Pouring from 5 gallon bucket

[Mark_17]

Any of you guys have an easy and unique way to pour from a 5 gallon bucket?

I put all my waste oil in 5 gallon buckets then bring them to the local auto parts store to be recycled. I usually only put 4 gallons in because you have to pour them into the top of a giant container in the back of the store and its pretty tricky to do when the bucket is totally full. (The stores will not keep the containers of oil after they have been emptied so I can't just leave them there. I moved too far away from all my friends with waste oil heaters so I can't donate them either.)

I know there are lids with pouring spouts, like what paint comes in, but I think that would still be a little tricky.

I was thinking I could drill a hole in the side of the bucket, close to the bottom, and put a ball valve in but that might be too expensive and would make it harder to store the buckets of oil.

 

[GirlnAgarage]

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[Buckgnarly]

Find a shop that works on big rigs or hydraulics and get their 5 gallon pails.....they probably would love you to take them! I have about 4 pails I use to bring my oil to my friends waste oil heater.

 

[JRC3]

Got a few of these 3gal jugs from oreillys. Haven't transported them yet. Talked to a guy emptying his down at the county recycle facility and he said so good so far, but he didn't trust the cap.

I was also toying with using 5gal buckets and actually have one in the garage full with a lid on it. Then I saw the jugs above.

 

[48RON54]

Find a shop that works on big rigs or hydraulics and get their 5 gallon pails.....they probably would love you to take them! I have about 4 pails I use to bring my oil to my friends waste oil heater.

Agreed. I have all the 5 gallon buckets with lids I could ever dream of. Every couple of years I toss some. We use them to drain waste oil into once they are empty, so we do have some used for them. But if someone showed up here asking for a 5 gallon bucket or 3 w/lids, I'd gladly give them some.

 

[joe_padavano]

You guys are making this way harder than it is. All I do is use a funnel to pour the old fluids back into the gallon containers that the new fluid came out of. Screw the caps back on and it's easy to carry them to the recycling site and to empty them once you get there. It also costs nothing.

 

[OccupantRJ]

I use a 5 gallon bucket with a lid and spout, and drilled and tapped a hole in the opposite side of the lid for an air vent. There is a short 1/8” pipe ****** threaded into the vent hole with a hex pipe cap lightly screwed onto it. I use one of the long funnels to fill the container, then recycle it when full. The vent makes it flow freely without chugging.

 

[Hobbit]

You guys are making this way harder than it is. All I do is use a funnel to pour the old fluids back into the gallon containers that the new fluid came out of. Screw the caps back on and it's easy to carry them to the recycling site and to empty them once you get there. It also costs nothing.

^^^This^^^

 

[Mark_17]

You guys are making this way harder than it is. All I do is use a funnel to pour the old fluids back into the gallon containers that the new fluid came out of. Screw the caps back on and it's easy to carry them to the recycling site and to empty them once you get there. It also costs nothing.

That'd sure be nice. Sadly all the oil I buy only comes in 1 quart containers.

 

[Arkansas COB]

You guys are making this way harder than it is. All I do is use a funnel to pour the old fluids back into the gallon containers that the new fluid came out of. Screw the caps back on and it's easy to carry them to the recycling site and to empty them once you get there. It also costs nothing.

Beat me to it. Easiest and simple especially if you use one of them oil drain pans with a neck on it like this

 

[c4cruiser]

There's a nearby county recycling center that I use to dispose of old engine oil and brake fluid. I collect some 1 gallon milk jugs and empty the used oil into them from the drain pan. When I get 5-6 of these full, I take them to the recycling center and the people there simply take the filled jugs from my truck. No charge for the service and they also take antifreeze, hydraulic oils, and just about any fluid they think is "hazardous".

 

[TNT Autowerkz]

The lids with pouring spouts seem to work for me!

 

[Robby321]

Simple if not have original containers. Save up your milk jugs, then fill them up. I do that then give to a friend mine who does tree work and used his brush piles to burn...

 

[Stuart in MN]

As is usual, the original poster's question is ignored and the responses are with totally different answers....


Here's a lid for a 5 gallon bucket with a built in pouring spout for only $2.01 - it seems like a good solution to me and doesn't look tricky to use. https://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?sku=2288 There are a number of similar lids available from other manufacturers.

 

[35mm]

I use a plastic 5 gallon gas container.

Just make sure it is labeled well enough that the wife doesn't think it is gas.

 

[GMCGarage]

As is usual, the original poster's question is ignored and the responses are with totally different answers....


Here's a lid for a 5 gallon bucket with a built in pouring spout for only $2.01 - it seems like a good solution to me and doesn't look tricky to use. https://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?sku=2288 There are a number of similar lids available from other manufacturers.

As usual, sometimes there are better solutions to problems.

I always post mine on craigslist, oil heater guys always will email to take the oil, sometimes pick it up.

 

[JRC3]

That'd sure be nice. Sadly all the oil I buy only comes in 1 quart containers.

yep.

Here's a lid for a 5 gallon bucket with a built in pouring spout for only $2.01 https://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?sku=2288

Plus $10 shipping. I ordered some small fittings from them last year and it cost $9.06 to ship an envelope in the same state.

 

[Mark_17]

As usual, sometimes there are better solutions to problems.

I always post mine on craigslist, oil heater guys always will email to take the oil, sometimes pick it up.

Now THAT is a decent idea.

As is usual, the original poster's question is ignored and the responses are with totally different answers....


Here's a lid for a 5 gallon bucket with a built in pouring spout for only $2.01 - it seems like a good solution to me and doesn't look tricky to use. https://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?sku=2288 There are a number of similar lids available from other manufacturers.

Yes that is a bit frustrating... The pouring spout lids work, HD/Lowes has them. pouring into the small hold at the auto parts store would still be a challenge. The containers there are easily 4.5' high so I end up holding the bucket above my shoulders to pour it

 

[Cheepbeer]

One thing about buckets, the lid just snaps on. It might really **** if it unsnapped while pouring. Just pointing that out 'cause that's what would happen me.

 

[Mike70]

Now THAT is a decent idea.



Yes that is a bit frustrating... The pouring spout lids work, HD/Lowes has them. pouring into the small hold at the auto parts store would still be a challenge. The containers there are easily 4.5' high so I end up holding the bucket above my shoulders to pour it

5 gal buckets with a vent. Set the bucket on the tank, tip over, drain and leave.

 

[brent5631]

I use a 5 gal kerosene "gas" can. Nice tight lid and an imcluded spout.

 

[Bluedodge]

If your car is from the early '60s, here is an option....

 

[hammerhead611]

I have 3 20# kitty litter jugs...each jug will hold about 12 qts (2 oil changes on my wife's Tahoe and daughter's Cherokee) or one oil change on my 3500HD. Once I have all 3 of them full (or close to full) I take them to work and empty into the drums I use for waste oil from the compressors at work.

Prior to getting the kitty litter jugs, I'd pour the oil from the catch pan back into the oil jug the new oil came out of.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Get lids with spouts for your 5 gallon buckets and use a wide mouth funnel.

If the 5 gallon bucket is too heavy, spend a few bucks and get something like these 2.5 gallon jugs from Summit.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-g7989

If you don't want to spend any money or those are too heavy, resort to using old milk/water gallon jugs or similar sized jugs.

 

[K'ledgeBldr]

I basically use a container similar to this-
http://www.blplasticiowa.com/en/full_product_line/?action=dspProduct&id=2131

When it's full I go by the local "jiffy lube" and empty it right into their drain trey- right there at floor level.

I've had it for at least 10yrs and has served me well- the cap has never leaked; trust me I know!

 

[BillK]

Mark,
See if there is an automotive machine shop near you and ask them to save the containers that Sunnen honing oil comes in. It is what I use and they are great and very easy to pour out of at the recycling place. The older ones were a real thick sturdy plastic. The newer ones are a thin plastic but they work just as well.

They hold five gallons.

 

[D100CMB]

Are the buckets you are using now have lids without a spout? I dont know why it has to be any harder than the 5 gallon bucket with the lid on it(assuming the lid has a spout), and a wide mouth funnel. Pour with the spout at 12 o clock, not 6.

 

[metalmagpie]

For glug-free pouring, pour with the spout side up, not down.

metalmagpie

 

[jumbojak]

You might try to find an empty hydraulic fluid bucket. They have a handy spout and you wouldn't be taking the top off of a bucket and trying to fit a new one that might leak or pop off completely while you're pouring.

 

[GirlnAgarage]

Love it how there's only one correct solution

 

[wretched73]

Love it how there's only one correct solution

What do you mean?

 

[Macaroni Kid]

^^^This^^^

Me too. I run Rotella 15/40 in all my classic vehicles and my two "modern" 2001&03.
My 01 Cummins gets the 5gal pail under the drain plug, then top with spout. The others get the gallon containers refilled again with waste oil from the drain pan

 

[rsanter]

That'd sure be nice. Sadly all the oil I buy only comes in 1 quart containers.

Try used gallon milk jugs

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

A drum and a pump works pretty good.

 

[Bondo]

For glug-free pouring, pour with the spout side up, not down.

metalmagpie

Ayuh,..... Exactly,......

If the 5 gallon bucket is too heavy, spend a few bucks and get something like these 2.5 gallon jugs from Summit.

A few years back, the ole lady was goin' to her brother's camp snowmoblin' for a weekend, 'n was complainin' that the 5 gallon buckets(with spouts) I gave her were too heavy for her to gas up her own sled,.....
She was gonna go buy a few 3 gallon gas cans at nearly $20.bucks a piece,......

My reply was,.... Save yer money, 'n only put 3 gallons in each 5 gallon pail,.....
I have plenty more pails(with spout lids),.....

Weight Problem Solved,....

 

[OccupantRJ]

The vent on my bucket also allows easier filling, as the air in the bucket has somewhere to go. I just jam the right size funnel into the spout and it is self supporting.

 

[like2wheel]

If your car is from the early '60s, here is an option....

Thanks for posting this.
Now I don't feel so guilty about doing something similar in the mid 70's with my late 60's car.

 

[JRC3]

As a teen in the 80s I saw a guy with his car pulled up on a curb storm sewer draining his oil. I guess it served as a car ramp/drain pan all in one.

I'm amazed municipalities (to this day) have to put warning labels on them because people think they lead to the shitplant or something.

 

[38Chevy454]

I have a few metal 5 gal solvent cans that I put old oil into. They have the plastic pull-up spout with a screw on lid. Any body shop will have them, such as the 5 gal lacquer thinner cans used for clean-up. Just use a funner to pour old oil into, then pour out with spout at 12 o'clock as suggested.

This saves the problem of pouring out of a 5 gal plastic bucket. Plus the metal can is safer for spills or damage. If the pull-up spout ever gets a crack, just get a new can.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

As a teen in the 80s I saw a guy with his car pulled up on a curb storm sewer draining his oil. I guess it served as a car ramp/drain pan all in one.

That's a classic "Newark Oil Change".

Tommy