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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Joe Shanahan on July 31, 2013, 06:40:10 pm

Title: IBC without Cage
Post by: Joe Shanahan on July 31, 2013, 06:40:10 pm
I've seen some IBC Tanks Local to me for as little as £10- they come without Pallet or Cage.  Any reason they would be no good for water storage?
Thanks!
Title: Re: IBC without Cage
Post by: Ian Lancaster on July 31, 2013, 06:44:11 pm
The plastic tanks seem pretty rigid but with a tonne of water inside, I would want some sort of reinforcement!  Maybe a sturdy wooden box and a flat wooden base?
Title: Re: IBC without Cage
Post by: LBWCS on July 31, 2013, 07:48:00 pm
I asked the same question. Without the metal cage they can not hold 1000 ltrs without bursting open. Not worth trying if you ask me
Title: Re: IBC without Cage
Post by: Joe Shanahan on July 31, 2013, 07:49:59 pm
Thats all I needed to hear- Ill stop being tight now & pay the extra £50 for a decent one!

Cheers Lads!
Title: Re: IBC without Cage
Post by: colin stee1e on July 31, 2013, 08:05:58 pm
I was looking at the same thing. Could they he that bad without a cage? Two bricks walls and a few fence posts maybe?
Title: Re: IBC without Cage
Post by: PoleKing on July 31, 2013, 08:08:02 pm
I asked the same question. Without the metal cage they can not hold 1000 ltrs without bursting open. Not worth trying if you ask me

Genuinely-have you seen it happen?
I'd be tempted to buy one just to see if it happens.
Title: Re: IBC without Cage
Post by: Spruce on July 31, 2013, 08:11:09 pm
The scrappies took the cage for scrap but didn't want the plastic so left it behind.  ;D
Title: Re: IBC without Cage
Post by: koopmaster on July 31, 2013, 08:39:17 pm
not true, I bought a 1000l ICB without a cage for a tenner and have kept it full for almost a year now....

Title: Re: IBC without Cage
Post by: CleanClear on July 31, 2013, 08:46:36 pm
You'd need to see them yourself, a lot of the ones i've seen have been very different from each other. Some in the hard plastic look like they'd be fine, and then others in very thin and soft plastic look no good.
Title: Re: IBC without Cage
Post by: goldoak on July 31, 2013, 09:31:56 pm
dnt bother it will lose shape with 1000lt in, bin it