I’ve got several of these empty steel propane tanks from heating the chicken coop during the recent cold weather before I got an adapter to run the heater off of a larger refillable tank. Any ideas on what they could be repurposed for?
Seems like there should be some use for them besides tossing them in the recycling. I’d assume I’d need to poke a hole in them before recycling since they are/were pressure vessels.
I know there are adapters out there to refill them but now that I can use a larger, more easily refillable, tank I don’t really have any inclination to do so.
My only thought so far was to cut the top off, drill some holes, and make a little stick burning camp stove. But, that’s not something I’ll ever use.
I’ve got a fairly extensive workshop and metal working tools so pretty much everything is on the table. I can even do really shitty welding if required.
Put them next to chickens and take a photo that makes it look like you have enormous chickens.
You can get adapters to partially refill them from the 20lb bottles.
Important! Before you drill, cut, puncture or do anything with them you need to remove the residual gas or they may explode on you!
- obtain or make a valve tool for propane cylinder valves (check youtube).
- screw on a torch head and try to light it to burn off as much as you can EVEN WHEN THE TORCH WONT LIGHT THERE IS STILL PROPANE IN THE CYLINDER
- outside in a well ventilated area remove the torch and press the center valve in to verify that pressure is equalized
- look for the fill valve off center on the top, using the valve tool remove the valve.
- fill the cylinder ALL THE WAY with water, this will force out any remaining gas.
- the cylinder should now be safe to work on
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Wonder hwut he thinks of butane.
I tell you wut, I prefer propane and propane accessories
I used to shoot them with a 30-06. Unfortunately I never got one to go boom like the movies
Put some tannerite on them, you want to be at least 100 yards away though.
You have to tamper with the pressure release safety valves and provide a secondary flame unless you are using some bougie incendiary ammo (and even those aren’t a guarantee to ignite something like propane on its own).
We used to blow up the normal sized ones like for your the backyard grill. We would fill the pressure release with valve with JB weld and then toss it into a bonfire and shoot it from like 500 feet away lol.
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When you live an hour away from the nearest hospital for some reason everything you decide to do with your free time happens to be incredibly dangerous lol
Under no circumstances should you puncture the container. It’s still a pressure vessel with flammable gas in it and will explode if you try.
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My and my buddies get excited when we run out, we use them for target practice. More if a rifle thing where you can get some distance, they are rather unpredictable depending on how you hit it and if gas is still present.
I suppose that that route has the benefit of rendering them safe.
I watched my dad set a forest on fire like that once. We got it out, but it was pretty intense.
Use refillable ones like Flame King. They cost about $20 and can be refilled safely for around $2 per fill. If you’re near Sports Basement and are a member, they will refill them for free within some limits.
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Put propane in them
They sell the adapter on the tiktok shop Weirdly enough haha.
I would take them to a recycling center that advertises that they accept fuel / propellents.
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Refill with an adapter from a larger propane tank.
The refilled tanks can’t hold as much, but it works.
They can hold a bit more if you toss them in the freezer for a while before attempting to refill.
Here you take them back and you get a discount off the next one.
Feed it to the chicken.
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