Rant of the Day (part 2) {keep it non-political)

[sonya123]

Bleach. I had the same issue with syrup cans.
You know you can run a tap and a hose from the bottom of a barrel straight to where you need it, right?
I think of lazy crap like this all the time, you should see how I solved my grocery problem.

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doesn't have a tap, barrels with those cost a bunch extra, plus it wasn't a huge amount of work. We carry water around for the animals all the time. This water is just for backup. We have larger tanks with taps on the bottom ( ICB totes)
But what surprised me is just how much water a load of laundry uses up, about 30 gallons. Wow

 

[Magus]

At our local industrial supply, you can get a brass tap for 8.00 and 30 feet of silicon web hose for a buck a foot.

Protip 76239:
Always shop the local industrial supply first if you like saving money!
Example:
Home Depot:
100 drywall screws, 9$
Local industrial supply: 7$ A POUND!

Check this out: a 50' American-made freeze-proof water hose 35$! When I get to replacing the plumbing in my trailer, its not going to be PVC or copper at those prices! that hose can literally swell to the size of a football and laugh it off!

 

[Weedygarden]

Since I'm too lazy to go through the last 2 or 3 pages of (part 1), I am starting a new "Rant of the Day" thread.

Please leave the political out of this thread.

Also, you can go to the other thread and use the +quote to capture a post to use in this thread if necessary. But unless it's nice, please don't bother, as it will save us time from deleting it and the fuss it causes.

Thanks gang.

When driving on highways, the thing to do in the country was to hit your brights and shine back on the approaching vehicle with its bright lights on. I have never been someone who likes to drive in the dark (due to astigmatism) so I have little memory if I ever did that.

I heard many stories about a highway patrolman in South Dakota who would deliberately drive with his brights on while approaching cars, waiting for them to turn their bright lights on so he could stop them and ticket them.

 

[Weedygarden]

We had 2 Keurigs, a K cup & a regular coffee pot. My wife saw that they made 1 maker that would do both things. Her idea was to save counter space & replace what we had with the new maker, which we did. The problem is that it has 1 water reservoir, which makes 12 cups of coffee. I make that pot when I get up. So far, so good. The problem is that she make single cups of coffee, tea, coco & also uses it to make cups of soup. Basically, any time she makes a hot drink she uses it. That means that it seems like every time I walk through the kitchen, I have to add water to it. It's like a mini gym work out randomly all day long by picking up 3-gallon water bottles & pouring them.

I have had the idea that these things could be hooked up to water supply with a quick release of some sort so that it always has access to water.
I also have an idea that washing machines can have a reservoir for laundry soap and fabric softener that can hold a gallon or more of the liquids. Of course, you would get a message on the machine when you needed to refill these reservoirs.

 

[Magus]

Are you open to blueprints? Where I used to work, we had to add a certain kind of air freshener to the latex, I made the gadget that did it. it was a 30-gallon dye barrel with 2 small U-clamps on the side, a toilet tank float, a spigot and a plastic driveway reflector rod, and a doorbell switch, when the gunk dropped to 3/4ths of a tank, it raised hell!

 

[sonya123]

At our local industrial supply, you can get a brass tap for 8.00 and 30 feet of silicon web hose for a buck a foot.

Protip 76239:
Always shop the local industrial supply first if you like saving money!
Example:
Home Depot:
100 drywall screws, 9$
Local industrial supply: 7$ A POUND!

Check this out: a 50' American-made freeze-proof water hose 35$! When I get to replacing the plumbing in my trailer, its not going to be PVC or copper at those prices! that hose can literally swell to the size of a football and laugh it off!

ok, how would you cut a small round hole in a very heavy duty think plastic barrel to install that tap? Drill it? I thought of this, but had a feeling it would end up either broken, us injured, or at the very least it would leak.....so LOL, water buckets seemed like the best idea

oh and it was a sort of bad idea after all, now my laundry smells like China plastic LOL, but I am not washing it again. I am hoping it will not smell after it dries

 

[Magus]

https://eldoradotools.com/products/wb-500
There are cheaper ones, I got a new set of DeWalt for 10$ on sale.
Use the one that corresponds to your tap thread size and slather it with epoxy, then screw on a pipe connector on the inside and a couple of washers outside for a snug fit.

You can make a nice water filter using the same method, a 5-gallon bucket, and a spare Berkey filter.
There, I saved somebody a hundred bucks and never even hit google.

 

[Mountain trapper]

ok, how would you cut a small round hole in a very heavy duty think plastic barrel to install that tap? Drill it? I thought of this, but had a feeling it would end up either broken, us injured, or at the very least it would leak.....so LOL, water buckets seemed like the best idea

oh and it was a sort of bad idea after all, now my laundry smells like China plastic LOL, but I am not washing it again. I am hoping it will not smell after it dries

I just use a small hole saw on my cordless drill. Mine never leak. I use a barrel for watering pigs with a couple nipples screwed in the holes. I use another one for watering the meat chicken. I have it plumbed with pvc pipe going to several water cups.

 

[sonya123]

https://eldoradotools.com/products/wb-500
There are cheaper ones, I got a new set of DeWalt for 10$ on sale.
Use the one that corresponds to your tap thread size and slather it with epoxy, then screw on a pipe connector on the inside and a couple of washers outside for a snug fit.

You can make a nice water filter using the same method, a 5-gallon bucket, and a spare Berkey filter.
There, I saved somebody a hundred bucks and never even hit google.

doesn't say you can use them on plastic, just wood

 

[sonya123]

I just use a small hole saw on my cordless drill. Mine never leak. I use a barrel for watering pigs with a couple nipples screwed in the holes. I use another one for watering the meat chicken. I have it plumbed with pvc pipe going to several water cups.

photos?

 

[Mountain trapper]

photos?

If I can get to them I'll go out and get some pictures.

 

[Mountain trapper]

photos?

We still have a little snow up here. It'll probably be a few more weeks before I can reach the barrels.