WVO Storage

[DonTX]

I am sure others have seen this on EBay, but it looks like the ultimate WVO storage container to me. Has anyone been using these?

eBay: 330 gallon IBC plastic OIL WATER Tote Tank WVO WO Bio (item 150136295524 end time Jun-30-07 20:11:50 PDT)

 

[cj hall]

tanks

Hello Don



Those work great for storage I get mine for free, have 6 of them right now trying to get ten of them and use them for storage and hauling new oil.



cj hall

 

[DonTX]

Glad to hear that. Obviously they are considered worthless when empied of whatever comes in them. I have the same idea as you, hope I can find some a little closer to home. Any idea what comes in them originally?

 

[Short Stack]

looks like a good storage tank but for me shipping $733. 00, OUCH

 

[DonTX]

Well heck, if you are burning WVO the trip would be free! Stacked on a trailer, you could bring back quite a pile of them as well, for your friends you know. (drop my two off in Texas on your way home)

 

[The patriot]

Here are some cheaper ones:

eBay: 330 Gallon Tote (item 200123352311 end time Jul-02-07 17:44:15 PDT)

 

[The patriot]

Actually........

I think this one is in Texas.

eBay: 330 Gallon Poly Tote Water or Biodiesel ** Must See ** (item 260132883596 end time Jul-03-07 14:47:30 PDT)

 

[cj hall]

inside

Hello Don



The ones I got came from a small power plant in Hardin Mt. They all had different chemicals in them some were used in boilers, some had a lime slurry mix. some had stuff in them you and I could not buy if we needed to.

Its not worth the shipping to get them back to the Chemical co. to be reused most of them are given away to farmers for water tanks to fight fires.

There are about 50 of them sitting in a yard about 2 miles from my house they had Hwy Paint in them. White and Yellow. Not sure ehat they are going to do with them.



cj hall

 

[DonTX]

Wow, it is in Texas! I was not using my best search ability on EBay I guess. Still over 500 miles away from me, but not bad to go get a trailer load.

Now if I can just find a 100 gal one for a bed tank in the same price range. Them are some mighty fine looking tanks too!

 

[The patriot]

I'm not too sure I'd want a 100 gallon unbaffled tank in the bed of a truck.

I saw a Freightliner tank there too, I think it was 60 gallons. Brand new, steel. I forget where it was located. Il, or Ky? Do a search using "freightliner tank" and it should show up. IIRC they had several.

Glad to help.

Eric

 

[DonTX]

Yeah, I forgot about the baffles, I used to haul water to horses in a 300 gal on a Dodge flatbed. That thing would get to rolling around to where you were plenty glad you were in a pasture.

All sorts of stuff come in them tanks, I did not know that. I am going to look a little closer, may be some of them hiding right under my nose down here.

Thanks guys.

 

[DieselTim]

tote tanks

I will throw in a few words of caution. Yes, they make great tanks. But, don't forget that if you are going to carry them in a truck, the oil weighs 7lbs per gal. with 330gal that adds up to a very big load. and secondly, be sure you paint them with some kind of UV paint or keep them covered from the Sun. I have had one fail because of the plastic got brittle from the UV.



Dieseltim

 

[DonTX]

Yeah, I was aware of all that. Have no intention of hauling full in the truck, just for at home storage use was my intent, something to dump it in when I got home, and store in when centrifuge done. .

I will throw in a few words of caution. Yes, they make great tanks. But, don't forget that if you are going to carry them in a truck, the oil weighs 7lbs per gal. with 330gal that adds up to a very big load. and secondly, be sure you paint them with some kind of UV paint or keep them covered from the Sun. I have had one fail because of the plastic got brittle from the UV.



Dieseltim

 

[Dieselnut59]

I have two steel ones and three plastic. When they are filled up nearly to the top with fuel, the sloshing is not an issue. I have filled mine several times at the truck stop and unloaded them at my shop with a forklift. I have hauled my two steel ones at one time, filled with diesel on my flatbed. It is a load but sloshing was not an issue. I have one of the plastic ones reserved for my growing collection of WVO and another for my also growing collection of used engine oil for a heater I hope to purchase in the near future. I will probably keep the steel ones for diesel or diesel/WVO blend. I got my plastic tanks for free and 10 wt machine oil cam in them. Bought the two steel ones (which are stackable) with a stand from the local oil/fuel distributer for $400.