Oil drainer coming up just a bit short

[aggie113]

Used a harbor freight 5gal unit for a few years and decided to upgrade my oil collection game. Northern Tool has a Roughneck 24gal unit that looks good. Got it home and assembled and was disappointed to see it was a bit shorter than the old unit. Measuring stick confirmed it only sits 68" tall instead of the advertised 72". Anyone know of an extension tube that could be purchased for these units? Would love to get another 4-8 inches out of it.

https://imgur.com/LDrdIj6

 

[no704]

Can u use the tube off the smaller one?

 

[Kurt4440]

I thought of at least 3 jokes while I was reading the original post.
Sorry, no useful information.

 

[RTM]

Anyone know of an extension tube that could be purchased for these units? Would love to get another 4-8 inches out of it

Check the pipe, on my phone, from *** miles away, looks like plumbing sink drain pipe. (Obviously, I have no idea what it really is.)

Take a chunk to your local plumbing supply, see if they can match it?

 

[yatg]

That looks like a standard ball valve. If its pipe threads get a longer ****** and whatever other fittings you need to connect it up.

 

[The Cobbler]

start with measuring what you need. maybe muffler pipe, plumbing pipe, electrical conduit, etc.
it will be some sort of a standard pipe or tube, it won't be specifically manufactured for the oil drain , maybe even thin wall DOM ( drawn over mandrel) tube.

 

[aggie113]

That looks like a standard ball valve. If its pipe threads get a longer ****** and whatever other fittings you need to connect it up.

A promising suggestion!

 

[Balog]

Valve appears to be female and probably NPT on both sides. You could get a coupling and add a ****** to whatever height you need.

 

[aggie113]

10" extension at home depot, but had to use Amazon to find a coupler with wrench flats.

 

[aggie113]

 

[mike93lx]

10" extension at home depot, but had to use Amazon to find a coupler with wrench flats.

Just gotta grab it with a pipe wrench and embrace the marks

Looks good, glad it was an easy fix

 

[RTM]

Now he’s just showing off his Big 10” pipe. ( apologies to Aerosmith )