[AT] 10 gallon oil drain pan

Mike M meulenms at gmx.com
Sun Jan 3 16:48:37 PST 2016


I'm thinking vented milk jugs, ( hole cut int the handle) and the same 
containers the oil came in, using a funnel. It's cold, my shop is heated 
and I have the time.  I'll put cardboard down, because every time I mess 
with oil, I spill; it's a given.

Mike M


On 1/3/2016 4:49 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> 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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