Change your own oil

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by JoeyJunk, Mar 14, 2022.

  1. skallagrime

    skallagrime Road Train Member

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    While i like the idea, im a one truck operation and have a hard time justifying a 4-7k peice of equipment thatll only run on my used oil for the year. (100 hrs tops if i run harder than i want to) i could eat that in a week in january easily if im home, so it doesnt quite seem worth it.

    Am i wrong? I can give a few local shops the oil, but thats also somewhat of a pita. Are there any cheaper smaller waste-oil setups i dont know about that make sense for a small operation like mine?
     
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  3. 062

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    You talking about getting rid of used oil?
    Local advanced and auto zone take 5 gallon a day and a block from one another.
     
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  4. skallagrime

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    Yes getting rid of oil.

    I just hate having to store it in jugs or pails to then load it in my pickup and take to a local mechanic thats got an oil burner, he'd take 100 gallons at a go even, but its just annoying and a bit outta my way, not to mention the pails get in my way in the shop.

    Used oil burners are expensive (from what i see) and really cater to places that have 100+ gallons to burn a week.
     
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  5. spindrift

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    That's why you've got an oil pressure gauge. :confused:
     
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  6. Brettj3876

    Brettj3876 Road Train Member

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    Yea but still wouldn't be fun if it happened. I was our other truck with tall rubber and someone in front of me smoked a deer on a 2 lane and I couldn't move over so I finished it off. Went under the truck dead center. If I was in the other truck with small rubber it probably would of broken the valve off if I had one
     
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  7. JoeyJunk

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    Update. I originally followed the instructions for the first time in my life and they were wrong! Instead of returning the thing I searched on YouTube and a guy did a review and showed how to open it properly. Now I identify as a self greaser.
     
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  8. JoeyJunk

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    Appreciate it. But like I said. I change oil so little that I don’t need to have a drum in my tiny one car garage. The drain pan and a mechanic one mile away with a waste oil burner works out great.
     
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  9. JoeyJunk

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    @DavisLane, what part of Washington do you live in?
     
  10. DavisLane

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    Off the Lone Pine exit. Look up Arcadia Natives
     
  11. Dan47

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    @Ridgeline Can you please suggest what GPM to get on low volume oil transfer pump? Looking to make setup like this.
     
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