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.
I refill and reuse mine, I got an adapter I can use a grill tank to fill them up with and take them camping for my lantern and camp grill
You can get adapters to partially refill them from the 20lb bottles.
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.
Dude. Literally the first sentence of the body text…
I’d punch through the neck, fill with lamp oil, put candle wicks in there.
I do that with cool bottles, but you could strip the label and paint, do something creative.
If you absolutely have a desire to do any of these artistic, repurpose or whatever with these: put them out 100 yards and put a bullet through the top of it to make sure there is no propane left in it
They’re fun to use as shooting targets, just do it at 100+ yards
Turn it into a big ass flask, they can’t arrest you for drinking good 'ol clean burning propane, I tell ya hwat
Given that alchohol could concievably be a fuel, you might have something there.
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
This guy Propane’s, I tell you whut.
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
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.
This guy redneck’s…
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
Put some tannerite on them, you want to be at least 100 yards away though.
Put propane in them
They sell the adapter on the tiktok shop Weirdly enough haha.
We always used them for target practice. They need to be punctured for disposal anyways, you know when you hit one, and They’re about the right size for sighting in on a 100yd range.
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.
You’re not my supervisor!
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 watched my dad set a forest on fire like that once. We got it out, but it was pretty intense.
I suppose that that route has the benefit of rendering them safe.
deleted by creator
Could you refill these with methane / biogas from an anaerobic digester? I assume you’d need a specialized compressor.
