Using herbicide containers for feeding

[Wil]

A neighbor of mine gave me some 55 gallon plastic containers that contained herbicide to use for feeders for hay for my sheep. I am concerned about some residual chemicals causing problems for the sheep, or my family when we eat the meat.
Any one have any knowledge about this?
Appreciate your input.
Thanks.

 

[techman]

Most herbicide use labels that I have seen specifically state not to reuse the container, and to keep the product clear of feedstocks. Those warnings to me would keep me from putting anything but garbage in that barrel.

"Clean" 55 gal plastic barrels are fairly easy to find. To me "clean" would be ones that had soap or other fairly harmless materials. Check with some local businesses. They will usually give you one for the price of the deposit on the barrel.

paul

 

[Wil]

Thanks.
I thought I had read not to reuse the containers on the gallon containers of roundup I have purchased in the past but couldn't remember.

 

[BlueRidge]

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Yep. Why take even a small chance when the cost of avoiding that risk is so low?

We got some that had peach syrup in them. Hard to find any harm in that!

They worked just peachy!

 

[LBrown59]

Wish I knew where to get free plastic drums.
I need a bunch of 30 and 55 gallon ones to make ditch liners out of.