Tim May wrote:

It's idiotic to plan to make a 55-gallon drum into a firepit.

(I thought the thread was a joke, but then people began contributing
silly ideas, advice about whether $5 was too much to pay, about whether
$8 was the righ price, etc.)

Fact is, a 55-gal drum is too high for social uses. It's the right
height for Detroit or Chicago ******s and Mexicans to stand around,
burning used pallets and breathing in that pressure-treated lumber
aroma.

I think he is talking about a plain old "burn barrel". Ifso, a 55gal
drum is a bit narrow for random brush clippings, which tend to be too
long and fall out when the bottom part burns away.

If you cut off a third of an oil drum just beyond the rib, you can bend
half the rib down to give a doubled edge. Makes it a bit safer to have
around. A third of a barrel is about the right height for a campfire,
after you put a layer of gravel in the bottem. Need some holes to let
the rainwater out.