Posted by fixerupper on August 14, 2008 at 18:54:09 from (216.51.182.132):
Well I can add another item to the long list of dumb things I shouldn't have done. Today I threw an old herbicide drum in the bonfire to burn the paint off it. It was cleaned out but I figured the scrap yard would ask fewer questions if it was burned. Anyway, I forgot to unscrew the bungs and about ten munutes later there was what sounded like a sonic boom. I was in the machine shed about a hundred feet away and I felt the compression on my chest. When I looked out the door to see what happened I saw the end of the barrel landing in the grass about two hundred feet from the fire. Nothing was hurt or damaged, but I'm sure my blood pressure was up a bit. Those babies put out a lot of energy when they explode! If any of you are thinking about mixing empty barrels and fire, think twice. Jim
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