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Title: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: Trackabout Off Road Campers on May 29, 2013, 03:46:21 PM
Well, after being completely inspired by darrenh's keg fire place I took things into my own hands  :cup: Call me a copycat but I just had to have one.. So the next morning I woke up and to find a 50ltr stainless keg on my front door step.... Kind of...  :police:


She not only looks fantastic on the back deck but works a treat also!

Here it is folks the pic's a bit dark but it’s off to the sand blasters tomorrow, was going to polish it up but i have more respect for my fingers and I reckon a sand blast finish will look nice  :cheers: Dave
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: muzza01 on May 29, 2013, 03:51:17 PM
That's gold
Do you supply one with every trailer sold? :D
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: Trackabout Off Road Campers on May 29, 2013, 03:53:13 PM
Im sure we could work something out Muzza  :cheers: maybe a full one too?
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: FNQBunyip on May 29, 2013, 04:13:01 PM
I'm all for cutting up Multinational Kegs , BUT that one is the property of an Australian company that I quite enjoy the flavors of ..

When I get a few more posts I'll share my smoker and a few other projects from the other mobs kegs ..

Cheers
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: Matto on May 29, 2013, 05:05:19 PM
Awesome!

I think Muzza and I need a FNQ group deal, since it gets so cold up here...

Cheers,
Matto :)
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: cruisindub on May 30, 2013, 09:54:49 PM
When I get a few more posts I'll share my smoker and a few other projects from the other mobs kegs ..


Would like to see some pics of your smoker setup.! ?

Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: FNQBunyip on May 31, 2013, 06:12:05 AM
cruisindub , won't be too long . lol I think its 25 post or something , so 10 too go :)
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: Tjupurula on May 31, 2013, 06:17:33 AM
Where is the other 99 uses for the beer keg ?
Tjupurula
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: fuji on May 31, 2013, 06:27:48 AM
Well, after being completely inspired by darrenh's keg fire place I took things into my own hands  :cup: Call me a copycat but I just had to have one.. So the next morning I woke up and to find a 50ltr stainless keg on my front door step.... Kind of...  :police:


She not only looks fantastic on the back deck but works a treat also!

Here it is folks the pic's a bit dark but it’s off to the sand blasters tomorrow, was going to polish it up but i have more respect for my fingers and I reckon a sand blast finish will look nice  :cheers: Dave





Hmmmm Dave?
You forgot that I am a copper? Ha ha ha
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: fuji on May 31, 2013, 06:29:38 AM
P.S.


I'll take two please.
 :police:
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: Tjupurula on May 31, 2013, 06:33:26 AM
P.S.


I'll take two please.
 :police:

Is that one of your work cars Wayne ?
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: fuji on May 31, 2013, 07:11:17 AM
Noooo, that's our local div van, this is similar to ours.
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: Trackabout Off Road Campers on May 31, 2013, 07:15:28 AM
Honestly, it just appeared Wayne, I swear  :angel:
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: speewa158 on May 31, 2013, 07:35:48 AM
Fiji thats a Cool company banger , ideal for the  PUB run , wont get stopped at Booze Bus & quick ( Though Stolen ) . Dose it have a Treg  ???
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: fuji on May 31, 2013, 06:46:17 PM
No Treg, just laser, moving mode radar, on board database, two radios and one of them is a phone. Also a digitector. We have to have two yellow top Optimas. One in boot and the other in engine bay. We have this colour as well as others.
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: Trackabout Off Road Campers on May 31, 2013, 06:47:48 PM
No Treg, just laser, moving mode radar, on board database, two radios and one of them is a phone. Also a digitector. We have to have two yellow top Optimas. One in boot and the other in engine bay. We have this colour as well as others.

Wayne, do they come in stainless?  :police:
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: fuji on May 31, 2013, 09:57:37 PM
That would be nice. I prefer white.  The grey is a nice colour.
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: FNQBunyip on June 01, 2013, 03:05:47 PM
Well lets see if I can now post a pic or 2 for you all .

First up I have a few that make beer
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/fnqbunyip/2008_0509brewery0007.jpg) (http://s8.photobucket.com/user/fnqbunyip/media/2008_0509brewery0007.jpg.html)

Then there is the smoker .Its gas or coals fired , it just sits on the BBQ or the gas ring on the brewery or even inside on the gas stove , if the weather is complete crap ..
The bottom
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/fnqbunyip/smoker/DSCF5315.jpg) (http://s8.photobucket.com/user/fnqbunyip/media/smoker/DSCF5315.jpg.html)

After the bottom I can just add the top and a lid
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/fnqbunyip/smoker/DSCF5336.jpg) (http://s8.photobucket.com/user/fnqbunyip/media/smoker/DSCF5336.jpg.html)

or add more sections with a rack in each
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/fnqbunyip/smoker/DSCF5323.jpg) (http://s8.photobucket.com/user/fnqbunyip/media/smoker/DSCF5323.jpg.html)

all the bits
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/fnqbunyip/smoker/DSCF5326.jpg) (http://s8.photobucket.com/user/fnqbunyip/media/smoker/DSCF5326.jpg.html)

And a few fish wings
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/fnqbunyip/smoker/DSCF5350.jpg) (http://s8.photobucket.com/user/fnqbunyip/media/smoker/DSCF5350.jpg.html)

The little stainless smoker is a mates that he brought down to show me , but by the time he got here I had mine cut out and cooking , lol

I didn't build the fire place but its served us well now for a good few years
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/fnqbunyip/Daintree%20living/2011-07-10_16-06-15_804_zps13f56df1.jpg) (http://s8.photobucket.com/user/fnqbunyip/media/Daintree%20living/2011-07-10_16-06-15_804_zps13f56df1.jpg.html)

well thats a couple more uses for the 50lt stainless vessels , I've got an other project here somewhere but I'll have too dig it out ...

cheers


Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: Trackabout Off Road Campers on June 01, 2013, 03:43:54 PM
Unreal FNQ  :cheers: now we're down to 98 ways  :cup:
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: DaveR on June 01, 2013, 05:02:42 PM
Here's another.
They make a perfect exhaust system silencer for stationary engines such as small diesel genset or water pump.
I fitted 1 to a 3 cyl lister engine that powered a 25 kva alternator.
The keg is set up with exhaust in and out piping, then buried in sandy DRY ground, hook up the exhaust in and out making sure the outlet is up high, presto, a perfectly quiet exhaust system.
The only sound is the engine itself, and the sound of gas running through a pipe.
The sand absorbs the vibrations in the sound, hence it is quiet.
Easy as.
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: Robbo on June 01, 2013, 09:44:58 PM

A few more uses

 ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: Tjupurula on June 01, 2013, 10:26:01 PM
Doing well now, only 90 something uses to go, might get there n the not too distant future.   I am very surprised that noone has yet offered to empty the contents for people so that the kegs can be recycled.  I don't drink grog, so I am not offering.
Regards
Tjupurula
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: MarkGU on June 01, 2013, 10:32:30 PM
A few more uses

 ;D  ;D  ;D
great view and use of CANS there  ;D
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: firecracker on June 02, 2013, 04:00:45 AM
Love this thread !!!! thanks for starting it Mr Camper ! or can I call you Trackabout  :D just love your middle names. ps like the stove better than the OZ. :cheers:
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: Garfish on June 02, 2013, 02:18:39 PM
I've previously used them and an old door as an entertainment unit, also been used as weights. And stools,  I miss Uni, 26 weeks a year 16hours a week and that was full time. 
Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: Brumbypt on June 02, 2013, 04:07:03 PM
I have 2 cut in half long ways and one with a hinge, but they sit on a nice narrow trolley standard and i fill them with petrol for parts washing.. Well i dont fill them completely, just a litre or so..

Title: Re: 100 uses for a 50ltr beer keg..
Post by: Brumbypt on June 02, 2013, 04:11:00 PM
My photos of my parts washer..

The trolley i got off someone else, they made and used it for taking big model trains out to his trailer..