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Posted: 4/28/2017 10:36:17 PM EDT
Long story short I have about 60 gallons of used motor oil...I thought about trying to build a forced air furnace and use it for fuel...but is there anything else I can do with it?
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:38:35 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:38:52 PM EDT
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I've seen on YouTube where guys have made burners to heat their garage.  If I lived in a super cold climate, I'd seriously consider it.

Aloha, Mark
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:39:38 PM EDT
[#3]
Wait til earth day next year?  
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:39:43 PM EDT
[#4]
Make friends with someone with a M35A2 and give it to them
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:39:50 PM EDT
[#5]
just dump it into? the ground, that's where it came from
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:40:14 PM EDT
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I use it to start fires. Probably illegal, but I don't care.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:41:51 PM EDT
[#7]
recycle back to the earth.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:42:42 PM EDT
[#8]
River.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:43:17 PM EDT
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Dispose at an auto store or county/city recycling facility.   It may take more than one trip.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:43:37 PM EDT
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Give to a shop that uses an oil burner to heat. Around here most use it. Has to be free of water/coolant.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:43:40 PM EDT
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Town transfer station takes it for free here. They have a big metal thing you dump it into.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:44:18 PM EDT
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We used to spray it on the driveway to keep the dust down. Worked pretty good. 
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:44:29 PM EDT
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If you have any wooden structures such as a barn I have been told that it works well poured around the posts and anyplace else that the ground contacts it as a good way to prevent termite damage, keeps weeds down to.......
Well that's what i heard anyway.......
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:44:41 PM EDT
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Take a few gallons to autozone everyday till it's gone. They take oil free
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:45:17 PM EDT
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Use it to fertilize your lawn...
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:46:16 PM EDT
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Yes
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:46:30 PM EDT
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Looks like you need to go shopping for a new vehicle....

Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:47:26 PM EDT
[#18]
Earth Day was last week.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:47:39 PM EDT
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I use it to start fires. Probably illegal, but I don't care.
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It helps get things going and stay going
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:48:44 PM EDT
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We give it away to a guy who has a waste oil furnace.

Don't dump it, someone will get use out of it.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:49:29 PM EDT
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Poisons tree stumps so they don't grow back.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:49:30 PM EDT
[#22]
okay, so fuel...check.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:51:18 PM EDT
[#23]
Wait till earth day

Pour it on top of a bunch of used tires to get the fire started
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:51:51 PM EDT
[#24]
Put it one some tires to help burn the brush pile

or so I was told...
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:53:10 PM EDT
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Looks like you need to go shopping for a new vehicle....

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Yes
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:54:52 PM EDT
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I dunno, here I can put out 5 gallons with my recycling every other week.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:55:36 PM EDT
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Waste oil furnace or find a large shop who gets their oil recycled for free.

I get our 500 gallon waste tank drained about once every 3 months. The recycling company takes the oil for free and charges me for filters.

I wouldn't care if you wanted to dump it in my waste oil tank if you also showed up with tacos...
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:56:17 PM EDT
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Anyone with a waste oil furnace would be glad to have it. Lots of auto-repair places have them. (In the north anyway)
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:56:29 PM EDT
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Find someone with a used oil burner. Car and truck garages would be the most common place to locate something like that.

I am installing an outdoor furnace for a guy in a couple weeks that has a used oil back up on it.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:56:34 PM EDT
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Fertilize the soil
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:57:22 PM EDT
[#31]
Gravel driveway dust suppressant.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:58:00 PM EDT
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OP's screen name is sadly failing him. "Old Army" would know to STFU and hide it in the maintenance bay. In case we need it later.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:58:18 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/28/2017 10:58:25 PM EDT
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Gravel driveway dust suppressant.
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That works too.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:02:26 PM EDT
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Mechanics garages take the oil to be recycled and they get money for it. Just ask your local garage where to take it, or give it to them if you don't want the money.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:06:07 PM EDT
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Looks like you need to go shopping for a new vehicle....

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This is such a logical and simple solution to the problem that you would be silly not to do it
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:10:54 PM EDT
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Invite strippers over for some oil wrestling, charge your buddies to come over and watch... Profit
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:13:48 PM EDT
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First, pour some in any static water pools (tires, puddles, neighbors pool, etc) to keep the mosquito population down, then worry about getting rid of the rest.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:14:58 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:15:26 PM EDT
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Throw it in a back pack pesticide sprayer and go for a night time walk, spray cars, bushes and write cuss words in yards.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:15:44 PM EDT
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Give it to a buddy with a waste oil furnace?
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:23:42 PM EDT
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My grandpa must've sent in that tip, lol.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:30:20 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:30:38 PM EDT
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dispose at nearby libtards home?
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:33:53 PM EDT
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I always found it interesting you can't dispose of motor oil in the ground...

Yet it came from the ground...
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:36:32 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:39:15 PM EDT
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Long story short I have about 60 gallons of used motor oil...I thought about trying to build a forced air furnace and use it for fuel...but is there anything else I can do with it?
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I bring my used motor oil to the county recycling center for free. They take up to 5 gallons per trip. More than I change for both my vehicles. 
Check out what is available in your locale. 
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:39:45 PM EDT
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I always found it interesting you can't dispose of motor oil in the ground...

Yet it came from the ground...
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The post showing the 1963 Popular Science article says otherwise.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:43:20 PM EDT
[#49]
Get an air compressor and 'seal' senior citizens' asphalt driveways at 5k a pop. Promptly disappear once you get paid.
Link Posted: 4/28/2017 11:44:31 PM EDT
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"Ahh, just throw it over the fence, let Arby’s worry about it."
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