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What are the dimensions of a 44 gallon drum?
Wiki User
2008-03-24 04:51:18
Dimensions are 970mm high by 580mm diameter
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Asked in Math and Arithmetic, Jokes and Riddles, Algebra, Volume
If you have two drums one is three gallons and the other is five if you have an unlimited supply of water but need to get exactly four gallons how could you do it?
Fill the 5-gallon drum. Pour the contents into the 3-gallon
drum, filling it. Now you have 2 gallons left in the big one.
Empty the 3-gallon drum. Pour the 2 gallons into it. At this
point there is room for one more gallon.
Now refill the 5-gallon drum and pour off as much as it takes to
fill up the small one. That means you are removing one gallon.
Now you have exactly 4 gallons in the 5-gallon drum.
or Fill the 3 gallon drum. Pour the contents into the 5
gallon drum. Refill the the 3 gallon drum and pour the contents
into the 5 gallon drum until it is full. Empty the 5 gallon drum.
You have 1 gallon left in the 3 gallon drum. Pour the remaining 1
gallon into the 5 gallon drum. Re-fill the 3-gallon drum and pour
that into the 5 gallon drum giving you 4 gallons. or Tip the
5 gallon drum and fill it until water is level to both the bottom
and spilling out the top; next do the same with the 3 gallon drum;
then pour the half full 3 gallon drum into the half full 5 gallon
drum, rusulting in 2.5 plus 1.5 equals 4 gallons! or
Watch Die Hard 3 for the answer.
Asked in Fuel Filters, Units of Measure, Wine and Champagne, Fossil Fuels
What are the dimensions of a fuel barrel?
I found a prop for rent, which has the dimensions for a 45 gallon
bbl.
0.5m x 0.9m x
0.5m
So that's 1.5 ft x 3ft x 1.5 ft
http://www.themesinc.co.UK/detail.php?code=PRO062
And as to whether or not a bbl is 45 gal or 42 gal, or 44 gal
,which is used below in the next pragraph,... the 42 gallon barrel
is only used as a unit of measure; oil is not transported in 42
gallon barrels or barrels at all, but in barges or pipelines. I
believe the 55 gallon drum is what we usually think of. See below
for my source.
I found the following in Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_(unit)
"the modern day 55-gallon steel drum (known as the 44-gallon
drum in Britain and the 200-litre drum in Australia). The 42-US
gallon oil barrel is a unit of measure, and is no longer used to
transport crude oil - most petroleum is moved in pipelines or oil
tankers."
But that still leaves us asking how a 44 gallon drum compares
to a 55 gallon drum, as the above quote makes them sound the
same...
The unit of measure for a 'barrel' of crude = 42 gallons dates
back to the early days of the oil business in America. Several
sources I have read during my tenure in the refining industry and
as an engineer cite Rockefeller as the source. When crude was being
transported in wooden barrels in wagons pulled by horses down the
rutty roads from the well to the collection point, a lot of crude
was slopped out. Rockefeller balked at paying for barrels that were
short of the full amount, so he measured and took the average. This
turned out to be 42 gallons.
Asked in Tractors and Farm Equipment
Inside dimensions of a 55 gallon drum?
A metal fifty-five gallon lube oil drum is thirty five inches
tall.
Given: Area of a circle = 1/4piDiameter2 and: 231in3 /
gallon
Take the square root of: 55 gal x 231in3 / gallon x 4 / 35in /
pi
I come up with about 21.5 inches for the diameter, which sounds
about right.
But of course individual drums vary a bit, so grab a tape
measure if you have a drum handy.
