Tips and Insights

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A home garage shop typically isn’t equipped with the tools of the trade to make vehicle maintenance as convenient as possible. This is especially true when it comes to storing oils, lubricants and other automotive style fluids.

Many variables will effect a polyethelene tank's lifespan. It is wise to consult the tank manufacturer with your expectations and intended service, such as chemical use, mobile needs and weather attributes.

Used oil is defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as follows: Used oil is any oil that has been refined from crude oil or any synthetic oil that has been used and as a result of such use is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities.

When you do install an aboveground tank on the exterior of a home or business, you should speak to your governing environmental agency about local regulations.

If you own a home whose primary source of heat is oil, you are one of the estimated 6 million homes in America that rely on this as their energy source. While often overlooked, the last thing you want is to run out of oil during the cold winter months, especially if you can experience harsh weather conditions that may prevent you from having your oil tank filled for a few days or weeks. Therefore, knowing and/or obtaining the proper sized home heating oil tank is so important.

The biggest advantage of a bulk lubrication storage and delivery system is the ability to purchase all your automotive fluids and oils in bulk quantities.  Bulk oil storage and other fluids can easily be stored in stackable tanks or mobile tanks with casters, and with or without pump equipment. Depending on volume, bulk purchasing can cut the price you pay for fluids by as much as 50 percent. 

Preventing contamination and maintaining a clean tank is crucial. Only authorized personnel should inspect tanks, they should be aware of what product is stored in the tank as well. 

If you are storing bulk fluids, you will realize that 55 gallon drums aren’t the best bulk containers for the task. Drums are messy and are too small for large quantities. However, stackable poly tanks provide a good solution to store your oil or automotive fluid inventory stock. We’ll highlight the most well known tank features on the market and we will show you why they are the most resourceful for bulk fluid storage and dispense.