Made a Thump deal....

[Captain]

Found an old 150 gallon molasses sugar kettle behind an old fallen down shed is SC while out walking some property that joins my land. Got up with the owner of the property and they said if I could get it out I could have it. So I pitched them a hundred bucks and felt good about it.
It is prefect no cracks or holes at all.
Got it out and brought it to my NC house thinking I would make a fire pit out of it.
Got researching them and WOW I might have to let it slide.
Found one exactly like it on the net and they're asking 6 grand for it. I know asking and selling are two different things but if someone would even get in that neighborhood I'd have to let it slide!
http://www.millstones.com/cs/syrup-kettles.html?sort_by=product&sort_order=asc&layout=products_without_options

[Buckrub]

Six grand.

For a pot.

You're joking.

Note to self: DO not let anyone at this site go through your totally cluttered and disastrously appointed house, shop, or garage. Old crap is everywhere! You'll have to sit on the curb if they ever do.

[Thumper]

I told ya' cast iron is big! ;)

[Buckrub]

No, your crazy Chevy Chase brand is big. All I have is a huge pile of this stuff, worth a total of elebben dollars.

[Captain]

Here's the one I got and put in my back yard for a firepit. Here's the one they have for sale at the link above. Mine has some markings on it but can only make out "plow co." Can't see the full name.
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[Big Muddy]

Since I'm retired and broke, I guess I'll hafta just keep using these, as our fire pit....they work pretty good, too. ;)

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[Buckrub]

Y'all are sure rich!

Those are some expensive fire pits! Wowzers.

We use rocks........that we FIND........not buy.

[Captain]

Since I'm retired and broke, I guess I'll hafta just keep using these, as our fire pit....they work pretty good, too. ;) <img src="http://www.goodhunting.info/attachment.php?attachmentid=5459"/> I'm broke too and have a concrete manhole collar at the SC farm for a firepit. But you can't tell me if you had a chance to pick up one of these sugar kettles for about nothing you would not do it in a minute!

[Thumper]

Cappy, that's prolly Southern Plow Co. out of Georgia.

[BarryBobPosthole]

Now that's just cooler'n hell, Cappy.

BKB

[Thumper]

Fill that thing with grease and have one hell'uva fish fry!

[No-till Boss]

Everyone here has a john Deere rim for a fire pit ........

[Captain]

Everyone here has a john Deere rim for a fire pit ........
What you and Muddy have is a fire ring. It's only a pit if you dig a hole under it. ;)


Fill that thing with grease and have one hell'uva fish fry!
Buckeys grease filter would be working overtime. :-)

[BarryBobPosthole]

How do you keep it from filling up with water?

Oh wait, it don't rain there, I forgot.

BKB

[Thumper]

Ha! Good question Postie! Cappy, PLEASE don't drill a drain hole through the bottom! ;)

[Captain]

It's not been out there to long. But usually we just blow it out with the leaf blower. There will be no hole drilled in it. I'll sell it first.

[Big Muddy]

Cap, I'll swap you 2 JD rims, a gallon of Seafoam, and a bucket of Phole's peaches for that kettle. ;)

That was a great deal you made....you done good, Bro.!!!

[Thumper]

I'd be jealous, but I'm afraid the shipping would kick my ass! ;)

[BarryBobPosthole]

My grandma had an old cast iron kettle she'd build a fire under and scald chickens in it when we'd butcher chickens. Man, just thinking of that brings back that scalded feathers smell. Whooooeeee. No thanks.

Sure like to have that old kettle though.

BKB

[Big Muddy]

Speaking of drain holes....years ago, my Mom bought a HUGE black pig iron pot at a flea market, and wanted a drain hole put in it, so it could be used as a flower pot....my Dad got the wise idea to just shoot the bottom of the day'um thing with his 30.06....he shoulda quit, after putting 3 perfect holes in the bottom about an inch apart....after the fourth shot, that big ole pot split wide open, almost exactly in half....yes, he got an azz-chewing. ;)

[Big Muddy]

My grandma had an old cast iron kettle she'd build a fire under and scald chickens in it when we'd butcher chickens. Man, just thinking of that brings back that scalded feathers smell. Whooooeeee. No thanks.

Sure like to have that old kettle though.

BKB


Yep, Phole, we did the same exact thing....that was a smell-from-hell, wasn't it??? ;)

[Buckrub]

My grandma had an old cast iron kettle she'd build a fire under and scald chickens in it when we'd butcher chickens. Man, just thinking of that brings back that scalded feathers smell. Whooooeeee. No thanks.

Sure like to have that old kettle though.

BKB

Me too.

The little feet looked like cow teats.

[Captain]

I've got three of those old "wash pots" two of them are 15 gallon and one is a 20 gallon. Two have holes in them and I use them as planters and one is still perfect and could be used to cook in.
Most folks don't know cast will shatter like glass. I bet that 30-06 drill did a number on it.

[Thumper]

Smells almost as bad as singing (NOT a musical term) the hair off a 'possum before cleanin' it for cookin'! :hair

[Thumper]

I've got three of those old "wash pots" two of them are 15 gallon and one is a 20 gallon. Two have holes in them and I use them as planters and one is still perfect and could be used to cook in.
Most folks don't know cast will shatter like glass. I bet that 30-06 drill did a number on it.

Yeppers, I've heard nightmares about shipping high priced cast iron after an eBay sale, just to have it arrive shattered after being dropped somewhere along the line during shipping. Seems silly to wrap 12-tons of bubble wrap around a frying pan, but I do it!