Barrels on turntables

[Tonyz]

Am doing a gardening project and want to have 6 200L blue barrels sitting upright on one long frame 300mm off rough gravel ground and I want to have the drums so O can turn them. the drums will have a soil based mixture in them.

The main criteria is how do I create a turntable that will hold a drum with 100KG in it and what would I build the frame from. so the turntables are not bogged

[BobL]

Lazy susans are available that can hold 100kg

[Tonyz]

Yeah...Where From Bob?

[BobL]

Type, "lazy susan bearing 100kg" into google, then follow the links.

[KBs PensNmore]

Hi Tonto, will the drums contain soil for mixing purposes? Asking, as if it's for mixing, they won't mix well vertically.
Kryn

[burraboy]

The main criteria is how do I create a turntable that will hold a drum with 100KG in it

Automotive rear axle?

[ian]

Lazy susans are available that can hold 100kg

a 200 L barrel when near full will weigh a lot more than 100 kg. Depending on the soil and it's moisture content, perhaps closer to 300 kg than 100.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I'm guessing you'll have to make your own lazy susan.

Possibly two barrel(ish) diameter disks (of a suitable material), a coach bolt pivot and several castors mounted umop-ap!sdn so they don't get bogged on grit?

[ian]

like Burraboy, I'm thinking a motor vehicle wheel and rear axle if the drums need to rotate about a vertical axis.

if the drums actually need to rotate about a horizontal axis -- i.e. tip -- I'm thinking some sort of frame

[Tonyz]

They dont need to tip, and they wont be totally filled with soil,
Strawberries barrels.... so I can turn them around over several days getting an even amount of sunlight.

There will be a potting mix/compost/worm farm down a 100mm pipe in the middle.

From BobL Ive found 500mm dia lazy susans from China, there is another lazy susan down the road but we are not on speaking terms...fat slob.

[ian]

I'm a bit lost here.

why are you using 200 L barrels? I would think that for a crop like strawberries, a barrel 1/4 the height of a 200 L barrel would be more than deep enough. Meaning that the weight of a barrel is much less than 100 kg, with the required turning effort similarly reduced.

[Tonyz]

Previous house I had 1 barrel on a moveable platform that was on concrete, the amount of strawbs that I grew was amazing, have a tentative opportunity to supply a local supplier if I cam produce a lot more berries. only this time I dont have a flat solid ground base.

I know the barrels work... do a youtube 'strawberry barrels'

[ian]

now I get it

[BobL]

Soil in large tubs can always be bulked out with material that is lighter than soil.

The other way to do this is with roller balls like these https://www.carbatec.com.au/workshop...-16mm-set-of-6
And then make up you own top and bottom plates
Each ball can support 25kg so 6 will support 150kg.
If you look on line you can save a bit on a set of 6 - will still add up though.

I used 6 of the larger balls to make a turntable base for 3 bench grinders.
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[62woollybugger]

Boat seat turntables https://www.whitworths.com.au/spring...vel-mild-steel