I have chosen not to suck.
After some great email and phone conversations with Farhad at the Green Drop Garage, I am going to hold off on the super sucker plans. While it is still the system to aspire to, I think i am going to work up to it. Regardless of what systems for collection and modifications to make to your vehicle, it is always good to have someone to bounce your ideas off of. Farhad built his own wvo vehicle mods back in his Berkley days before getting behind the Vegistroke products and in his day collected 5000 gallons per month of WVO.
Above is the picture of the Sotera diaphragm pump, a little pricier than i was planning on, but it is the Cadillac of pumps. It is a 12v pump so we can modify the cord to plug into the trucks trailer adapter. House it in a nice Rubbermaid tote and it won’t be too much work to load and unload. Additionally having the collection be more portable allows a greater collection range form the truck . . . 15 ft cord + 15 ft collection hose doubles the range.
Planning, planning . . . can’t wait for doing, doing . . .
2 Comments for No Sucker – Collection Update
Rich | October 20, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Author comment by ccis2cunning | October 20, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Rich- It is rough here in West Los Angeles, but for a different reason. There are pretty tight regulations for the restaurants requiring licences pick up as proof they are not dumping the grease. One can get their truck certified to carry grease and apply for a license, probably cost about $600 annually which makes it not too economical.
SOOOOOO….I am in south florida. But a few steps behind. Similar to you, no experience. No truck. Love the Idea.
How are you doing finding oil? Here, restaraunts get paid to have their oil taken away. So finding it hasn’t been easy.