Day 407 - DIY Oil Barrel

It's raining. So much water. Starting to get some ditches through here. We've got like an inch of water in the last few minutes. It's insane how much water has just dropped. Heat. Heat. [Music] That's something that you need to change the oil in. That's something that requires an oil change. That's something that requires an oil change. That's something that requires an oil change. That's something that requires an oil change. And that is something that requires an oil change. A lot of oil, I might add. 10 gallons of hydraulic oil, engine oil, and differential oil. That will eventually require an oil change. That not the dog. That will eventually require an oil change. That will eventually require an oil change. That's a pressure washer. And that will eventually require an oil change. And that is something that requires an oil change. [Music] [Music] I got sway. I got [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] sweat. Yeah. Heat. [Applause] [Music] lie down true for [Music] [Applause] you. That's me. [Applause] Heat. Heat. Heat [Music] up here. [Music] [Music] When you get down with my groove, Your head will nod and your feet will move. It sure feels good. Fly high. I never tell a secret. That is all a lie. Oh, that's me. Heat. [Applause] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] The most amount of oil that I have to deal with is changing the hydraulic oil on my tractor, which is 10 gallons. So, uh, I have 12 in of ground clearance underneath the frame of the tractor. I cut this off at 11 in so I can still slide it underneath. And once I made the cut, the top edge was just too flimsy. So I stacked the original top edge in and zip tied it. And it's actually pretty darn strong. So inexpensive dedicated oil pan. So I haven't tested it out yet, but in theory, I think this will work quite well. Uh the 5gallon bucket is just bungeeed in place. That way if I move it around on a two wheel dolly, it moves around with it. All right. And that bucket is only there to catch all the drip from the hose. So I can easily get rid of the bucket, then stick the hose into whatever catch can that I used. Right. The bottom I ratchet strapped. to put a screw in the 2x4 and just ratchet strapped it all the way around. However, the bottom of the barrel is tapered in. So, the ratchet strap wanted to keep falling. So, on this side, opposite of the ratchet strap uh buckle, I have a piece of just copper wire, something strong that won't break to a loop down here, keeping this off the ground. That's all there is. That's the only point of that, just to keep this from sliding all the way down as you tighten up the ratchet strap. that keeps the bottom of that 2x4 in place and the top of the 2x4. Uh there was already a couple holes in here into the lip all the way around, but I just drilled all the way through it with a screw right there. Yeah, that hole below it was already there. And then this hole right here was already there. So, just using those. I may or may not cut the top of the 2x4 down. Not sure. this was collapsing uh trying to kink as it made this corner. So, I put this strapping on here just to force it to be confined to that area. And there's not enough room for it to to collapse. If it collapses, it'll squeeze this out. And there's not enough room to do that. So, it's ugly, but it's there just to stop this kink from collapsing. This all feels like a nice secure connection. Nice secure connection. Nice secure connection. And of course, power it with a drill as needed. And then I can pump it out as needed. So, let's go see if this actually works. [Music] Come on. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. I wish I would have done a better job cleaning this out before I did this cuz there was a bunch of dirt and crap in this bin. Uh but yeah, I think that worked out pretty well. This is dedicated as a uh oil pan, obviously, so I'm not worried about getting it completely cleaned out. Uh but mission accomplished. I think this is going to really help us out considering the just the large volume of oil we're going to have to use with all these machines up here. Of course. Can't even pump the oil out without uh without being brought sticks to throw. Yeah. Go on. Let's go. Can we throw it? Can we throw it all day, every day? [Applause] [Music] Well, add this to the list of things that I should have done sooner. Should have done that a while ago. the, you know, it looks like a a goofy contraption, right? But hey, it works. Works quite well. I I like the little bucket here, right? It's going to stop all the residual drip. That's That's going to be nice. And I don't have to I don't have to use a funnel to pour it in just like a smaller bucket or something like that to actually get it to pump up. No, there's plenty enough hose there to get it out of the big bucket, which was uh which was just great. Really, really good. Um, I think I have about $80 invested in all of this, including the pump, which is which was $47, the most expensive thing. And I wanted to get the one that was half the price of that. So, it could be even less than that. Let's just say if everything worked out according to plan, 50 bucks. But instead, I had to use uh spend a little bit more on that pump. Uh, we have a lot of a lot of engines around here that require oil changes. So, I think I'm going to be using this more often than what I initially thought. And because it is big and weird shaped, it it's going to be one of those things that I think I have to use several times before I figure out where it's going to live here on the property. Well, underneath the lean to, I should say. And does it need a fulltime mobile base or is it okay to just keep using the dolly? I I don't know, but those questions will be answered in time. It sure feels good. Flying high. I never tell a secret that it's all a lie. Oh man, that's [Music] me. Heat. Heat. [Applause] Heat. Yeah. Heat. [Applause] That's me. [Music] [Music]