$130 for 4 Kegs

I was offered four 15.5 GAL kegs for $130 total. Most of what I've been able to find is 40 to 50 bucks or more each. Some dents & scratches but nothing major & still usable. So it seems legit to me. What do you think, brew buddies? I plan to cut a couple open and use for kettles, but save at least one to actually put beer in some day.

Thanks,

Nic

EDIT:
Added a photo of the kegs:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/130-4-kegs-256305/index2.html#post3094403

That's not bad. I always aimed for $30 each when I was in the market, so $32.50 isn't a bad deal.

go for it... then you could use one to ferment in too. It's hard to beat a sanitary vessel

Also... at my local metal yard, the weight of the stainless alone will fetch you 45 bucks per keg

IMUNS said:

Also... at my local metal yard, the weight of the stainless alone will fetch you 45 bucks per keg

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The metal yards in Michigan will not under any circumstance accept a keg for scrap. I don't know the rules in other states.

Let's see: I paid $25 for one, $20 for one, and the other two were given to me.

I got mine the old fashioned way, bought a keg and drank it.

I wasn't that lucky. Oh well. I don't feel I"m getting ripped off so I'll drive down & get them this week. Thanks for the input.

iaefebs, I wonder if you hacked up a keg enough that it didn't look like a keg.... if the scrap yard would then accept it for scrap

I got a good deal and everything (good for me! ), but I have to say that you're getting a very good deal, for sure. You won't regret it, I can tell you that.

Nic0 said:

I wonder if you hacked up a keg enough that it didn't look like a keg.... if the scrap yard would then accept it for scrap

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That sort of talk is COMPLETELY off the mark!! How could you even THINK something like that

Think of the kegs. . . . *sniffs*

One of them (far left) has some sort of rubber coating on the top & bottom. I don't know what the purpose is, I would guess maybe to provide a tiny bit of cussion for whomever is carrying the thing around. But it also is nice & flat on the top (and bottom) rather than rounded, making it easier to stack another one on top.

Now I need to begin the process of cutting the tops open of a couple of them.

Nic0 said:

iaefebs, I wonder if you hacked up a keg enough that it didn't look like a keg.... if the scrap yard would then accept it for scrap

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I would never try to hack up a keg to sell it for scrap. Too much work for so little return. In Michigan we are thumb printed whenever we sell scrap. The place I go to has very few signs posted for rules but the most prominent is "we do not accept or sell used kegs"

iaefebs said:

I would never try to hack up a keg to sell it for scrap. Too much work for so little return. In Michigan we are thumb printed whenever we sell scrap.

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Agreed... it was more a joke than anything...unless they were made of gold. Obviously worth a lot more when it's still a keg than just scrap. I've never even sold any scrap metal so for all I know Oklahoma takes prints too.