IBC Totes

[farmeratheart]

I’ve got a question for all of you who use IBC tote cages to store and move firewood.

What do you do with all of the 275-300 gallon plastic containers?

I’m pretty sure that they won’t fit into the dumpster at the recycling center!

Thanks.

Frank

 

[ptsg]

Some people cut it in half and use the halves to cover the firewood that was previously put on the cages that has to sit outside, in the elements.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Well if I can ever get ahold of some (most folks selling them here think they are selling gold bars), I will just take the bladders out and haul them to the landfill myself. I would prefer to have the tote frame completely open to air to aid in wood drying.

 

[Big Barn]

Well if I can ever get ahold of some (most folks selling them here think they are selling gold bars), .

Same here. Prices they ask are nuts.

Fortunately i got one from my fertilizer supplier WITHOUT a bladder () for free.

I used it to make a storage cage for welding gas tanks.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Same here. Prices they ask are nuts.

Fortunately i got one from my fertilizer supplier WITHOUT a bladder () for free.

I used it to make a storage cage for welding gas tanks.

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Hey I like that idea. Pretty handy to store and move around that way.

 

[lilranch2001]

I see them for sale on CL quite often for $35

 

[Diggin It]

I set the innards of mine up as a water tank. Set it on a mish-mash of railroad tie and other timber pieces as a base, then added some 1/2 conduit around the sides to help it contain itself. A quarter of a 55 gallon barrel is turned upside down on top of it that acts as a catch basin and funnel to collect rain water into it.

 

[user.69169]

Same here. Prices they ask are nuts.

Fortunately i got one from my fertilizer supplier WITHOUT a bladder () for free.

I used it to make a storage cage for welding gas tanks.

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Adorable.
BTW dat packard unlawful attached to tote residue.

 

[hkbirdman]

Some of mine - I'll cut in half to cover totes that have firewood. Other ones I'll give away on Craigslist and people wash them out and connect them to their downspouts for water storage for lawns and gardens. They never seem to sit in my yard longer than a week.

 

[PILOON]

Very interesting,
Just so many TOTES out there and so many applications possible.
From DIY showers to 3 point lift cages.
Heck I know one guy that built retaining walls and planted trees in them.
What's next.

LOL, a TOTE forum?

 

[bunyip]

We are cutting 3 in half and making self wicking garden beds, the frame accepts electrical conduit formed into hoops to put bird netting or shade cloth over, I have seen them used as dog kennels too.

 

[MIkeWard]

some pics
not mine I do not have any

 

[BoylermanCT]

I bought most of mine without the tanks. The 3-4 I bought with tanks, the tanks went to the dump. The cages sell for $100 or more in CT. I was happy when I found a buy an hour away selling them for $50. All told I have 20 of them. 1 cord fills 3 cages so I have just under 7 cords. I am half way done filling 10 for the 2021-22 winter.

 

[lilranch2001]

Very interesting,
Just so many TOTES out there and so many applications possible.
From DIY showers to 3 point lift cages.
Heck I know one guy that built retaining walls and planted trees in them.
What's next.

LOL, a TOTE forum?

As long as we dont have IBCs in a field!

 

[lennyzx11]

I gave away one to a guy that made a water tank for his hunting cabin.
Cut one in half and used top for a roof and the bottom for a bin for shorts, smalls, and uglies.
Kept one for a project to make a 3point sprayer to be done someday.
I’ve seen them cut into flat panels and thrown in my local recycling spot at the dump.

 

[Ford850]

As long as we dont have IBCs in a field!

Look at the base of an IBC. It started as a pallet and mutated into an IBC.

 

[mikester]

I致e got a question for all of you who use IBC tote cages to store and move firewood.

What do you do with all of the 275-300 gallon plastic containers?

I知 pretty sure that they won稚 fit into the dumpster at the recycling center!

Thanks.

Frank

For best results I chop the top 6 inches of the plastic to form a lid. I drill about eight 3 inch diameter holes in the bottom of the plastic liner for drainage and air flow.

My wood stays nice and dry and has plenty of air flow so no mold/fungus growth. I stack the bins full of wood two totes high behind the barn and bring one bin at a time to the house when needed. The totes are made to be stored 3 high on level ground.

The plastic liners are ideal for keeping the wood dry, equivalent to stacking the wood indoors. The wood is dumped in the bins in randomly and saves me a lot of wasted time stacking wood. I lose a little storage volume that way but the air flow is better.

 

[lilranch2001]

Look at the base of an IBC. It started as a pallet and mutated into an IBC.

Great observation!

We should report this threat to the main team at PITF!

 

[deezler]

I bought mine without tanks as well. Had to drive a bit for my 12 totes, but found a guy who was willing to lower his price to sell without them ($25 apiece... should have gone back for a second load!).

The thought of cutting up a heavy duty plastic liner still filled with noxious chemical residue and fumes did not sound at all appealing to me. Wear a respirator, if you do it!

 

[dodge man]

I finally found some for $30 each and bought two, kind of wish I’d taken my trailer and bought three, I had to drive 2 hours one way to pick them up. I kept the tank in one a put a bunch of landscape blocks in the other. I gave the tank away for free on Craigslist and it took awhile to get rid of it.