05-11-10, 11:11 PM | #1 |
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disposing of old gas
Thanks for your welcomes & help. Will post pics when the boat is presentable.
Part of my previous problem: I have 30-40 gallons of gas in the tanks since my father-in-law died of lung cancer 3 years ago. I have called EMA, marinas & a few friends. No body is willing to take that volume of old gas. I am desperate for help. I can't get to the rest of the clean up until the tanks are empty. |
05-12-10, 06:51 AM | #2 |
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why don't u check with some of the quick lube places around there, they take just about anything, that would be my guess
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05-12-10, 07:35 AM | #3 |
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I think you have a great opportunity for some fun. Get yourself an empty 55 gallon drum and a very long fuse. I'm not going to actually tell you what to do next, but I would think it involves recording it on video for posterity.
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05-12-10, 08:06 AM | #4 |
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we just put it in an old barrel and use it to start fires with, or pour it on old pine trees with worms.. works the same with burnt oil
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Amen, and amen....
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05-12-10, 10:52 AM | #6 |
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When I drained my old boat I used the gas in my lawnmower and snowblower. I didn't have to buy gasfor them all summer & most of the winter!!
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05-12-10, 12:12 PM | #7 |
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That was gonna be my suggestion too....Lawnmower or weedwacker fuel.....but then again it probably wouldn't be above me to pour a little in my truck.....A little smoke never hurt nuthin...lol
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05-12-10, 07:48 PM | #8 |
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With 30+ gallons, I could power the mowers & weedwhackers for the neighborhood for the season! I like the Kaboom suggestion. Now I just have to find a ball big enough to shoot out the end of the 55 gallon drum!
Seriously, though... I spoke with a car dealer friend. He & a few other dealerships will take 10-15 gallons each & mix with their old oil. I just bought a slew of SeaFoam & this weekend I get to start rehabbing my motor! Here's hoping I can blow out all the carbon & junk without having to tear it apart! |
05-12-10, 09:38 PM | #9 |
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this is starting to sound like the rednecks famous last words " WATCH THIS"
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05-12-10, 11:03 PM | #10 |
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Hahaha lash. And don't forget this one; " Here, hold my beer."
I personally like the idea of using it to start fires, mowers and such. Can't see wasting that much fuel and "giving" it to car dealers for free.
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05-12-10, 11:33 PM | #11 |
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yeah i wouldnt be giving it away. find a barrel somewhere. there will be some use for it someday.
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05-13-10, 11:25 AM | #12 |
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I have a nephew who nearly blew his eyelids off with a tennis can potato gun (too-short fuse)! Guess they don't make the new plastic cans as well as the old steel ones!
Seriously, though. I live on the edge of a small town. No place to store that much gas & I can't use it, either. I have some farmer friends & none of them want my gas. I figured it'd be a no brainer that a farmer would want free gas. |
05-13-10, 06:20 PM | #13 |
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i am finding it hard to believe that NO ONE wants free gas now-a-days. haha. wish oyu were closer to me cause i would take as much as i could get pal.
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I hear ya Bama.....I've got a 12hp ridin mower that seems likes it has a Holley 750 double pumper on it, the way that thing drinks fuel.....lol
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05-14-10, 07:38 PM | #15 |
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3 year old gas for the small engines?? I don't think I'd want to do that.
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05-15-10, 08:39 PM | #16 |
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Naw....I don't think it'd hurt a thing....Add a little Seafoam or some Chemtool to the fuel, and my mower would never know the difference between it and something fresh outta the pump...lol. My father owned a gas station/garage and i've spent years around fuel of all sorts....regular pump gas to Nitromethanes for our race cars to White gas for our Coleman lanterns, and i've never had a fuel related problem using old fuels so I personally wouldn't worry about burning a little old gas.....Just treat it or dilute it with fresh fuel and burn it...lol
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