[RandyP]

Odd, most places throw away 55 gallon drums or get them hauled off by the scrap man. Lord knows we've thrown away a ton of them. Only need so many trash cans in the shop. Always have one fresh empty (we get lacquer thinner in 55 gallon drums) in case the waste thinner or waste oil/antifreeze gets full.

When I have a 2 wheel drive during winter, I keep an empty in the bed of my truck with 2x4's on each side. I put the big hole opening on the bottom and the little on top. I'll fill it with water if the roads are gonna get bad, it freezes up and gives a lot of weight. When the roads thaw I just open the bottom and let it drain so I'm almost to no weight. Then I found out years later that someone invented the "truck bladder". They so stole my idea...