How to lift a 55 gallon drum

[Car Doc]

with something like this..??.......Sears: Online department store featuring appliances, tools, fitness equipment and more

You can dispense and right it up......

Yes that's close to what I have mine is home made but its a close copy of that mine is oil field related it will do the job but like I said its a work out and it needs to be on concrete or real hard dirt to work I never use it.

If transporting a full barrel in a pickup and laying it down in order to use this or a horizontal lifter is a waste of time imo and dangerous. Wrap a chain around and go works so much better plus its half way over center anyway one person can lay down or stand up a full barrel. ymmv

I suppose any decent loader operator after laying a barrel down could simply hook his chain on the upper lip of the barrel and back up would stand it up again its not a perfect scenario but workable.

 

[SandburRanch]

Why can't you fill a horizontal barrel through the 2" bung on top? I've never had a problem in that respect.

Sure any of the lifting methods will work, but as previously mentioned the OP has a perfect opportunity to gravity re-fuel his tractor or any other equipment with only a hose and nozzle since he can elevate the barrel with his front loader. Removing liquid from vertical barrels presents more challenges.

If vertical is easier for some, go that direction. Myself, I'll keep it simple and choose horizontal just like the overhead fuel storage tanks.

 

[weedpharma]

The Project Gutenberg E-text of Knots, Bends, Splices by J. Netherclift Jutsum

Go to Fig 121 & 122 (approx 2/3rds down) to see how to tie a barrel to lift vertically with rope (or chain).

Weedpharma

 

[retiredIW]

the lift i made is adjustable to lift level or upright. put hook to top. lift set it down loosen 2 bolts slide hook to level .

 

[trook]

the lift i made is adjustable to lift level or upright. put hook to top. lift set it down loosen 2 bolts slide hook to level .

retiredIW, got a pic of what you made?

 

[retiredIW]

retiredIW, got a pic of what you made?

scrol to page 2 and a picture is there hanging on the hay spear on the oliver 1650. best picture i got but will take another if i must.

 

[retiredIW]

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retiredIW, got a pic of what you made?

 

[retiredIW]

retiredIW, got a pic of what you made?

boy was that hard to do

 

[trook]

Thanks for all your help, guys.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

This is what I use, quick and easy for unloading out of a pick up truck. But then I also use a pump to fill the tractors.

 

[davygp38]

The Project Gutenberg E-text of Knots, Bends, Splices by J. Netherclift Jutsum

Go to Fig 121 & 122 (approx 2/3rds down) to see how to tie a barrel to lift vertically with rope (or chain).

Weedpharma

Love the Knots!:thumbsup:

 

[bx24]

I move my fuel barrels with my FEL and it works fine (even on my small BX24)

If you don't have a FEL on your machine ... Why not invest $10 bucks in another barrel and simply pump it from the one in the back of your truck to the one where ever you are going to store it?

 

[jones6780]

Try this

Below-Hook Drum Lifters - Drum Lifter Hoist Attachments

 

[AKwelder]

I was working and the NAPA delivery driver walks in and asks me to sign for the load. Okay, and i look at the slip, 3 each 55 gallon drums of some such. I ask the 160 pound kid if i should get a loader or does he have a tommy lift. He says don't worry, he has an old tire. just give him 5 minutes.

So i had to check this out. The kid throws a old truck tire on the ground, walks the drum to the end of the bed and kicks it off. Oh my! clean up! But sure enough the drum lands on the tire, he jumps down. stands the drum up and grabs a dolly.

So 4 welders and a operator sit and watch the 19 year old kid dump the rest of his drums off the tail gate, stand them up, (they lean off the tire and even stand up easier) and haul them into the shop.

if all you need to do is unload full drums, gravity helps and tires are cheap. And empty ones are easier to load.

 

[LBrown59]

Here is how I do it.

So, you don't. That was helpful.

Yeah I do and it's the easiest way to do it.

If you don't have a FEL on your machine ...
Why not invest $10 bucks in another barrel and simply pump it from the one in the back of your truck to the one where ever you are going to store it?

That's what I'm doing in the photos .
Most people get so caught up with the I gotta use my tractor idea that they overlook the better obvious method .

 

[GGB]

I was working and the NAPA delivery driver walks in and asks me to sign for the load. Okay, and i look at the slip, 3 each 55 gallon drums of some such. I ask the 160 pound kid if i should get a loader or does he have a tommy lift. He says don't worry, he has an old tire. just give him 5 minutes.

So i had to check this out. The kid throws a old truck tire on the ground, walks the drum to the end of the bed and kicks it off. Oh my! clean up! But sure enough the drum lands on the tire, he jumps down. stands the drum up and grabs a dolly.

So 4 welders and a operator sit and watch the 19 year old kid dump the rest of his drums off the tail gate, stand them up, (they lean off the tire and even stand up easier) and haul them into the shop.

if all you need to do is unload full drums, gravity helps and tires are cheap. And empty ones are easier to load.

The first time I saw this method, I thought we were going to have a mell of a hess!!!! Worked like a charm, even if we didn't get to use the tractors....

GGB

 

[kattywumpus]

The first time I saw this method, I thought we were going to have a mell of a hess!!!! Worked like a charm, even if we didn't get to use the tractors....

GGB

Like this?
YouTube - Unloading a drum of Jet-A from a Cessna 208 in Atqasuk, Alaska

 

[radioman]

hmm ok -- those ideas here would work if the barrel was metal. what if you get a plastic one? I am afraid to drop it and have it split.

 

[fixit]

The place where i worked when i left school didn't have a forklift and they sold farm chemicals washing chems and teat dips etc the delivery driver that delivered 45gal plastic drums would roll them out the back of the truck about 4 feet off the ground on to a tyre it scared the **** out of me

2 deliverys a week for the 10 years i worked there and never a drop spilt

still not the way i do it i work for myself now doing the same thing but i have a fork lift

but we do store then 3 high on pallet racking now so there is no other way you can get them up there:thumbsup: