Anyone have a "pail tipper" for 5 gallon bucket ease of use?

[sixdogs]

These are available from a number of places for about $55. I thnk Northern Tool sells them but not Harbor Freight.
Anyone have one and do they work?



I'm just tired of trying to dump a five gallon pail of whatever into my machinery and this looks so easy.

 

[Scooby074]

Ive used them for solvent. Yes they work in that case, but I wonder if it would for your application. The base is pretty large so you would need a suitable place to put it on your tractor. Now, if you set up whatever fluid you were wanting to use in the tipper on a workbench, then dump it into a smaller secondary container it would work for your uses.

A secondary container like this :

 

[sixdogs]

Yes, that's my plan, set it on a bench and use it to fill a gallon container. Seems like it would be so much easier to pour some oil out.

 

[MF1552]

You might want to take a look at this. It is certainly less expensive if it will work for you:

Pail - Harbor Freight Tools pump

 

[sixdogs]

You might want to take a look at this. It is certainly less expensive if it will work for you:

Pail - Harbor Freight Tools pump

I have tried those over the years andrtuled them out. The thing gets all dusty when not in use and there is no practical way to keep it clean and keep that stuff out of my engine. It's also not fast enough and this one doesn't look durable enough. For me, dumping from a clean container into a clean used gallon oil container will work the best. These "pail tipper" things look so logical and I wonder if no one knows about them or I'm just a rube stumbling into a junk product. For me, the $50 spent is worth the aggravation of no more spilled oil or awkward situations where the bucket won't fit.

 

[MrPete]

Home depot has a little battery powered pump that works awesome. My wife and I use it to fill the lawn mower. It is powered by a "D" cell battery and is pretty fast. It will work on any fluid. I have a couple of them. I have used them on water, gas, diesel and oil. The last one I bought cost me $10. They are in the lawn and garden section.

 

[Scooby074]

Yes, that's my plan, set it on a bench and use it to fill a gallon container. Seems like it would be so much easier to pour some oil out.

It will work fine then. And yes its much easier and neater.

Only thing is I cant speak to the quality of the Northern unit. The ones Ive used were different.

 

[Todd727]

These pumps are easier to use and are easy to keep clean.

Lumax LX-1300 Black Lever-Action Bucket Pump for 5 Gallon Pails : Amazon.com : Automotive

 

[sixdogs]

OK, I just ordered the one shown in the first post. Must not be a lot of users of these things but it seems like it would make life a lot easier. Oil is cheaper in five gallon buckets and when you're done you have the bucket.

Vestil - Manual Pail Tippers

I'll give an update when it arrives, hopefully next week. Actually, this would be an easy project to make.

 

[The kid]

Home depot has a little battery powered pump that works awesome. My wife and I use it to fill the lawn mower. It is powered by a "D" cell battery and is pretty fast. It will work on any fluid. I have a couple of them. I have used them on water, gas, diesel and oil. The last one I bought cost me $10. They are in the lawn and garden section.

What is the GPM on this little gem?

 

[Artisan]

The older we get the more little devices like this are a god send.
Just yesterday I was throwing 5 gallons of diesel in the truck and
holding that full puppy straight up 6' off the ground at the top and
not rubbing the paint on the truck nor getting diesel on my clothes
got me for the first time!...man, I suceeded but not pleasant it was.
I guess I am gettin' soft...I was thinking "How can I do this in the
future easier?" ............................. PUMP IT!

Be sure to maybe add a chain or a strong bungee to that thing,
if you loose a pail I am sure we will hear ya for miles ! It almost
looks like the safety is a 1/4-20 thumb screw w/ threads only in
sheet metal kinda deal...when you get it post up a pic if you can!

(When I was an 16 year old apprentice almost daily I would curl 4 sticks of
1" galvanized and throw it on my shoulder then curl it down on
to the plumbin' trucks, HA! )

 

[sixdogs]

What is the GPM on this little gem?

Exactly the same or slightly faster than wrestling with a full five gallon pail of oil while trying to get most of it into a smaller gallon container for easier use.

 

[sixdogs]

Vestil - Manual Pail Tippers

As mentioned before, I bought the above unit from Amazon for $53 and it works better than I thought it would. I now have a perfect solution to the five gallon pail of oil and desire to get it into more easily handled gallons or whatever. It works like a champ.

It showed up disassembled in a small flat box and has maybe $3 worth of steel in it. Obviously Chinese made but of a higher quality. Oddly, I got five pages of assembly instructions with only drawings of how things go together but not a single word written on them. Not one. It took ten minutes to assemble and I was glad I bought one rather than tried to engineer and make one.

Off to the barn to scrounge five gallons of something heavy and I found some 15W40. The pail fit easily and the weight was no problem. It's rated to 70 lbs and it easily handled whatever that oil weighed. So, it works and I'm off to the races with my newfangled discovery and suggestion that others looking for a solution to this problem either buy or make one of these bucket tippers. I can't believe more of us don't own them and I can't believe this slipped by Harbor Freight and is not carried by them.

Here's my photo with the bucket in the holder.

 

[oliver28472]

Not trying to bust your bubble or put the Chinese out of business but when I need to pour a little bit out I clear off a space on the bench, trailer, tailgate etc., lay the bucket on it's side with the spout at 12:00. (works best if you have already poured some out) Open the spout and roll the bucket over a little. When your small container is full roll the spout back up to 12:00 and put the cap on.

 

[sixdogs]

Just a further update tp say the tipper I bought works even better than thought and I would highly suggest this to anyone for the ease of use and ability for one guy to handle and pour without spilling any oil. I know about the tailgate and rolling the bucket method but the pail tipper really is superior in my opinion. I give it two thums up.

 

[chopped]

Battery-Powered Siphon Pump-DH-20 at The Home Depot

 

[jobguy]

I have seen these little pumps on line
Amazon.com: Sierra Tools Battery-Operated Liquid Transfer Pump, Model# JB5684: Home Improvement About $10.00
advertized to work with gasoline. Sears has the same pump for $45.69. I would never use a pump that specifically says "not for gasoline" with gas. To me that's tempting fate. I had an uncle severely burned by an exploding gas can, it was 50 feet away and covered him in burning gas. He lived but was in pain the rest of his life.

 

[sixdogs]

Let me again highly recommend the pail tipper the thread started with. It is great and makes me wonder why I never discovered this before. I could pour out 3 ounces of oil if I wanted and never spill a drop, plus I can drain the residual oil from the empty bucket when I'm done. Just my two cents here.

 

[sixdogs]

Just a bump to bring this in the open again. This pail tipper is one of the best things I ever bought and makes using five gallon pails of oil a breeze. It is no longer a hassle and pails are now my favorite way to buy oil. I used to dread it the big buckets.

With oil and gear oil change season upon us, this is a timely bump.

 

[Ford850]

Bumping this for an update on how you like it after using it a few years.