Are there any online places to get bung plugs for plastic barrels? These are not pipe thread. I have lots of barrels but no plugs.
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17 years ago
Are there any online places to get bung plugs for plastic barrels? These are not pipe thread. I have lots of barrels but no plugs.
I have seen buttress thread. Here's the first hit on google:
Another place to try is
I am familiar with what's being talked about. A 55 gallon plastic barrel with two bungs usually has two different threads. One looks like pipe threads, the other one is very very coarse threads.
If you are lucky, you can find a user of these barrels. Restaurants get these barrels. You may be able to pick up some bung plugs there. Other businesses use 55 gallon plastic barrels, and you can get some free bung plugs there, too. You just have to look around. I couldn't send you to anywhere that sells them, and if they do, they want to sell you 500 of them.
But, I have found them in various places over the years in the most unlikely places. And many times, they were just sitting on top of barrels in alleys and in back of businesses. Of course, it took a little elbow grease to get them off, but they were good just the same. ;-) Drive around loading docks and in the back of businesses, particularly restaurants. Once you find a source, you will get more than you need. But it's always good to have some spares, too.
Steve
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