Autoshop
Autoshop
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Hi - I'm looking to put a 250-gal waste oil tank and a 250-gal waste antifreeze tank for an autoshop. Can someone suggest a manufacturer? This will be aboveground outdoor installation. Should a single wall or double wall tank be used in this case?
I'm thinking of putting a small container inside the autoshop with a small pump to pump the waste oil to the 250-gal tank outside. Would this be ideal? Any suggestions? Thanks.
I'm thinking of putting a small container inside the autoshop with a small pump to pump the waste oil to the 250-gal tank outside. Would this be ideal? Any suggestions? Thanks.





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Glycols are not considered Oils by EPA and do not require secondary containment, but as good neighboor you should use one.
If you use fiberglass, keep it painted to protect it from uv light damage.
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http://www.convault.com/
Havent' been able to find much information on this kind of tank from any other manufacturers.
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Cheers
Greg Locock
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I just checked the 250 gallon, double walled, plastic, indoor, above ground tank for antifreeze in our truck shop here in sunny So Cal. All I could find is "MADE IN ITALY". No plastic for oil here!
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Regards,
Cory
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In all 5 of our major fleet shops, the mechanics dump small containers directly into the large tank by hand through about a 10" removable opening. We also have carts that range from about 10 to 30 gallon capacity and use an air operated diaphram pump to lift waste from them up into the tank. The pump is at floor level. We have found the air diaphram pumps to be very simple, reliable, throttable, and non-hazardous. Just make sure you maintain a screen on the pickup. When the tanks get near full, a vendor comes with pump truck and sucks them out.
We do just the opposite on the new antifreeze tanks. There is a small electric pump mounted right on top of the tank for dispensing.
In So Cal, each container, no matter how small, is considered an official storage entity onto itself. So any intermediate accumulation is either eliminated or drained out daily.
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CoryPad/Fabrico: could you guys send me some photos of this? It would really help me out a lot. Thanks.