I've been hanging out on the "Free" page on Craig's list for a while mostly looking for water heater tanks to make a waste oil heater from. It took a while to find one but "when in rains, it pours." In one day I got two water heaters. One electric that I eventually did make a heater out of (still working on installing it in the shop) and one propane that I'm planning to fix to use in the house.
Before I even started the heater, though, I saw an offering for four 100 pound propane tanks. I was interested in one for an air tank but the lister wanted all four gone. I have finished the air tank and put it into service. Turns out that the one I picked had about 5 gallons of propane in and, stumped on how to use it, I eventually turned the bottle upside down and shot the liquid out. Here's something that I didn't know: Yes, the propane evaporates and blows away; apparently the "oderant" does not! It's been a week and even after a little rain it still smells like a propane leak back behind the shop.
One idea I had through was to cut one end of the four tanks and weld them together; that would be about 13 feet of heavy duty tube, the start of nice windmill tower... a couple more scores like those four and I could get some height!
But my point here is to recommend Craig's list
( http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites )
and to say thank you to all the folks that take the time re-home stuff that others can use.
I got one more tank.
Driving down the road I saw something that looked like a pretty fancy tank in the ditch. I regularly pick up stuff off the side of the road so I hit the brakes out of habit. Once I was out the car I could see it was a beer keg and when I picked it, it was heavy... I weighed it at home and if it was tapped I don't think it could have given up more than half a cup.
Would you drink it? I've kept the keg cold and I know it can't be old because I drive the road frequently. I hope that this keg fell off a truck (the top rim is dented) and that I didn't steal some hunters' beer. It's been a very long time since I tapped a keg... can the cap fall off or does it have to be torn off? Unfortunately, the cap is gone. I know it's an Anheuser-Busch keg (1/2 keg or 1/4 barrel) but I don't know what kind. What if I payed to rent a tap and it turned out to be Bud-Light?
I don't drink that much beer these days but I'm will to reform. How long will the beer keep if I keep it pressurize with CO2?
Thank you very much,
- Ed.