What Do You Do With Your Waste Oil?

[5030]

I don't, I burn it in my waste oil furnace. I own a Clean Burn. Just stating what Roadway (YRC) does with theirs, nothing more.

 

[aczlan]

Roadway Express has done just that for decades. The fuel filters are less expensive to change than getting rid of used lube oil.

That should only be done if you know that your waste oil is compatible with the DFP or other emissions equipment on your machine. Some oil is NOT compatible and WILL "poison" the DPF.

Aaron Z

 

[BravoXray]

Did you run it thru any sort of filter before you put it in the fuel tanks? I would think that all the gunk in the used oil would plug up your fuel filter pretty quick.

Yes, I had a 3/4" hydraulic couplers adapted to the drain plugs on the CAT engines, and a hose with a female coupler that went to an air operated pump that pushed it though an engine oil filter and into one of the fuel tanks. The only oil I had to dispose of was that was left in the used engine filter.
After a few oil changes I would cut the pump filter apart and check it for debris. Never found anything whatsoever. After all, it's being filtered continuously in the engine, so it should be clean or you have a big problem.

 

[5030]

I was referring to pre 4 engines, not new ones. and it's DPF btw.

 

[jjeff]

I put it in 55 gallon barrel than use a pump to put it in 5 gallon containers usually def or 5 gallon buckets when the barrels full, finally it ends up at the recycling center where they take it for free. When I plowed snow for the county we used waste oil liberally on the chains for the salters used a one gallon sprayer that worked pretty good.

 

[Paystar]

Use it to burn my garbage and for dust control in the driveway.

 

[WilliamBos]

Use it to burn my garbage and for dust control in the driveway.

Same here!

 

[i7win7]

The county can spray 1,000's of gallons on the road and dump crushed rock on top "oil & chip"

 

[Williy]

I don't worry about oil on the ground as we have a
slab of granite 6 ft deep all the way across out property
8 acres. Dirt is 8 ft deep one side and about 3 ft on the other side. When I was in Wisconsin would take the drain pan full of oil get the hose and some basic H pour some basic H in the pan and run the hose and you could run your hand over the grass where I did this and you would not get any oil on your hand.

willy

 

[Paystar]

Use it to burn my garbage and for dust control in the driveway.

I'm obviously joking........but I did use a few jugs to treat the posts of my decks, LOL