"Oil Caddy" Made From Office Chair
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Gord Stein likes the fact that he doesn't have to fumble with a funnel or have to lift up his transmission oil or gear oil pails when doing maintenance to his trucks. The Barrhead, Alberta, farmer made a two-pail oil holder using the castor wheels off an old office chair.
Using flat iron, he fashioned a platform for the pails to sit on. This is welded under the castor leg assembly. Strap iron side brackets hold the pails in place.
The 5-gal. pails are fitted with hand pumps and hoses on the lids so that no lifting is required at any time. The rig can be rolled around the shop or out onto the gravel outside, according to Stein. The castors are extremely stable, and the unit is well balanced. It doesn't even tip over when one pail is removed, so varying levels of lubricant in the pails have no effect.
The cost to Stein for the "oil caddy," was negligible, since materials were all salvaged and it took only an afternoon to build.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gord Stein, R.R.#3, Site 2, Box 9, Barrhead, Alberta, Canada T7N 1N4 (ph 780 674-4706).
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"Oil Caddy" Made From Office Chair FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 27-3-38 Gord Stein likes the fact that he doesn't have to fumble with a funnel or have to lift up his transmission oil or gear oil pails when doing maintenance to his trucks. The Barrhead, Alberta, farmer made a two-pail oil holder using the castor wheels off an old office chair.
Using flat iron, he fashioned a platform for the pails to sit on. This is welded under the castor leg assembly. Strap iron side brackets hold the pails in place.
The 5-gal. pails are fitted with hand pumps and hoses on the lids so that no lifting is required at any time. The rig can be rolled around the shop or out onto the gravel outside, according to Stein. The castors are extremely stable, and the unit is well balanced. It doesn't even tip over when one pail is removed, so varying levels of lubricant in the pails have no effect.
The cost to Stein for the "oil caddy," was negligible, since materials were all salvaged and it took only an afternoon to build.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gord Stein, R.R.#3, Site 2, Box 9, Barrhead, Alberta, Canada T7N 1N4 (ph 780 674-4706).
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