Moving Carboys

Movers are coming in 5 days. Anyone have any good ideas for packing up
15 carboys?

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Bill O'Meally

Ecnerwal

2013-05-17 16:57:35 UTC

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Post by Bill O'Meally
Movers are coming in 5 days. Anyone have any good ideas for packing up
15 carboys?

Empty or full? Glass or plastic? Thick or thin glass?

If you can find the proper cocoons, thick-glass acid carboys are made
for shipping, with appropriate packaging. The thinner ones found only in
homebrew shops, not so much, I think.

If you cannot find the right cocoons (formed styrofoam packing) your
best bet would be to find boxes about 3 inches larger all around and
some spray foam insulation (polyurethane) - squirt foam in box, lay on a
plastic sheet, set carboy in place, add plastic sheet to top, spray more
foam, close box. Same way heavy electronics are often packed.

If the carboys are full now, you should get bottling.

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Bill O'Meally

2013-05-17 19:33:12 UTC

Post by Ecnerwal
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Post by Bill O'Meally
Movers are coming in 5 days. Anyone have any good ideas for packing up
15 carboys?

Empty or full? Glass or plastic? Thick or thin glass?
If you can find the proper cocoons, thick-glass acid carboys are made
for shipping, with appropriate packaging. The thinner ones found only in
homebrew shops, not so much, I think.
If you cannot find the right cocoons (formed styrofoam packing) your
best bet would be to find boxes about 3 inches larger all around and
some spray foam insulation (polyurethane) - squirt foam in box, lay on a
plastic sheet, set carboy in place, add plastic sheet to top, spray more
foam, close box. Same way heavy electronics are often packed.
If the carboys are full now, you should get bottling.

Heh, or drinking. :-)

All are glass, some thin some thick. All empty.

Thanks!

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Bill O'Meally

Bart Goddard

2013-05-17 20:37:30 UTC

Post by Bill O'Meally
All are glass, some thin some thick. All empty.

I'd just wrap them in blankets and try not to drop
the grand piano on them.

B.

Bill O'Meally

2013-05-18 00:38:14 UTC

Post by Bill O'Meally
All are glass, some thin some thick. All empty.

I'd just wrap them in blankets and try not to drop
the grand piano on them.

One of the things I'll miss about Milwaukee is having Northern Brewer
not too far away. I called them and told them of my dilema and they
provided me with 16 unused carboy boxes free of charge.

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Bill O'Meally

Tom Biasi

2013-05-21 17:20:03 UTC

Post by Bill O'Meally
Movers are coming in 5 days. Anyone have any good ideas for packing up
15 carboys?

I was beginning to think nobody was here any more, then I see a thread
will all familiar names. It gives me hope:-)

Tom

Dan Logcher

2013-05-21 18:09:28 UTC

Post by Bill O'Meally
Movers are coming in 5 days. Anyone have any good ideas for packing up
15 carboys?

I was beginning to think nobody was here any more, then I see a thread
will all familiar names. It gives me hope:-)

Still here.. just busy and or not brewing at the moment.

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Dan

Bart Goddard

2013-05-21 19:20:22 UTC

Post by Bill O'Meally
Movers are coming in 5 days. Anyone have any good ideas for packing up
15 carboys?

I was beginning to think nobody was here any more, then I see a thread
will all familiar names. It gives me hope:-)
Tom

I've got 100 threads I'd like to start, but I always get sidetracked.

First one: I'm trying to adapt a 1-gallon pump-up type garden sprayer
for use in beer tending. Rather than waste CO2 pumping solution and
water
through keggerator and jockey box lines, I though I could just put a
keg connector (gas side) on this sprayer and then pump air into any
keg, which would then be connected to whatever line I wanted to wash
or rinse. And for that matter, I could push liquids out of a keg (and
through the dip tupe.)

Anyone done this who can share their wisdom? I'm not quite sure
what pieces to put where (but if no one answers, I'll puzzle it out.)

Bart

Tom Biasi

2013-05-21 20:15:29 UTC

Post by Bill O'Meally
Movers are coming in 5 days. Anyone have any good ideas for packing

Post by Bill O'Meally
15 carboys?

I was beginning to think nobody was here any more, then I see a thread
will all familiar names. It gives me hope:-)
Tom

I've got 100 threads I'd like to start, but I always get sidetracked.
First one: I'm trying to adapt a 1-gallon pump-up type garden sprayer
for use in beer tending. Rather than waste CO2 pumping solution and
water
through keggerator and jockey box lines, I though I could just put a
keg connector (gas side) on this sprayer and then pump air into any
keg, which would then be connected to whatever line I wanted to wash
or rinse. And for that matter, I could push liquids out of a keg (and
through the dip tupe.)
Anyone done this who can share their wisdom? I'm not quite sure
what pieces to put where (but if no one answers, I'll puzzle it out.)
Bart

Using CO2 as pressure to move cleaner through your system is not new.
Most people I know just connect a keg with cleaner and draw cleaner out
the faucet.
Then a couple of rinses.
So instead of connecting CO2 to the keg you could adapt for air.
If you don't have a compressor all you need from the sprayer is the pump
to pressurize the tank and the fitting to get it to the system.
Maybe I just stated what you already knew. :-(
Tom

Bart Goddard

2013-05-21 21:16:09 UTC

Post by Tom Biasi
Using CO2 as pressure to move cleaner through your system is not new.

Right. But I want to switch to air which, so far, is free and untaxed.

Post by Tom Biasi
If you don't have a compressor all you need from the sprayer is the pump
to pressurize the tank and the fitting to get it to the system.

My plan is to put a ball-lock connector on the end of the sprayer hose.
Then I can put anything I want in a keg, attache my sprayer, and start
pumping. Whatever is in the keg will come out the beer side. So I can
wash or rinse a keg, or a keggerator line below the keg, or I can just
hose off the neighbor kids and their pesky dog.

My question is: Has anyone else done this before? Exactly what
fittings
might one want, and what can go wrong?

B.

Tom Biasi

2013-05-21 22:44:35 UTC

Post by Tom Biasi
Using CO2 as pressure to move cleaner through your system is not new.

Right. But I want to switch to air which, so far, is free and untaxed.

Post by Tom Biasi
If you don't have a compressor all you need from the sprayer is the

pump

Post by Tom Biasi
to pressurize the tank and the fitting to get it to the system.

My plan is to put a ball-lock connector on the end of the sprayer hose.
Then I can put anything I want in a keg, attache my sprayer, and start
pumping. Whatever is in the keg will come out the beer side. So I can
wash or rinse a keg, or a keggerator line below the keg, or I can just
hose off the neighbor kids and their pesky dog.
My question is: Has anyone else done this before? Exactly what
fittings
might one want, and what can go wrong?
B.

I haven't done it but it sounds like you have a handle on it.
Instead of fittings maybe you can splice your hose with inline hose
fittings and worm clamps and just rearrange when you want to clean.

Dan Logcher

2013-05-22 03:31:02 UTC