Steel "coal bunkers"

alleycat`

Hi Guys,

This was probably asked in the past but i'll ask again.
Does anyone have a galvanised steel coal store / bunker and if so how do they find it?

I've historically just chucked mine in a builders bag in the garage but i'm short of space and am wondering if these Steel bunkers are any good / worth the money?

cheers,
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Rich

muckybutt

Never had the metal ones last one we had was plastic one, looked more like a grit bit, used to hold a fair bit I think Titan make them.

Just googled they do and theres loads on line !

alleycat`

Yup lots on line but the reviews are somewhat mixed.

The plastic ones do indeed look like a grit bin but are coming up at least twice as costly as the Steel ones (like for like storage capacity).

I can't quite figure out how injection moulded plastic is suddenly so expensive.

YoYoY

alleycat` wrote: »

Yup lots on line but the reviews are somewhat mixed.

The plastic ones do indeed look like a grit bin but are coming up at least twice as costly as the Steel ones (like for like storage capacity).

I can't quite figure out how injection moulded plastic is suddenly so expensive.

For large items, the cost of the mould will not be cheap, nor the cost of operating the huge machine required for the moulding.
When you consider the probable low volumes of these items, then the downtime and purging material used when changing the moulds also becomes a very significant cost.

alleycat`

YoYoY wrote: »

For large items, the cost of the mould will not be cheap, nor the cost of operating the huge machine required for the moulding.
When you consider the probable low volumes of these items, then the downtime and purging material used when changing the moulds also becomes a very significant cost.

I'm not sure i really buy that these are low volume items, based on availability almost everywhere.

Ditto they appear to have been making them for circa a decade, so it isn't like they won't have got their ROI on them now.

I appreciate flipping moulds, etc would be a pain due to loss of production but i struggle to see the costs as they currently stand.

I'm more inclined to believe the price is due to the renaissance of stoves (call me a cynic) :-)

mumf

I have had a galvanised steel bin now 9 years. It hold 5 cwt of coal. Dent easily and now rotting at the bottom. When empty it will go out for the scrapman. I built a solid take apart wood one.