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.
Nothing. It’s why they are being phased out. recycle them at any place that sells propane tanks.
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/
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 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
They’re fun to use as shooting targets, just do it at 100+ yards
Mini Probot of course…
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.
Turn it into a big ass flask, they can’t arrest you for drinking good 'ol clean burning propane, I tell ya hwat
Put propane in them
They sell the adapter on the tiktok shop Weirdly enough haha.
You can get adapters to partially refill them from the 20lb bottles.
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
What about exploring using your metalworking skills artistically? Maybe some interesting sculptural possibilities.
I remember looking into this once before but with CO2 tanks, I had an idea of cutting them off at different heights or levels to make bells out of them. I’m pretty sure sound wise it would be pretty hit or miss but worth a try.
Don’t fuck around with pressure vessels. It’s seriously dangerous.
Or don’t be a pussy and blow them up with tanerite
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…
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.
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Could you refill these with methane / biogas from an anaerobic digester? I assume you’d need a specialized compressor.
