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My highway garage has a waste oil burner, but you have to be a trusted source. No antifreeze or veggie oil.
What Do You Do With Your Waste Oil?
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How many remember the old hog farmers pouring used oil on the backs of hogs to kill flies and other parasites?
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Lots of ideas here, but my question is whether you can dump motor oil and hydro oil in the same recycling tank? If it goes to start a brush fire or waste burner it doesn't matter. But for recycling I would think it would....??
One of my neighbors is a diesel mechanic, and his shop is heated by waste oil, either motor or hydraulic. His only rule is, he decides what is what that he will dump into his tank. Generally, if you only dump used waste oil, there is not problem. He just does not like oil that has crud (leaves, sticks, other crap) or coolant or other contaminants. He does me a favor by taking my waste oil, and I do him a favor by making sure what I give him is good to go. A win - win for us both. If there is crud or other contaminants, he will take it, but it is dumped in another tank and sent to recycling.
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As mentioned auto parts stores take oil. Not sure about limit but plenty of parts stores around to deliver it all to if needed.
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I normally drop off oil, what little I accumulate, when I have the oil changed in the truck.
If I have it convenient I might occasionally use a little to start a burn pile on fire.
If I have it convenient I might occasionally use a little to start a burn pile on fire.
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Auto parts and our county have recycle dumps here. I know Walmart takes batteries but not sure if they take oil. I'll have to check both Walmart and Tractor Supply just for my own curiosity now. I wish I had a stove that would burn the stuff to heat my shop. That would be a much better way to dispose of it and get one final use out of it rather than let these businesses get a little money from it through whatever agreement they have with a recycler.
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I too have a waste oil furnace that burns anthing from #2 HHO/Diesel to 50SAE. I don't generate enough oil here to heat the shop all winter, but depend on peope giving me oil, or if enough, I will pick it up.
Might be an idea to post an ad on Craigslist, or if you are on FB, post it on Marketplace for "free oil". There may be more owners of a WOF in your area than you realize.
The key is to keep contaminants out of it such as water, anti-freeze, etc. If you store it in jugs you just emptied, you can store it outside, but if in a barrel, keep it inside, or at least the top covered well. If water collects on top of a barrel, heat from the sun will expand it during the day, then when it cools in the evening, it will cause a vacuum, and pull water in around the bungs, no matter how tight.
I just picked up 3 barrels of used oil from a local tractor dealership yesterday, and glad to get it. Most of it is 80% hydraulic oil, and 20% motor oil, with people bringing tractors in for seasonal oil changes, and/or other repairs where they have to drain the hydraulic system. This will fill my furnace's tank, plus a 60 gallon air compressor tank I have a pre-filer set up on it, to filter the oil, before going into the furnace tank. Doing this extra step prevents a mid-winter service to clean the pre-heater, and burner unit gun, and nose cone. No pump involved, I just hook the shopaircompressor up to it, and push the oil through the filter system, which consists a 200 mesh washable filter, then through a HHO felt filter. The HHO filter is good for 500-600 gallons, depending on the oil. Diesel HD truck'sand farm tractors seems to be the dirtiest, but adding this filter really has helped.
Might be an idea to post an ad on Craigslist, or if you are on FB, post it on Marketplace for "free oil". There may be more owners of a WOF in your area than you realize.
The key is to keep contaminants out of it such as water, anti-freeze, etc. If you store it in jugs you just emptied, you can store it outside, but if in a barrel, keep it inside, or at least the top covered well. If water collects on top of a barrel, heat from the sun will expand it during the day, then when it cools in the evening, it will cause a vacuum, and pull water in around the bungs, no matter how tight.
I just picked up 3 barrels of used oil from a local tractor dealership yesterday, and glad to get it. Most of it is 80% hydraulic oil, and 20% motor oil, with people bringing tractors in for seasonal oil changes, and/or other repairs where they have to drain the hydraulic system. This will fill my furnace's tank, plus a 60 gallon air compressor tank I have a pre-filer set up on it, to filter the oil, before going into the furnace tank. Doing this extra step prevents a mid-winter service to clean the pre-heater, and burner unit gun, and nose cone. No pump involved, I just hook the shopaircompressor up to it, and push the oil through the filter system, which consists a 200 mesh washable filter, then through a HHO felt filter. The HHO filter is good for 500-600 gallons, depending on the oil. Diesel HD truck'sand farm tractors seems to be the dirtiest, but adding this filter really has helped.
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We got the same law in Iowa and not all places here that sell it will take used oil either so I guess it is a common problem.
I take mine to auto parts shops, Walmart, and my dealer whose close.
Dealer has been only one that took my old filters.
Where do you guys take old filters?
I take mine to auto parts shops, Walmart, and my dealer whose close.
Dealer has been only one that took my old filters.
Where do you guys take old filters?