Used Oil

[tasr]

I'm in the final planning stages of oppening an auto repair shop and need info how used motor oil is handled.

 

What is the average cost of disposing or is it picked up for recycling etc??

[gary's transmission servic]

Not sure where you are located but in okla waste oil collecters will pay you for your used oil also another option is to buy a waste oil heater to warm the shop in the winter

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[mmotley]

We have a 275 gallon container. Sell it of 50 cents a gallon. We use a container like this...

 

http://www.tank-depot.com/product.aspx?id=3268

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[gary's transmission servic]

Tanks like that are free in my area as farmers get chemicals in them and are not returnable so most farmers around here like to get them out of there way

[mmotley]

Agreed, I wouldn't pay more than $100 for one of those plastic totes

[ATSAutomotive]

Been selling my oil on average for about $0.75/gallon. They even brought me a square tote for free. Safety-Kleen is the largest oil recycler in our area. Ask around in your area.

[alfredauto]

I use a waste oil heater. Saves about $5000 a year in natural gas. Initial $8000 purchase was a tax writeoff as well. Should last 10 years. You do the math. Only complaint is it takes up garage space and is louder than the gas heater, and I'm out the revenue from selling the oil which varied so much I couldn't depend on it. Some places require a permit for oil storage that would be an important consideration as you will need at least 1000 gallons storage to get you through the summer collection period. In the winter we burn it faster than we can collect it.

[flacvabeach]

Our waste oil heaters have been very reliable with annual maintenance. Each of our shops has double wall tanks with extraction systems to move the oil. Heaters pull from these tanks in the winter. In the summer we are paid by a company that comes and pumps it out. You have to be very careful to NOT let them pump it in the fall and leave you hanging on that first cold day.

 

Mark Anderton

First Landing Autocare