[AT] Trailer floors (was) lots of saw mills OOPS

[charliehill]

Daddy used to keep a 5 gal bucket full from changing the tractor oil.   Then 
when he was through "laying by" his tobacco in May he'd put them in the 
bucket to keep them from rusting up.  Wipe them off the next spring and they 
were nice and slick.

I've got plenty of burnt oil here (I mentioned burnt oil on here a few years 
ago and had to explain the concept.  LOL) I just need more trailers and 
plows to treat.  I bet I've got 50 gals stored up.  I guess some folks call 
that hazardous waste.  I never did fix a rig to filter it that we talked 
about a while back.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Meulenberg" <msm10301 at juno.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Trailer floors (was) lots of saw mills OOPS


> As a teenager I worked at a slaughter house doing maintenance. Every fall 
> we would mix up motor oil and thin it with whatever solvent was handy. We 
> would then spray this mixture on the frames and inside the door panels on 
> the grain trucks and pickups, then let them drip dry over gravel for a few 
> days. Kept them pretty rust free, messy though. Mike M
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: David Bruce <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] Trailer floors (was) lots of saw mills  OOPS
> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:47:25 -0500
>
> Burnt cylinder oil was a mainstay here for years - all the usual things
> from soaking rusted bolts to holding down dust on dirt roads to the
> preservative angle.
>
> There was an old aluminum stockpot that was used to hold the burnt oil.
>
> These days I use a couple 5 gal buckets.
>
> David
> NW NC
>
> charliehill wrote:
>> I'm  sure our uncle would frown on this but good old used motor oil 
>> (burnt
>> cylinder oil to us southern boys) mixed with kerosene, gasoline or diesel
>> and painted onto a trailer deck makes pretty good wood preservative and 
>> it
>> helps get rid of the old oil.  It soaks in and I've never noticed that it
>> made the wood particularly slick either.  Part of my trailer gets a 
>> routine
>> oiling from leaks in equipment.
>>
>> I wouldn't park the trailer next to a trash fire for a few hours after
>> application. grins.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>
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