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Biodiesel--anyone made their own
We looked into it, but never went past the feasibility study stage.
It's like anything else, to compete against large volume producers you need basically free labour.
I guess if you had a lot of time off during the winter or something and had nothing better to do you could conceivably do it for not much $$ labour-wise, but you still have to build your 'still' and so on before you make a drop of burnable fuel.
In our case it wasn't going to be practical.
Besides, up here there's commercial bio-diesel vendors already.
Best of luck.
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Jeff, before you get too excited you need to look at all the angles.
Most sources of 'free' oil will want you to take all or none, they can't stock pile until you are ready to take some. You will also need tanks for both raw and treated oil, and storage and disposal of the waste products.
Also, don't forget about the taxes, you can add about $0.40 a gallon to whatever your cost of production is to give to Uncle Sam and the State.
Best of luck.
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Sad to say many people don't understand the importance or difference between grades. Then they don't realize nuts come in different grades.
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Kenny, back when I was running a fabricating shop I had a guy come in to inquire if I would weld up a trailer for him if he bought & cut all the steel himself. I pointed out to him that since I bought the steel wholesale and in bulk instead of small amounts and for retail $$ it would be cheaper for us to do the whole job.
He insisted that he had a 'connection' and could get the steel cheaper. So be it.
When I stated the charge by the hour and the time involved, and therefore the price, he nearly fell over.
He left mumbling something about doing it all himself.
A few months later he was back and asked me to make him a trailer.
I was a little curious so I asked.
He had bolted the entire thing together with Grade 2 bolts from the hardware store.
Going down the highway at 65mph several bolts let go and his and his buddy's 4 wheelers (top drawer stuff too) had become bowling balls.
So much for saving a few hundred bucks.
Best of luck.
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