Not to bust your bubble but those are 275 Gallon containers. As of 2021 there are only 2 sizes of UN registered composite IBC's on the market. 275G & 330G. We recondition IBC's for a living and STRONGLY recommend that no one use a used IBC for storage or transportation of consumables. I realize that you "know the source" of these particular bottles but in most cases that's is simply not accurate information. If, for instance, a bottle carried an organic peroxide in it. The High density polyethylene that the bottle is made from is damaged at the molecular level. The surface of the bottle becomes permeable and is therefore no longer viable. ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT!! We recommend that you purchase reconditioned totes that have a NEW inner bottle for storage of any product meant for consumption by a human or animal.
I think it’s always better to play it safe versus sorry. Any small or medium city municipality will have these totes and if you can the deal I got on them it’s hard to turn them down!
Essential means the integrity of the container is no longer effective. Meaning there is a possibility for the water to leak out or for the container to leak into the water etc.
Excellent video. You describe in detail every thing I need. I acquired four 275 gallon storage tanks that had some left over soy sauce in them. I live in East Central Florida. The only thing I have to change is the black plastic around the tanks. I did a experiment by painting a plastic gallon milk jug with black spray paint. Another plastic milk jug with white spray paint and one more with silver spray paint. I placed the milk jugs in the early morning outside where the storage tanks will be. It was 85F that day. At 3:00 pm I checked the temperature of the water inside the milk jugs. The black painted jug was just over 130 degrees Fahrenheit The white jug was just over 100 degrees Fahrenheit and the silver painted jug was just over 95 degrees Fahrenheit. These temperatures are way to hot to water my vegetable and flower gardens. So I had on hand some 2” thick polystyrene insulation. I made a box out of it,that fit a gallon milk jug inside. The next morning I put it outside. It was 87 degrees Fahrenheit that day. At 3:00 pm the temperature of the water was just under 80 degrees Fahrenheit. So I’m going to insulate the storage tanks with 2 inch thick Polystyrene insulation. I was given the four 275 gauge storage tanks. By a neighbor that I barter with. I have always given this neighbor lots of fresh picked vegetables that are strictly organically grown. He offered me the storage tanks and I said absolutely. I am scrounging for the concrete blocks on Saturdays. At the Mulching Facility that is close by. You can drop off all vegetation,Wood, Bricks ,any concrete and hazardous materials. I’ll just hang out where people drop off concrete. I’m certain that within a few weeks. I’ll scrounge the Thirty Two 8”x8” x16” concrete blocks. I need for the base. I already scrounged enough old school pressure treated 2”x4” lumber for the base for the concrete blocks to rest on. I also got 2 tons of crushed concrete from the mulching facility that was loaded on my trailer by their front end loader. To Fit inside the 2”x4” base. I’ll definitely scrounge the 2” schedule 40 pipe. This mulching facility also takes hazardous materials. That you can take for free. I picked up a few bottles of PVC glue and the Purple Primer. It has been quite a few years since I purchased,brake cleaner,Acetone,spray paint,WD-40 and other hazardous materials people drop off. You can get 5 gallon bucket’s of outdoor paint for free.That the county makes. Mixing all the water base plants together.That is run through a fine mesh screen, before mixing it all together. But the color is always beige. The only materials I will have to purchase is the PVC fittings, pieces and the polystyrene insulation. That I’m hoping I will get for free. If someone is throwing it away. I’m by no means cheap. I do believe in recycling anything that can be reused.
@@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371 I Always try to help others out with good advice . That I’ve learned over the past 50 years. It stinks to learn anything the hard way. Learning the hard way has happened to me more than I care to think about.
I buy these for $50 each. They had fertilizer in them for pecan orchards. Fertilizer is water soluble so it rinses off easy enough and the small residuals go away in time. Plus its plant food!
Hmm.. Just searched internet for cheap food grade IBC's and found 330 gal. used food grade, for under $70.00 and free shipping! Cool...-I enlarged one of the picture thumbs and the container manufacturer info/assistance help number for the Mauser 330 gal. (unspecified rating) is clearly visible on their tanks. That is an important #. The other numbers/codes displayed on tanks probably identify safety aspects. They have to be MSDS compliant.
@@zuutlmna Willing to point me in the right direction? I'm typically seeing 150 for a used 275g food grade. I did find some for 65, but that's a 4.5 hour drive each way. I know the people selling them for 150 are gouging, but the best I've found locally is 110 for a used 275g food grade. Thanks.
I believe those are 275 gallon IBC totes. Tractor Supply has them for about $375 right now. But some suppliers will sell them for about $100 already cleaned out. Getting them free to nearly free is always a good deal if you have a place to store them.
@@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371 Have you tried the hand pumps that fit the top center opening? Or do you find it easier to use the valve opening at the base of the tank?
@@johnsmith4900 Great question I do use a valve at the opening of the base. I also have a Submergible electric pump I use. For something like this gravity is really your best friend.
i just watched a 22 minute video of a dude talkign about firewood and the last minute was about where he gets the totes.... Thanks for not unnecessarily padding out the video
These make great vessels to hold Johnson-Su bioreactor compost too. I'm going to check out my municipality to see what they have. Great idea, thanks for the video.
I never heard of IBC totes. I'm glad that you're covering this!☺️Not having enough water may just be the biggest challenge of a homesteader - unless there are wells available in the area.
Thanks for the great info! I'm looking for water solutions for our local community garden. Our council is a long battle away from installing a tap and we are heading in to growing season in New Zealand
About how much do they weigh? I have had 5 rain barrels around my house for over 20 years and would like to replace 1 with a large capacity IBC tote but that would require getting it into the backyard. I would hate to make arrangements to pick one up and then not be able to get it into the truck because I didn't bring enough muscle.
Agreed with other commenter. I just moved two 275-gallon totes today. Picked them up with a 5x9 U-haul open trailer with ramp. Empty, the totes are around 135 lbs each. Offloading from the trailer was easy, tipped it against the usual red hand truck, and pulled/rolled it to the back yard to put on a concrete slab. To move into place, tip and twist around a corner of the tote. It was pretty easy. Now for stacking, you'll want two strong people to lift the upper one into place.
@@idrissasylla9157 Everyone must judge for themselves. However according to the science literature out there in this subject they are permissible for drinking water. I would recommend everyone ensure they clean any container they drink out of to the best of their ability.
I can’t imagine you would be able to use that for potable water though right? plus wouldn’t you be worried about the run off from cleaning out the bins?
The containers has Lyme which is used as a PH buffer for water treatment. So literally this whole IBC tote gets put in your municipal water supply lol. So really there isn’t anything to worry about once you give it a good rinse 👍
I'm actually ok with a municipality giving these away to it's citizens for the betterment of the community. That;s a good use of tax dollars. Some of these other officials that a making a buck by selling them off ... no. That's theft.
You and your city are breaking EPA regulations! Once any chemical has been in that tote it MUST be washed and recertification by a company certified by the State and EPA. The liability of this tote is still on the city!
The truth is, I don’t care about policy regulation. Technically if hunted a deer or dispatched one of my livestock animals and harvested it to for you and I accepted a penny from you that’s a felony since it wasn’t certified by the USDA. I believe two adults can decide what plastic containers they want to use and which ones they don’t lol.
@The Myrtle Woods Homestead while I agree. I will also disagree, because of the chemicals that are transported in totes. Not every tote is cleanable and needs to be recycled in accordance with EPA regulations!
@@vancechapman I agree therefore doing your due diligence to know what’s in the tote is important. So in this case I know the tote was used for water treatment. They literally took the contents of the tote (lime) and dumped it into the cities water supply lol. So yes I feel with great confidence that I can clean and reuse this tote for aquaponics, livestock etc. Like anything else use solid judgment and common sense is how I live my life. When a manual is needed follow the manual. But I certainly don’t need a government bureaucrat with the EPA to clean my tote lol. Remember the quote “Good enough for government work” is a real thing.
Good grief. Some people are so mind numbed into believing the govt must approve, disapprove, regulate… any they actually believe the govt cares about people! Nope! They care about money and themselves.
