Burn barrel question...

[Sigarms]

Did spring cleaning, took a mattress, couple shot up wheel barrels along with a two burn barrels to the county landfill in the trailer along with some other things.

Everything was taken but the burn barrels (I wasn't going to drop them off sticking out like a sore thumb).

Apparently I need something signed off by the fire marshal on exactly what was burned in the barrel, otherwise the county could not accept it. Only thing ever burned was papers of all things. No plastics, NOTHING other than paper product.

What do you guys do with old burn barrels?

Since I KNOW what was burned in them, I have an idea of what I'm going to do, but have any of you had this same experience where the county landfill refused burn barrels because you didn't have a certificate of some sort of what was burned in them?

 

[Chewwy]

Did spring cleaning, took a mattress, couple shot up wheel barrels along with a two burn barrels to the county landfill in the trailer along with some other things.

Everything was taken but the burn barrels (I wasn't going to drop them off sticking out like a sore thumb).

Apparently I need something signed off by the fire marshal on exactly what was burned in the barrel, otherwise the county could not accept it. Only thing ever burned was papers of all things. No plastics, NOTHING other than paper product.

What do you guys do with old burn barrels?

Since I KNOW what was burned in them, I have an idea of what I'm going to do, but have any of you had this same experience where the county landfill refused burn barrels because you didn't have a certificate of some sort of what was burned in them?

See Open Burning | NC DEQ

Apparently burning paper is illegal in NC.

 

[Sigarms]

See Open Burning | NC DEQ

Apparently burning paper is illegal in NC.

Wow, never new burning office max printing paper and newspaper is illegal.

Need to go to plan B

Won't ask any questions on plan B...

Do have to ask this though, exactly how does the fire marshal determine what you burn in your barrel to "certify" that you only burned the proper materials (guess something that grows naturally, but we use that for compost ).

 

[Eagle1]

Everything is illegal somewhere.....

 

[ultrarunner]

Cut it up for metal recycling?

 

[Sigarms]

Cut it up for metal recycling?

You're on the right track IMO

I just fell over dead when the guy at the landfill told me I needed a certificate from the fire marshal. I could have dumped it, but I was honest. That said, the guy at the weigh station forgot to take my name and he told me no charge when I was leaving with the two old burn barrels in my trailer. Life is ironic sometimes LOL

 

[1 Old Man]

I never heard of paper being illegal to burn, see above ^ *everything is illegal somewhere.

Not sure how much land you have or if you have a area you could place a used burn barrel.
We use a burn barrel till it's rusted out and about to cave. Then I scoop it up in the
tractor bucket and take it to a "special" spot in the woods, dump it, crush it up using the
tractor hydraulics (super easy because it's totally rusted out). After a couple of years
nature takes it back.
Folks used to burn most all household trash but, tin, metal, glass etc would be placed in a
trash pit and eventually covered with dirt that was removed to dig out the pit.
In your situation it might be best to "shoot, shovel & shut up" so to speak.
Good luck. And please, let us know how that permit from the Fire Marshal works out, or not.

 

[TractorTech]

Burn barrels are illegal in California....with just about everything else, with the exception of weed. You are lucky all you have to do is go to a fire marshal and get it signed off!

 

[groundcover]

Burn barrels are illegal in California....with just about everything else, with the exception of weed. You are lucky all you have to do is go to a fire marshal and get it signed off!

But can you burn weed in a barrel??

 

[bdhsfz6]

I gave up using 55 gal drums & old garbage cans as burn barrels since they never lasted more than a couple of years. When they rotted out, I took them into the woods and let nature finish them off. Now, after nearly 20 years, there is nothing left.

Instead, I cut the top off a 120 gal propane tank and have been using it for almost 2 decades. It's rusty but it will likely out live me before it rots out.

 

[ultrarunner]

But can you burn weed in a barrel??

Probably…

 

[groundcover]

Probably…

Just don't use a gas powered leaf blower to get it started !

 

[ultrarunner]

Just don't use a gas powered leaf blower to get it started !

Prohibited here as are gas powered brush cutters…

The one that takes the cake is the coming prohibition on gas and diesel powered generators… solar panels and batteries baby…

 

[5030]

Just don't use a gas powered leaf blower to get it started !

I use my Harbor Freight Bauer 20 volt blower. Dandy accelerant for burn piles. You can stick the end right where you need it...lol

 

[TractorTech]

But can you burn weed in a barrel??

That would be a no in California, but you can burn weed without a burn barrel. Unless of course the Air Quality Management says it is a "no burn day". Then you just have to smoke it

 

[grsthegreat]

I would use the front loader to crush the old barrel, than take to metal scrap bin. But my burn barrel is 5 years old…still going strong. Holes drilled in bottom, and i turn it upside down in winter. Nit rusting.

 

[BackRoad]

My understanding here based on signage is ash from a burn barrel can be accepted, but it has to be boxed or bagged to verify it's cold...the burn barrel has to be empty.

I think at least locally, the concern is more about hot ashes catching the dumpster or landfill on fire...

 

[Hughman]

I always thought old washing machine tubs made good burn barrels with all the holes in the sides.

 

[MossRoad]

Wow, never new burning office max printing paper and newspaper is illegal.

Need to go to plan B

Won't ask any questions on plan B...

Do have to ask this though, exactly how does the fire marshal determine what you burn in your barrel to "certify" that you only burned the proper materials (guess something that grows naturally, but we use that for compost ).

Wrap some potatoes in foil, toss them in the fire to cook, and now it's a recreational fire.

As for old barrels, I used mine until the bottom rotted out. Then I crush it with the tractor and put it in the trash.

 

[etpm]

Frankly I am glad that burn barrels are no longer allowed where I live. The reason being is that everybody that I know that has a burn barrel burns plastic. And I am really sick of smelling burning plastic. I know, not everybody burns plastic in their burn barrel. But everybody by me that has a burn barrel burns plastic in the barrel. So even though they are illegal they still exist and they still burn plastic.
Eric