Just had a few pressure tanks dropped off for scrap. 4'-5' tall, 22"- 28" diam. What can I make out these things ? Steel is good, bladders are bad so I was told. BBQ's ? Smokers? Large capacity tanks for my air compressor ? Ideas?
All excellent ideas! I usually end up cutting them in half for feed troughs. Extra air compressor storage is something everyone wishes they had. Maybe a giant portable air bubble if you don't have an engine driven compressor. Have you ever seen the wood powered pickup trucks? They call for two or three tanks about that size for the gasifier. I've also had kids turn them into snow plow blades for atv's
way more volume than you'd ever need, and they are probably rusted inside. They make good extra reservoirs for an air compressor. I had an old 50gal water heater set up in my shop when I lived in NC, used a twin cylinder engine from the scrap yard and built a compressor that you could paint cars with for under $200, found a 220 motor in an auction pulleys check valves and a bit of ingenuity and you can have near unlimited air supply
Never tried. These came from one of the Lodges in Breckenridge, consumable items for them. I took them for scrap metal.
That's where I'm headed with one or two of these. I'll bet they're .188 wall or thicker, they weigh a bunch. I could link two together and have an air system that would never run out, for all intents and purposes.
Yea its not holding air pressure. I have the new tank, but want to make it as easy as possible if it ever needs changed again. I went to 3 stores and could not find the tee I wanted so I had to order 1.
I remember seeing a Youtube video on using a pressure tank for a stove and getting the bladder out seemed to be a big problem. Not sure what it is made of but it was difficult to remove. FYI
I'll need to see that video when I come across an available tank. A shop heating rocket stove, whether a J tube style or batch box would require the tank (or drum) being cut in two for best workability.
Eric, Just search Youtube for rocket stoves. That is where I believe I saw it. I think that an air compressor tank might be better. I could be totally wrong but there is some type of bladder inside that pressure tank that needs to be removed. I don't have time tonight to look but maybe later in the week. Working with the kids to get their taxes done.
The stiff neoprene bladders are a PITA to remove - break the valve stem loose/drill or knock out with a hammer, and after cutting your holes bang the tank to knock rust loose and cut it up to remove it. If using for an air receiver no need to remove it provided the Schrader valve is holding - cheap replacement
compressor to supply them was where I was steering you Frankn' compressor - use an old twin cylinder or large displacement single iron block - the web has all kinds of ideas to make them(unfortunately I have no pics from 2002)
I would not do it, that volume of air under pressure would be a bomb going off. Not worth the risk imo
