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I am on the hunt for a decent oil drain pan for my new lift. The Arksen 20 gallon at $150 seems to have more positive reviews on Amazon. I don't necessarily need that much storage, but it would be nice to only need to empty it once a year.

What are you using with your lift? I have a two post.
 
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I got the Bendpak one for my 4-post, love it.

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20 gallons is heavy.. 150 lbs

5 gallons = 38 lbs

I made my own using a new 5 gallon gas can, some tubing and a store bought big *** funnel.

The tubing telescopes the funnel up and down.

When full I take it to NAPA, and the guy dumps it and gives it back.

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I was going to order one and whipped this up at the last minute. I wanted it NOW.
Made it custom fit storage.
 

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I kind of like the idea of being able to fill 5qt jugs I can drop off at the recycling center. I like the larger air emptying ones, just wish it had a hand crank instead. I'll probably just mod one with a shut off on the hose like others did.

Thank you all for the responses.
 
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I went ahead and ordered the Arksen 20 gallon one on Amazon. I hope the quality lives up to the feedback. I plan to pull all of the fitting apart and put new teflon on to make sure they seal. I appreciate all the great comments. Almost swayed me to the Lisle.
 
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I have a 8 /10 gallon, which I added a 12ga ban around it so I could lift it and empty it using my lift. Took all the heavy lifting out of emptying it and most of the mess.....even though I can tip it carefully I still manage to get oil all over........lol but at least I don't have to lift it and try to pour it by hand.
 

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I am considering sealing my floor to keep the inevitable spills from soaking in and making it look bad.
 
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Ya, I am reading on the flooring section to get some inspiration. Floor is one year old. A few tire marks but should clean up fairly well.
 
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mrobins297aaa said:
I have a 8 /10 gallon, which I added a 12ga ban around it so I could lift it and empty it using my lift. Took all the heavy lifting out of emptying it and most of the mess.....even though I can tip it carefully I still manage to get oil all over........lol but at least I don't have to lift it and try to pour it by hand.
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I too have the HF oil drain-lift. Works very well....but a caveat if you get one....

The first time I tried to evacuate mine, I made quite a mess! Turns out, I put too much pressure in, and had no way to stop it. I installed a quarter turn valve just ahead of the pressure relief switch on mine to bleed off pressure. This way, I can drop the pressure to stop the flow of oil when evacuating.

I originally bought one of the smaller, plastic versions but found it a bit difficult to empty.
 
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I have the smaller Lisle one as well and like it quite a bit. Something to remember is that in a lot of cases, parts stores, recycling centers, etc. will only accept less than 10 gallons at a time. The bigger containers limit your options on where you can dispose of the oil.
 
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For a DIY use, I’d stick to a 5 gallon. I use the HF one. I drain into my 5Q empty oil jugs and drop off at recycling. I don’t want to roll around or store 20 gallons of used oil or store a bigger oil drain in my space limited barn. For a shop, I’d get a bigger one but I have only 3 cars and 5 gallons is more than enough to do all 3.
 
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cheap one from harbor freight with the 20% off coupon was about $50 then i bought a 24" x 24" flat drain pan that fits on top so i can pull the oil pan plug and filter at the same time
 
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I would never try to transport a 20 gallon oil can. I’ll just pump it back into the original 5 liter jugs and drop them off. It’s what I did pre lift. Balance a funnel on the jug and pour from a pan. I am hopeful my new setup requires less cleanup when done. Time will tell.
 
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I usually scoop and burn a little oil but got a different stove. I used to have a 275 but since modern oil change schedules came along can get by on 55 especially if I burned it off during the winter.
We use so much less than 20 years ago, went to small package for most of it.
 

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Here is another option. Drum bottom drain pan incorporated in to a chopped up HF cart. Stores over the cart with no added footprint. With it spun out to the side I don't get many drips on the cart which is usually under the vehicle anyway. Flows down a standard pipe to a five gallon jug or one of the 5 quart jugs the oil came in. Really handy for pulling the pan on automatic ******'s. Sometimes for simple oil changes on small cars I just use the Blue pan and pick the bowl off to dump. Ed.
 

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I use the little 5 gal one from HF as well in my home shop. its compact, easy to store. and when its full i just run it to recycling center. you can buy a cap for the main fill hole at HD, just standard pipe thread to seal it for transport. i cut down the extension pipe a little so it fits under mid rise lift comfortably.

the 20 gal gives you a lot of capacity if you have a bunch of engines, but takes up a lot of space and its a extra step to recycle the oil in it vs just bringing over your 5 gal can and dumping it.
 
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If I had to take somewhere in that sense would rig it up into 5 gallon custom or translucent jugs with a hose from the drain pan. One shot handling. To tell the truth can about count on fingers the number of changes in the year.
 
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mrobins297aaa said:
I have a 8 /10 gallon, which I added a 12ga ban around it so I could lift it and empty it using my lift. Took all the heavy lifting out of emptying it and most of the mess.....even though I can tip it carefully I still manage to get oil all over........lol but at least I don't have to lift it and try to pour it by hand.
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I use that one too!

I don't dare let it get full, as you observed, it's hard to empty. Busted the funnel about 10 years ago, but the rest of it is still going.
 
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If I had a lot,, or more than I do that home brew above is exactly what I would do with the addition of a screen to set stuff to drain. I like the valve at bottom, fill any container.
 
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