Cenex Oil drums/dealers

Jeff in ND · Jan 31, 2019

Sort of off the wall question in a way.

Back in the day my late Dad always got his tractor oil/filters from the local Cenex dealer in my hometown. That place closed long ago and a check online finds not so many dealers that carry the lubricants anymore. Nearest to the farm probably 15 miles and next one 30.

There is 1 and maybe 2 empty 55 gal oil drums in the shed what had cenex oil in them. The last one I emptied doing a oil change on one of the antique tractors a few years ago.

Do these have any deposit value and can I exchange them for full ones anymore? I would expect the drums date to the mid 90s.

What do folks do for bulk oil nowadays? The new equipment must have huge fill capacities for oil and hydraulics.

jeffcat · Jan 31, 2019

Just the other day was asked on here about heavy duty drums for a wood stove.

Steve@Advance · Jan 31, 2019

There is no value to them that I know of.

Might look around see if anyone sells them, they might take them but probably won't pay anything.

Even scrap yards won't take them unless that are cut open and clean.

I haven't seriously looked for bulk oil, but what I did find was no better price than buying 5 gallon buckets. Nobody wants to have to handle and load barrels.

55 50 Ron · Jan 31, 2019

I definitely remember the 55 gal oil barrels. As Steve said, nobody wants to handle them today. Which made me think of how did the bulk truck driver get those barrels loaded and unloaded? He worked alone so there must have been a lift or hoist of some kind.

grizz02 · Jan 31, 2019

lift gate 480 lbs

gab · Jan 31, 2019

Barrels bring 10 to 15 bucks around here, cut the top out, poke some hole in the side and bottom and you got a burn barrel.

flying belgian · Jan 31, 2019

I still get my oil in bulk. Available in 55 or 30. I use the thirties. No deposit or credit on drum but if I set it out the delivery guy will take it. They send them to a steam
cleaner and refill them.

Russ from MN · Jan 31, 2019

Where is it legal to burn in a barrel?

Adirondack case guy · Jan 31, 2019

They were out-lawed years back here in NY.
Loren

jm. · Jan 31, 2019

Ever sawmill or construction site you go by here in Tennessee you will see a rip roaring fire in a barrel these cold days. Workers walk by and warm up.

kcm.MN · Jan 31, 2019

(quoted from post at 16:56:45 01/31/19) Where is it legal to burn in a barrel?

Lots of folks use them around here.

dcarp · Jan 31, 2019

Isn?t everything outlawed in NYS.

Bob · Jan 31, 2019

(quoted from post at 18:07:34 01/31/19) lift gate 480 lbs

Guess you didn't know our local Gulf Oil "Jobber" "Red Ellingson" back in the 70's.

He'd roll a 55 gallon drum of motor oil out of one of the side compartments on his bulk truck, set it up, and manhandle it to where you wanted it. NO "liftgate" needed.

A LOST art, apparently.

Ron probably knew him or some of his brethren!

Adirondack case guy · Jan 31, 2019

Yup, and if the Emperor has his way Guns will be out-lawed also.
Loren

44 massey · Jan 31, 2019

Some people (myself included) use then to store waste oil in!!!! Have couple shops around that burn waste oil for heat and will pick up the full barrels!!!

Dr. Walt · Feb 1, 2019

Back in the 1980's when I worked in the Mines, the Mine got all of it's Oil in 55 Gal. drums from Mobil Oil Co. ( couple Hundred drums at a
time - $20. Deposit per Drum ) and the delivery truck would haul back the empties.

Google - 55 gal steel drum for sale - you'd be amazed at how many people are selling drums, they're even for sale on e-Bay. LOL

You might also Google - Myers Container Corporation - to see if they have a recycling center near you. They are a large nationwide
corporation that does recycling of drums, and sells New & clean Used drums (both closed & open top).

Doc

big tee · Feb 1, 2019

Out behind the barn!---Tee

Mike M · Feb 1, 2019

Not abortion.

1948CaseVAI · Feb 1, 2019

(quoted from post at 19:56:45 01/31/19) Where is it legal to burn in a barrel?

All over the rural areas around me, and in many of the small kansas towns as well. I burn my waste oil in a fire pit in the city and it is legal as long as the pit is under a certain disameter. Also burn tree limbs and sticks in that pit. I have never burned trash in it as it is easier to put it in the roller cart for the landfill.

caterpillar guy · Feb 1, 2019

The guy I get oil from takes them back as an exchange deal or deposit depending on if you have a barrel or not. Some of them will only take their barrels back and nobody else's. We get oil in barrels for hydand engine. I even buy anti-feeze in barrels.

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