bulk oil - 55 gallon drum - prices

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  1. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    The vast majority of guys don't even habe a place to park their truck and just leave it at the closest truck stop. I've never understood that.

    But when most guys run for a buck a mile plus 15 cpm fsc it doesn't leave much in the budget for renting/leasing parking.
     
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  3. punksmacker

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    Stayinback you re right I only recently got a storage container for truck issues only, before that I was buying stuff on the go as needed, and yes it does make a big difference if the driver has the space or not. About 6 years ago I came to the realization that driving a truck was going to be my bread winner til I couldn't do it anymore so thats when I decided to move to a place where I could bring my truck and or trailer to my yard and stop having to worry about where I was going to park the truck and trailer when I was home, makes life a whole heap easier.
     
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  4. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    This is common. It isn't that synthetic creates leaks. The leaks ere there but synthetic is birth thinner and has more detergent in it so that black smudgy spot on the pan reveals itself to be a full blown stream when you switch to synthetic.
     
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  5. Ezrider_48501

    Ezrider_48501 Road Train Member

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    i have a shop and a storage unit and i could still use a storage container....lol i bet if i had 100,000 sq feet i end up filling it eventually
     
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  6. Hurricane69

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    You don't need a fancy shop to keep your truck running. I have a set of injectors in my bedroom closet. My shop never had anything but busted up concrete in it till this year. And it's a converted corn crib with now a nine wide door. Fold in the mirrors and take off the antennas and have someone guide you in. Three sheets of plywood and you can change a transmission in the driveway. I do 98% of my work in the driveway. A $500 storage building will hold everything you need.

    Not having anywhere to work on your truck is a excuse for being lazy. If you can't find a place to work on your truck you don't want to be successful bad enough.
     
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  7. stayinback

    stayinback Road Train Member

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    Agreed........ Many owner-ops are skeptical I guess to make the investment-
    Just cant pay $120 an hour every other week for labor- Let alone the care or lack there of by outside mechanics
     
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  8. stayinback

    stayinback Road Train Member

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    Me either-
     
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  9. Shaggy76

    Shaggy76 Heavy Load Member

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    Ask your oil vendor if they do collection. usually you can get a good discount on having them collect and supply. I get Chevron at $7.85 per gallon and let them collect the recycle. They make money off the recycle and I don't pay a fee for that when they pull.
     
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  10. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    A birdie says that Saudi Citizens along with Bahraini Citizens have been ordered out of Lebanon as of the 9th and 5th this month respectively. As in right now leave. War is pending.

    I would take care of your fuel needs today or this weekend at latest before the shooting really starts that barrel of oil to the moon. Don't ask me here what my sources are.
     
  11. Shaggy76

    Shaggy76 Heavy Load Member

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    You know because you said to not ask that we have to ask, right? Lol
     
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