/4 ton .

[Scrounger]

A 5 gallon bucket can run over 100 pounds, and that's with trash mixed in it. Is it a 55 gallon drum? You might expect in excess of 1000 pounds.

[crabo]

I bought about 2/3 of a drum of truck wws and it was 965 pounds. Probably 1400 pounds or more if full. There is a lot more air space compared to car weights. I paid 35 cents a pound and was happy to do it. I may have to make another buy to ensure a good supply of material for the future.

[kellyj00]

I've seen a pallet with 4 55-gallon drums full of ink in the back of a chevy 3/4 ton once... it was just fine.

[kellyj00]

Sounds like a heckuva find! Since you've got so much now, maybe you could sell a 50 lbs to me? Call it a return on your investment. ;)

[JIMinPHX]

A 5 gal pail of WW weighs about 150#. There are 55/5 = 11 pails per drum. 11 x 150 = 1650#. I'd put a couple of heavy planks across the bed of that pickup before loading the drum to spread out the weight. Otherwise you might permanently dimple your bed. Also, a 400# 55 gal drum can be rolled around without too much trouble if you know the tricks ( its called bumping a drum). Once the weight gets over 600#, it ain't so easy anymore, even with a drum dolly. You're going to need a good game plan to hoist that thing up into the bed.

[JIMinPHX]

PS,
a 55 gal drum of water weighs about 400#. 4 of them would be 1600#. Alcohol based printer's inks tend to weigh less than that.

[GLL]

I think the words "heavy pallet" and "fork lift" come to mind ! :) :)

Jerry

[jonk]

Perhaps they can load it in with a crane... but how does he get it out?????

[Scrounger]

Get 15 or 20 five gallon buckets in the truck bed and transfer the weights to them.

[mtgrs737]

I missed a drum of WW's by less than a week once, I am still getting over it! :cry::violin:

[dubber123]

Don't let them try and pick it up by the ribs on a 55 gal barrel. You probably won't like the result.

[mooman76]

Getting it out is easy! Back up the truck and stomp on the break with the tailgait down! I passed up a couple drums of bullet residue from a range pit. I would like to have gotten it but I was in the military at the time and couldn't store it.

[Blammer]

take the tailgate OFF if you put it in reverse and stomp on the brake. That much wt will rip the tail gate off.... don't ask me how I know....

[imashooter2]

take the tailgate OFF if you put it in reverse and stomp on the brake. That much wt will rip the tail gate off.... don't ask me how I know....

LOL! Hold my beer and watch this! (Sorry Blammer)

Better be sure of where that drum is going ewhen it comes off the back too. Objects in motion tend to stay in motion.

[brshooter]

Since this is supposed to be the light-sided time of the year, would you video tape the loading and unloading of the 55 gal barrel of ww"s. Make sure you and anyone you care about says clear of the project. Actually, I used to buy range lead that way, I had a friend with a 40.000 lb fork truck unload them. 4 on a pallet, no problem. But when one fell, beware.......

[db2]

3/4 full 55 gal. drum full with lino including pallet weighed 1300#. Did not worry about tail gate forklift just put it into the back of my truck. However, it did take a 4 days to unload it. I had only 3 five gal buckets so I was smelting as I went. The last 1/4 of the drum was a pain, having to lean over into the drum.

Have fun

[crowbeaner]

LMAO at you guys. If you backup fast and stomp the brake you're liable to pull a wheelie right over backwards! Fahcrissake transfer the weights to smaller containers. Take some kids and pay them $10 a head to do the work. CB.

[mooman76]

[smilie=w:What ya need to do is forklift the drum over a big pile of wood and set it afire. Then poke a hole in the bottom and let the lead fill your ingots. Should have it done quick!

[waksupi]

[smilie=w:What ya need to do is forklift the drum over a big pile of wood and set it afire. Then poke a hole in the bottom and let the lead fill your ingots. Should have it done quick!


Not a bad idea, all in all!

[Sam]

Blammer,
i unloaded a mold that way in South Carolina oncet.
Went plunb throught the front of the loading dock

[RANGER RICK]

Good deal on the drum of lead .
I got a drum full last year and my wife brought it home in our half ton mid size truck . Talk about a squatted truck and hot tires !!!! Although I was glad my wife scored this for me , thumbs up for her.
I tried to transfer them to buckets and boy that was taking forever so I drove to the plant I work at and used the cutting tourch to burn two lifting holes for the over head crane .
I lifted the drum up ,drove out and set the drum down and used one lifting hole and dumped the drum onto the floor . What a task but was worth it .

RR

[kirb]

I picked up a 55 gal drum last year got the fork lift under the drum started to lift. The drum came apart ww every place. grabed my trusty shovel put them in my pickup drove around the tire shop put more air in the tires came home 65 miles from pocatello every thing was great. lots of bullets in a drum.

Kirb

[imashooter2]

Not a bad idea, all in all!

Better have a whole lot of ingot molds. What sort of stream do you suppose you'd get with a 1,600 pound head pressure?

[Adam10mm]

Just get them dumped in the bed of your truck and shovel them out. Spreads out the weight better. Maybe take the 55gal drum to store them in until you need them. Going to get a drum for the basement.

[MT Gianni]

I bought Bullshop's WW & lino when he moved back to Alaska. It was about 1500 lbs in a 3/4 ton truck. THe big trouble I had is I tought he was in Fairfield and he was in Fairview. One is in the center of MT the other on the North Dakota border. 1250 mile round trip vs 300. I aired the tires and decided to come home on the interstate instead of Hwy 12 through Jordan. My mileage dropped but not more than 2 mpg difference. Stack it right, spread them around and you should have no troubles. I had a 3/4 ton Chev 350 manual 5 speed. Gianni

[jh45gun]

I would make several trips. I had a guy put some sand in my truck once for weight in the winter time well it was wet and froze I had to chip it out with a pick as the weight kept breaking the beads on the tires you get too much weight in that pickup box it will happen.

[zuke]

Why not use a good rope or a cable and tie one end to something sturdy and the other around the drum?
And just drive away... at least you'll know more precisely where it'll drop.

[pipehand]

I did load a 55 gallon drum into an old Ford 3/4 ton once. The weight in the bed wasn't the problem-- it did, however max out the 2,000 lb. Tommylift I had on the truck. I can tell you that it will make a bunch of boolits--I probably still have some cast out of that haul, and it was back in 1991!

[Winger Ed.]

As said,
Put a sheet of plywood in the bed and empty/dump the barrel onto it.
When ya get home, unload it with a shovel into buckets or wheelbarrow
it over to where you're gonna store the drum.

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