Water Heater Disposal

[jayste]

I'll try this post here. Don't really know where to put it. I replaced my SIL's water heater the other day. After removing the old one I now wonder what to do with it. I replaced mine about 8-9 years ago and truly don't remember what I did with mine!? Anyway, besides the old-cut in half and make a hog feeder out of it or throw it in a ravine for fill, what do you guys do with your old water heaters when you have to replace them? It's crazy I can't for the life of me remember what I did with mine when I replaced it!!??:laughing:

 

[FallbrookFarmer]

I'll try this post here. Don't really know where to put it. I replaced my SIL's water heater the other day. After removing the old one I now wonder what to do with it. I replaced mine about 8-9 years ago and truly don't remember what I did with mine!? Anyway, besides the old-cut in half and make a hog feeder out of it or throw it in a ravine for fill, what do you guys do with your old water heaters when you have to replace them? It's crazy I can't for the life of me remember what I did with mine when I replaced it!!??:laughing:

One thing that they can be used for(if the burner is not shot) is to make a gas grill out of it.
Then if the tank doesn't have pinholes in it, you might experiment with a solar hot water heater.

 

[mustangsallysdad]

I'll try this post here. Don't really know where to put it. I replaced my SIL's water heater the other day. After removing the old one I now wonder what to do with it. I replaced mine about 8-9 years ago and truly don't remember what I did with mine!? Anyway, besides the old-cut in half and make a hog feeder out of it or throw it in a ravine for fill, what do you guys do with your old water heaters when you have to replace them? It's crazy I can't for the life of me remember what I did with mine when I replaced it!!??:laughing:

If it is of a suitable size and you have some basic fabrication skills, they make terrific lawn rollers.

 

[Kays Supply]

I'm a plumbing contractor. I set mine out by the trash dumpster and the scrap fairys come and they disappear.

 

[jayste]

I'm a plumbing contractor. I set mine out by the trash dumpster and the scrap fairys come and they disappear.

Scrap fairys...I like that!:thumbsup:

 

[charlz]

When I lived in Vegas the regular trash serviced picked up any 'white goods' other than freezer or fridge with the regular trash service at no cost. Here you call and they send a separate truck, I think it cost $27 when I changed my water heater.

 

[BigE_]

You can easily make a trash burner out of it. Or, haul it to the local transfer station and they'll generally take it away for free. The local one here made me pull all the wires off first. The funny thing is that they then threw the wires in the same big bin the water heater was going in.

Put an ad on Craigslist under "Free Stuff". Sometimes people will come and pick up anything.

 

[crusty 1]

Greatings Jay,I,v made the feeders,cut up for patch material and made a rain collecter out of one.Bottum was rusted out but I cut that out put 3 legs on the other end and pressto changeo I had a rain barrel that will last far beyond my mortal life.

 

[crusty 1]

Jay I forgot to mention that if I locate a large heater tank,was thinkin it woundn,t be a big stretch to make a lawn roller outta one.Never under estmate the mind of a cheap scatte.

 

[Thomas]

Landfill metal dumpster..The End.