What do YOU do with the USED OIL ?
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I have a used oil burner in the little manufacturing shop I manage, so the 100 gallons or so I generate each year gets burned. I also buy used oil for $.50 a gallon from local farmers and shops.
It works out well for me, as I get cheap heat, and the farmers get a little something for the oil, plus I pick it up from them so it is less hassle.
It works out well for me, as I get cheap heat, and the farmers get a little something for the oil, plus I pick it up from them so it is less hassle.
I worked in a shop about 22 years ago. One of the guys I worked with told me he dumped used oil in a hole in his lawn right next to a lake. What a dip.
Mine goes to my work related receptacle that gets picked up by safety kleen. I would run it in my chainsaw as bar oil but it specifically recomends against it.
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Originally Posted By: qship1996
I take my oil and filter to my trusted Infiniti master technician who changes it for only $15, and while it is on the lift get a free look-see of all components under the car.....quite a bargain in my book
15 bucks to look under your car? You can do that for free.
I take my oil and filter to my trusted Infiniti master technician who changes it for only $15, and while it is on the lift get a free look-see of all components under the car.....quite a bargain in my book
15 bucks to look under your car? You can do that for free.
Originally Posted By: postjeeprcr
Originally Posted By: qship1996
I take my oil and filter to my trusted Infiniti master technician who changes it for only $15, and while it is on the lift get a free look-see of all components under the car.....quite a bargain in my book
15 bucks to look under your car? You can do that for free.
$15 for labor to change the oil, filter and inspect. That's much cheaper than any dealer or most shops that charge book-rate.
How would the average person know what to look for under a car, outside of obvious leaks?
Originally Posted By: qship1996
I take my oil and filter to my trusted Infiniti master technician who changes it for only $15, and while it is on the lift get a free look-see of all components under the car.....quite a bargain in my book
15 bucks to look under your car? You can do that for free.
$15 for labor to change the oil, filter and inspect. That's much cheaper than any dealer or most shops that charge book-rate.
How would the average person know what to look for under a car, outside of obvious leaks?
Originally Posted By: cjhepburn
I use it for salad dressing.
Funny thing though, I get the trots after I finish... I think it's the lettuce.
Try putting MMO in the oil before you dump it on your salad.
I use it for salad dressing.
Funny thing though, I get the trots after I finish... I think it's the lettuce.
Try putting MMO in the oil before you dump it on your salad.
Originally Posted By: Jeepster_nut
I pour it down the storm drain. It runs right into the Long Island Sound- very convenient.
But seriously, I have a 5 gallon jug and I bring it to the recycle plant.
LOL if the tide is right it ends up in CT! j/k. I bottle it up and bring it to AAP, no big deal. Years ago I gave it to a friend who heated his shop with it.
I pour it down the storm drain. It runs right into the Long Island Sound- very convenient.
But seriously, I have a 5 gallon jug and I bring it to the recycle plant.
LOL if the tide is right it ends up in CT! j/k. I bottle it up and bring it to AAP, no big deal. Years ago I gave it to a friend who heated his shop with it.
i always pull my car onto my front lawn when it's time for an oil change. After removing the drain plug, I just let all the oil pour right onto the yard. After a short time, it all gets sucked up by the ground just like a big ol' sponge. No mess to clean up. Works great!
I have an old 5 gallon container (fell off a farm truck one day), that I collect all my oil in. I then recycle it at the local county trash site, which has a huge tank for used oil.
I leave it by the back door at AutoZone
I work about 1/2 mile from a recycling/transfer station and they have a big tank I can dump it in, or I just leave the bottles and they'll dump it. Or, I take it with me when I'm getting my car worked on at the local greasy garage where they let me dump it into their tank.
I just dumped 5 gallons at Advance the other day.
Some goes in the lawnmower and the rest goes along the fenceline to prevent weeds.
Seriously, my lawnmower does live on second-hand synthetic, but the rest goes to Advance or OReilly's. I do know a lot of people that use it as weed killer on farms.
Seriously, my lawnmower does live on second-hand synthetic, but the rest goes to Advance or OReilly's. I do know a lot of people that use it as weed killer on farms.
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