Dry storage barrels, aka "bear barrels" SOLD

[Tim Eubanks]

Have a couple of 30 Liter storage barrels. Blue. $30. Due to the gasketed lid and steel locking ring these things are billed as bear proof. Handy for dry food, etc. for overnighters to keep the vermin out of your vittles.

Backcountry.com sells "Harmony" for aboug $60, if you want to google and take a look.

[okieboater]

I have a couple of these barrels.

Got mine decades ago from Mike Yee who got his in canada and when we both were on a Grand Canyon trip he sold me his barrels. Those canadians use them on the monster canoe trips they take in the far north.

These barrels are a bit bulky to handle but are in my opinion, about as bomb proof as it gets.

Tim's price is a good one, if I did not already have mine I would jump on it.

[Deuce]

Already got mine! Very happy. Thanks Timoteo!

[BHK Okie]

I'll be coming through LR in about 12 days on my way home from WV . If you still have them then I'll take em off your hands . I can put them to good use .

[BHK Okie]

I'll be coming through LR in about 12 days on my way home from WV . If you still have them then I'll take em off your hands . I can put them to good use .

[Tim Eubanks]

I'll be coming through LR in about 12 days on my way home from WV . If you still have them then I'll take em off your hands . I can put them to good use .

Sounds like a plan.

[okieboater]

A note on these barrels for those who have them.

With careful packing it is amazing what you can get inside.

Having said that, what I want always seems to be on the bottom.

Piragis Canoe Outfitters up in Ely MN sell a couple of little cloth gizmos that make using the barrels a lot easier in my opinion.

I got two of them and they make life a lot easier when it comes to getting stuff out on the river.

I bet folks with sewing machine skills could make them a lot cheaper, but I do not have the sewing skill set I wish I had so I have to pay Piragis. But, they are worth it to me.

By the way, I got mine from Mike Yee in 1991 and I believe he used them a bunch. Other than scratches mine are as good as new. Piragis offers an expensive harness to portage these barrels. Again, I held my nose and paid the price.

I find the harness works really good to carry my IK on hikes out like the lower Yoch or lower Chatogna.