[AT] 10 gallon oil drain pan

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

The only drawback I see of having a 10 gal pan full of oil is how do you 
empty it? It's going to weigh close to 100lb.
We catch all our oil in smaller containers and then empty them into a 55 gal 
drum. We've got a large metal drip pan to put under tractors for messy jobs, 
it will probably hold a couple gallons--measures about 2ft x 4 ft. It’s a 2 
man job to empty that thing into a small container that can then be emptied 
into the barrel. A buddy of mine got it right--he had a pit you could drive 
straddle of in the back of his shop.

One thing you could do if you wanted to make something is to take and split 
open a hot water heater tank. Weld some legs with rollers on them and 
install/use and existing port fro drainage. Of course this would weigh  a 
lot empty, much less full. We used to split water heater tanks in half to 
use in the hog lot for watering troughs.

John Hall

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike M
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2016 3:43 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] 10 gallon oil drain pan

Hi guys, I need to drain the common sump transmission, hydraulic fluid
out of my tractor. It holds about 10 gallons. Any (cheap) ideas on how
to do that without making a mess? I have an assortment of 5 gallon
buckets, but they won't fit under the drain plug. Any thoughts or ideas
would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike M


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