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If you or anyone else in the Metro area are still looking for a barrel, give C-Mar a call. They sell reconditioned and unlined used drums. Make sure they know what you're using it for so they don't give you one that was used to hold poison or something else nasty. I got an unlined one that had held soap. They power washed it for me and I was on my way for $25. Make sure they also know you want one with a loose lid.