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
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.
In my country if you get bottled gas supplied on contract, the cylinders usually remain the property of the supplier. They’d’ take them back and recycle, or the vendor should take them and pass them back.
These are tiny portable 0.5kg cylinders, e.g as a cooking fuel while camping. Not larger bbq or house supply tanks.
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.
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
Nothing. It’s why they are being phased out. recycle them at any place that sells propane tanks.
They’ve always been refillable with an adapter from the hardware store but it’s an enormous pain, so few people bother. I’ve always hoped Coleman would start an exchange program at REI or somewhere similar.
If I recall, the adapter hooked to a grill tank but to fill the green cans you had to have the larger tank above the smaller one and it’s impractical for most people.
And upside down, and that will still only fill it 2/3 or 3/4…
I’ve read tricks like chilling the cylinders. And depressing the Schrader valves. But some sound pretty sketchy.
I hadn’t heard that. What are they being replaced with?
Reusable ones. Looks like it’s only California: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/camping-with-propane-canisters-in-california-is-set-to-change-how-to-choose-what-to-buy-now/
California (only so far) banned specifically disposable propane tanks of any size.
Small propane canisters will still be available, but they must provide provisions for being refilled and reused. Which is fine by me, I always hate throwing the steel tanks out at the end of a camping season and usually try to refill them if I can.
It would be nice to refill them instead of taking 5 partials left over from previous trips.
You can get adapters to partially refill them from the 20lb bottles.
Could you refill these with methane / biogas from an anaerobic digester? I assume you’d need a specialized compressor.
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.
They’re fun to use as shooting targets, just do it at 100+ yards
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.
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.
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!
Put propane in them
They sell the adapter on the tiktok shop Weirdly enough haha.
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