good video, good advice. if nothing hazardous was in or had been in those totes you could have used the dawn water in your garden, soap is not harmful to garden plants or you could have washed your vehicles with it. the tanks I buy have had soap or syrup in them so cleaning them is not difficult. One thing I suggest is either paint the tanks black or wrap them in 6 mil black plastic to prevent algae from growing inside. I currently have 11 330 gal. tanks in 5 locations on my little homestead (all full of rain water) and will add more as time passes. I have a portable electric pump mounted on a garden cart to get the water out when I need it. I also have 600 ft of garden hose. We grow fruits, vegetables, and flowers so the water is very useful during the hot dry summer months, the water is also used to wash vehicles and farm equipment using a pressure washer. I treat them monthly with a dunks tablet to prevent mosquitoes and add 1 qt of liquid chlorine bleach each month to kill bacteria. We do not drink this water, we have many cases of bottled water in storage and a lot of 4 gallon sealed plastic containers filled with well water for drinking and cooking if needed.
@SOS_Recon
12 жыл бұрын
Great thinking. Even if you only store the water as "potable", it can always be filtered or boiled for human consumption in a pinch. Well done Tank!
@FernHillOhio
12 жыл бұрын
Well if nothing more, at least you'll have the cleanest grass in town :) Thanks for sharing!
@skelly607
11 жыл бұрын
Next time 1) Fill with your solution just a few inches and turn upside down with screw top on to make sure you get all of the top. 2) I use baking soda and then vinegar. 3) You can disinfect the tote all you want but if you have chemical traces that's another story.
@IcEMystPrivate
6 жыл бұрын
Man u lost alot of city water or electricity of a rain pump... Could just have used desinfec Soaps and a high pressure cleaner...
@VEightMerc124
12 жыл бұрын
We own a swimming pool company and I recomend to clean any "tote" or 55gal drum with chlorine and/or acid wash. Chlorine is known to actually kill any and all biological material that you dont want. I discussed this with a doctor at the hospital I volunter at and alcohol won't even kill spores. The chlorine "shock" cokeman250 used is good enough but it is weaker than what your local pool guy uses. I recomend liquid however. Good tip Cokeman!
@Falling_Down_D-FENS
Жыл бұрын
I have liquid chlorine by hundreds of gallons.. you'll never get the chemical funky smell out of these if they aren't new
@derm9734
4 жыл бұрын
Im washing mine because of corona, and you sir said the tank could help for a virus outbreak
@wyattoneable
12 жыл бұрын
I have a catchment system at the retreat and I found that standing rain water gets dirty fast! I'm not there to use the water or keep it rotated so it gets green slim too. I had to quit using it at least until I get there full time. I hope your system works out better than mine did.
@MichellesCraftsandMore
12 жыл бұрын
I am wanting some of these for my garden.
@geraldb4201
12 жыл бұрын
those tanks should be ok for potable water after the cleaning your giving them a friend of mine uses one of them for his maple sap storage in his syrup shack when he has it full he starts boiling it down but they would be great to set 1 up for a automatic chicken watering set up and the other one for your garden
@FreedomMfgLLC
Жыл бұрын
Have you evert tried a Freedom IBC Liner? Much easier and guaranteed virgin interior surface.
@Pooter1176
12 жыл бұрын
Hey cokeman cool video,that pound of hth would be plenty good to kill anything in that tank you only need about a 50 part per million soloution strength to disinfect any thing that is the epa requirment for drinking water with a 24 hour hold time on any new pipe,tank,resivoir of any kind. but better to be safe than sorry.
@TheRedneckprepper
12 жыл бұрын
Man them some good looken totes. wonder if you sent of a water sample to the county agent. to see if it's good. still need 4 bro. the guy in Dequeen sayed june. till he got them and I need to finish this project. Humm. thanks bro. good vid :>)
@hurdman007
12 жыл бұрын
I would add bleach and let them soak. Then rinse well and take water sample to local water district for testing.
@RollerPigg
12 жыл бұрын
Gasp! you just dumped out enough dish water to was dishes for 3 years!! lol! Great Vid! Question though: Would you consider those totes to be a viable source of drinking water for a suburbanite like myself? I still haven't solved my water problem, because I move a lot.
@StarUnknown
12 жыл бұрын
Wow those are great... Where can you get those and how expensive are they. Thanks for the video,
@PopsQuest
12 жыл бұрын
Dude, you should have put the slippy slide in front of it when you let the dawn solution go, would of been Big Time fun!!
@sugerbear520
12 жыл бұрын
Nice
@andynine9779
5 жыл бұрын
May I know what chemical is your tote used before cleaning it because I have one right now with glue inside and its very hard to clean.pls advise?
@thisguy9638
5 жыл бұрын
I'm going to use half but uses the whole bottle LOL
@JohnnyKronaz
3 жыл бұрын
He clearly said half for EACH
@PopeyeThePrepper
12 жыл бұрын
Where is a good place to look to pick up a few of those containers. I have had my eyes open and still have not been able to get any yet... I am looking to get three of them. If you could point me in the right direction that would be greatly appreciated..
@tatyanafrolova5687
6 жыл бұрын
Craigslist
@eternalvitality
5 жыл бұрын
Why not use for drinking?
@gardennana3453
12 жыл бұрын
another great and helpful video. I purchased one and found out when I got home and showed my hubby what I had bought. It had desil fuel in it. He was not amused. We still have not cleaned it out. I am not sure what it would be good for after we did clean it out. Would you have any experience in this area/ Thanks in advance.
@derrickfain9232
2 жыл бұрын
Lol dang nobody answered.. throw it away I’d say
@alphahoss1947
2 жыл бұрын
A Gamajet would help you out: look it up on KZitem.
@loorlegend
7 жыл бұрын
How did it come out after shocking it???
@prepperchickie
12 жыл бұрын
ya where did ya get those?
@lukeyland9594
3 жыл бұрын
I think u should have used a little more soap
@iamaGod357
10 жыл бұрын
where can I get one of these?
@royhoco5748
4 жыл бұрын
remove he cap on the bottle and pour the soap in the tank.
@gdbanks2007
12 жыл бұрын
gardennana, I am sorry to say it not good for anything food related. So i would advise against using water in to water edible plants.
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