Bbl question

[davey]

I picked up an old collection tank and the capacity is 10 Bbl's. any clue how many gallons that is? it looks like maybe 300 or so.

[maplecrest]

310 gallons a sap barrel is 31 gallons

[Fred Henderson]

Now this brings up another question. Why is it that all barrel measurements are not the some? Oil is different.

[maple flats]

That is privelaged info, non of us are privelaged enough to know that. The bbl size varies just to keep everyone confused.

[Jim Brown]

It has never taken much to confuse me!!

[OGDENS SUGAR BUSH]

measure it and do the math

RICH

[802maple]

I know Grimm and Leader use to always sell tanks by how many barrels they would hold until it started sounding like you did more by changing them to gallons. It sounded like a whole lot more work got done when you collected 310 gallons instead 10 barrels LOL

[Sugarbear]

What about metric barrels?

[lpakiz]

Maybe you all know this, but a gallon is 231 cubic inches.
To find the volume of your barrel, (all measurements in inches) take 1/2 of the diameter times itself, then times 3.14 Now multiply this by the height. Divide this number (cubic inches of the barrel) by 231. Answer is gallons capacity.

Example: If barrel is 26 inches diameter and 30 inches tall, take 13X13X3.14 times 30. Divide by 231 Example barrel holds about 69 gallons. I use a calculator and never look at the screen til I'm done!! Hope this helped!
Larry

[Fred Henderson]

How to you account for what the ribs hold.