I remember seeing something on this topic before. Is there a tried and true easy method to keep water out?
I remember seeing something on this topic before. Is there a tried and true easy method to keep water out?
some balk as they are not cheap. However after 30 years $45 is not a bad investment. Less than a cup of coffee a year
If it leaks clean the groove thoroughly with clean rag and alcohol, let dry, fill groove completely with exterior silicone caulking or exterior caulking of choice, cover caulking with a layer of Saran Wrap, put cover on and latch down, let dry a day or two then remove the saran Wrap et voilà a perfect seal. You can cut away the overflow caulking. Did mine which was leaking over 20 years ago and it's still sealing.
Gerald
And you may wish to burp the containers often as you go through major elevation changes. Going up several thousand feet leads to a lot of excess pressure inside the container and going down leads to a partial vacuum that may make the lid very difficult to remove. There's a good reason that sealed military shipping containers and storage boxes have pressure release valves.....
If it leaks clean the groove thoroughly with clean rag and alcohol, let dry, fill groove completely with exterior silicone caulking or exterior caulking of choice, cover caulking with a layer of Saran Wrap, put cover on and latch down, let dry a day or two then remove the saran Wrap et voilà a perfect seal. You can cut away the overflow caulking. Did mine which was leaking over 20 years ago and it's still sealing.
Gerald
Does anyone pack non-food items in a barrel with food?
The following statement is what I do, not to be taken as advice.
Yes, my food, clothes, sleeping bag, mattress, every thing goes in the barrel, except fuel, if I bring some kind of fuel operated stove. That goes in the day pack. I know people will tell you that is a big no-no, but I'm not travelling in Grizzly land, and I'm not bringing steaks. Food is all dry in separate packs in the barrel. I have seen many bears, but only ever had one in camp, which was quickly dispatched with a bear banger, and I've been wilderness tripping on Northern Ontario for 30 years.
Don't want to start the big bear debate, but judging by the poll on cleanliness, most people here are going to stink like food and other good things already, lol.
If you are travelling in a well used park setting where yogi has come to think of people as fast food providers, you might want to carry food in a separate, smaller pack, like a 30 litre barrel or something. Where I travel, the bears that know what humans are associate us with a boom stick.
Does anyone pack non-food items in a barrel with food?
Does anyone pack non-food items in a barrel with food?
Mike, you mentioned putting a piece of screen spline under the gasket to raise the gasket height. Did the gasket stay put after that or did you have to use a few spots of adhesive or what?
I could, in a pinch, have achieved the same result with a circle of screen window spline underneath the OEM gasket.