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Fire Engine Brake Drum


benjamin

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I have a Fire Engine brake drum that weight close to 90lbs. It is about 18 inches in diameter and about a 10 inches deep. Is a large brake drum like this better; than one for a standard size vehicle.
My plans are to attach it to an old lawn mower deck and have a friend weld some sturdy legs for it.
Any sugestions?


The guys that work on all our engines were realy cool about giving me the DRUM. They also offered me FREE REIGN in their srap metal piles.

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O had a student make a forge from a Semi brake drum. *very* heavy! The fire's hot spot was too deep for him to use except for the ends of stock of it her bend the stock in two. Finally he took my advice and filled in the bottom and rased the hot spot to near the rim. Now extremely very heavy indeed!. He ended up abandoning it when he moved...

Use such a large one for a base for something and get a shallower one for the firepot.

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