Burning used Kubota UDT??

[Slade]

I often use old oil on my burn pile. I have a hydraulic fluid change coming up soon for my tractor -- does (Kubota UDT) HF burn anywhere near as well for that purpose? Thanks.

 

[Bird]

I don't know what the flash points are and can't really say whether the UDT burns as well as motor oil, but I sure used mine for that purpose and it definitely burned.

 

[Slade]

I don't know what the flash points are and can't really say whether the UDT burns as well as motor oil, but I sure used mine for that purpose and it definitely burned.

Great, thanks Bird. First time that I ever did my burn pile back in the day, I used 5 gallons of gasoline and it more exploded than burned.

One other quick question -- do you use 10W-30 or 10W-40 oil with the Texas heat?

 

[Bird]

Yep, I've used gasoline, but very, very cautiously. That can be plumb scary.

For motor oil, I used Delo 500 in the 15W-40 weight. I know Kubota was behind on updating their manuals. Mine still called for CC/CD (obsolete) rated 10W-30, but everyone I knew personally, including the dealers, used 15W-40 motor oil in diesels. By far the most popular were Chevron's Delo 500 and Shell's Rotella. But of course, there are certainly other good oils, including synthetics.

 

[tommu56]

I've burnt it but started using it as bar oil in my chainsaw its great in the winter when you cant even pour the bar oil it pours freely

tommu

 

[Ob1kubota]

I often use old oil on my burn pile. I have a hydraulic fluid change coming up soon for my tractor -- does (Kubota UDT) HF burn anywhere near as well for that purpose? Thanks.

yes it burns just like any other hydraulic fluid. It's much safer than Gasoline to start a brush pile and in most states not defined as an accelerant although it can be considered as hazardous waste oil if tested and metals are present.

 

[Will_C]

I also use mine, mixed half and half, with bar oil for chainsaw lube. Works well.
Will

 

[UnclePaul]

I recently was over at my neighbors when he was starting his burn pile. It was raining and i thought he would never keep it going. He used a back pack sprayer with diesel fuel and just walked the flame all the way around the pile. I was surprised that the flame did not follow its way back to the sprayer.

 

[Slade]

I recently was over at my neighbors when he was starting his burn pile. It was raining and i thought he would never keep it going. He used a back pack sprayer with diesel fuel and just walked the flame all the way around the pile. I was surprised that the flame did not follow its way back to the sprayer.

Yeah, my neighbor showed me that one using a two gallon spray can with 10 parts diesel to 1 part gasoline. Works real well. He said he started with gasoline and it climbed up the spray toward him way too fast.

 

[Berniep]

I bought a 1 gallon sprayer specifically for starting my brush pile.
I use about 1/3 used motor oil 1/3 gas and 1/3 diesel.

Do Not soak the brush pile before lighting it. Light a small piece of something first then spray it to spread the fire. If you soak it you let fumes build up and you wouldn't believe the explosion you can get.

Here is one relatively tame example

Here is another where they got really lucky

Notice the cornfield on fire in the second one and the steam rising up in both videos

 

[RobJ]

Do Not soak the brush pile before lighting it. Light a small piece of something first then spray it to spread the fire. If you soak it you let fumes build up and you wouldn't believe the explosion you can get.

But that takes the fun out of it!! Of course with a fire going first, it can trail up to your gas can!! DAMHIKT!!

 

[Gunny]

I've burnt it but started using it as bar oil in my chainsaw its great in the winter when you cant even pour the bar oil it pours freely

tommu

Be careful of that, bar oil has a better sticking ability than regular oil. Sprockets, bars and chains suffer when regular oil is used.