I scored this unusual oil barrel yesterday, it's riveted together is pretty darn heavy but I thought it 's cool, it has a brass plate stating it's Standard oil and the patent date is June 3, 1902. HRP
@HOTRODPRIMER i got a few of those at work we still use for different hydraulic and trans fluids, I picked them up years ago from a farm auction for next to nothing rusty n smelling like horse apples but still functional. that barrel is really cool, a steel oil barrel shaped like a barrel. Is it still water tight ?
Remember mayor Willie Don? Wanted to call Baltimore the city that reads. Now just known as Charm city... For obvious reasons!
Rats ! Man I have been working under the city streets in manholes on gas lines and the slimy dudes run in the hole on you . That and snakes sucks ! Really changes your out look on why am I doing this ? No one ever got bit or hurt , but they are tough when cornered . Stunned a few with a hammer and charged them up good with the welder !
Man, this thread went off the rails in a hurry! Let’s get it back on track. Found a Schaeffer oil barrel at a swap meet a couple years ago. Couldn’t get the $5 out of my pocket fast enough. Don’t have a picture of mine, but it looks just like this one.
Speaking of rats . Growing up my Dad and GreatGrandFather would slide a hose on the tailpipe of GreatGrandFather’s 59 Chevy pickup and poke it into a crack in the foundation of the chicken house . Start up the pickup , pull out the choke a bit then go inside and wait for the gassed rats to come staggering out . We would whack them with shovels. Great fun lol
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