Free Oil

[Alan W.]

My sons boss had a new McMansion built and the contractors left an assortment of oil.
He knew that we had equipment so he gave it to my son.
The oil had been sitting there for a couple of months and they never would come and get it. All of them are half to full.

I am wondering if they used a funnel or a pump when using the middle bucket for what they labeled it.

Im glad somebody can afford to leave this much money laying around.

 

[Valveman]

Contractors equipment probably uses and leaks that much oil on a regular basis. Lol! There wouldn't be half empty buckets that nobody cared about unless that were true. I have a Komatsu that drinks that 10W stuff.

 

[Jstpssng]

I bought 5 gallons of the Super UTD for my tractor in fall of 2021. Somehow I didn't get it under cover for a while so it set out in a few rain storms. Then I noticed that there was considerable oil on the deck underneath the pail.
The hydraulic fluid was about $135 but I'm not sure what a new hydro transmission costs and don't care to find out.

 

[WM75Guy]

I would not chance putting an unknown quality of oil in one of my machines just to save a little money. For what little mine use the cost to me is low anyway. I still have NH oil sitting on the shelf from when I bought the TC40DA in 2008.

 

[Alan W.]

Funny thing is I can’t use any of it. Its either the wrong weight or something that I have no need of.
May use some of it to change out the chain case in the Bobcat. The bucket of 30 w delo is unopened.

 

[dstig1]

Recycle it or find a garage/shop that has a waste oil burner. It may be used stuff that they left instead of disposing of, perhaps?

 

[marhar]

I would not chance putting an unknown quality of oil in one of my machines just to save a little money. For what little mine use the cost to me is low anyway. I still have NH oil sitting on the shelf from when I bought the TC40DA in 2008.

I am with you. I hate to waste but the risk is too great for the reward. Back in the day old timers would pour oil around a fence post as they were packing the dirt back. (I am not saying to do that, the EPA was not active in the 70s and early 80s.

 

[Midniteoyl]

Use it for chain oil..

 

[Alan W.]

Use it for chain oil..

May try that.

 

[Popgadget]

Chain oil has different additives that make it tacky amongst other attributes. None of those would work well.

 

[gstrom99]

I agree and would not try it in anything of value. Keep some for the "oil can" - anyone still have those. Donate it to someone with a waste oil heater. Post it to CL or FB.

This free oil is worth exactly what it cost. ZERO.

 

[azbinder]

If the Delo 30wt is unopened, I would not be afraid to run it in the summer. When I was on the farm, we used Delo with no issues. We bought it by the barrel. To me, it is equal to Shell Rotella or Texaco Ursa. I've had no issues with any of them.

 

[Jstpssng]

Chain oil has different additives that make it tacky amongst other attributes. None of those would work well.

Oil was used for years without additives... often it was just the "residual drippings" drained from cans after a garage did an oil change.
He may have to turn up the oiler a bit. For somebody who uses a lot of B&C oil in a year, they may even blend the two together.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Oil was used for years without additives... often it was just the "residual drippings" drained from cans after a garage did an oil change.
He may have to turn up the oiler a bit. For somebody who uses a lot of B&C oil in a year, they may even blend the two together.

Motor oil = bars and chains not lasting as long as using the "right" stuff.

Used oil = other problem too, like it being harder on the saws oil pump.

SR

 

[Thomas]

You got heck of deal can always soak wooden post.

 

[Oaktree]

Motor oil = bars and chains not lasting as long as using the "right" stuff.

Used oil = other problem too, like it being harder on the saws oil pump.

Agree on not using used oil in a chainsaw. One other downside is that the gunk suspended in it could clog passages in the saw's oiler. Don't ask how I learned that...

Was it determined that this was used oil? I thought it was just a weight/type that didn't match any of the OP's equipment.

 

[Alan W.]

Agree on not using used oil in a chainsaw. One other downside is that the gunk suspended in it could clog passages in the saw's oiler. Don't ask how I learned that...

Was it determined that this was used oil? I thought it was just a weight/type that didn't match any of the OP's equipment.

All of the oil is new. Two containers were sealed unused.
I have some friends that may want the 5 gal of 30 w and the jug of rotella. I am going to drain and refill the bobcat drive chain case with some of it. The rest will probably sit until something comes up to use it for.