Hydraulic oil drain pans

[RVbeemer]

I need to change my hydraulic oil which holds 8.2 gallons. Anyone have a favorite bucket or pan to catch the oil?

 

[AaronD81]

Get two of these in the 5 gallon size and put one on some wood blocks under the drain plug, and aim the spout into the second pan. Still low profile and doubles capacity.

A cheaper option is to get a plastic barrel and cut it down to fit under the drain plug, should fit 10 gallons easily.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I have cut a couple inches off two 5 gallon pail for them to fit under the tractor, that's what I use.

 

[BlueKnife]

I need to change my hydraulic oil which holds 8.2 gallons. Anyone have a favorite bucket or pan to catch the oil?

How short does the bucket need to be? I generally use 5 gallon buckets for that sort of thing. You can pull the tractor up on some ramps to get some more clearance if needed.

 

[deserteagle71]

My M7060 holds 15 gallons of hydraulic oil. To drain it I just bought a cheap plastic tote at Walmart that held 20+ gallons. Then I used a big pitcher (half gallon) to scoop the oil out of the tote and into 5 gallon buckets to take it in for recycling. Snap the lid back on the tote and it keeps the oil clean and the tote clean for future use. Something like this:

 

[ericm979]

I got a 16 gallon oil drain pan. With that I don't need to try to slide a heavy 5 gallon bucket aside and put a new one in place without making too much of a mess.

 

[RVbeemer]

All great ideas. I was hoping to use a couple of 5 gallon bucket but they are an inch or two too tall. I have several 30 gallon barrels out back I saw today, thinking the same as AaronD81 said, take one of those and cut it enough to fit under. That should hold what I need to drain. I hate to cut one up but that's probably the cheapest way to go no more than I have to do this. I might cut it enough to set it up on a creeper so I can roll it out easier. Thanks everyone for the ideas!

 

[deserteagle71]

All great ideas. I was hoping to use a couple of 5 gallon bucket but they are an inch or two too tall.

So raise the tractor! When I change oil in my Kubota I put both front and rear wheels up on ramps. For an inch or two, put down some pieces of board - anything that would work as a stout spacer - in front of each wheel and drive the tractor up on them.

 

[rScotty]

Our tractor holds 15 gallons. Our modern drainpan looks like Aaron's up in message #2, and his solution of having one pan feed another sounds reasonable - much better than the old steel drain pans of a generation ago.
My problem is being basically lazy, even a 5 gallon pan is more of a mess than I want to risk.
The reward isn't worth the suspense......there has got to be a better way.

Next time I'm going to try pumping most of the trans/hydraulic fluid out through the filler port and directly into 5 gallon jugs. Seems like it might work, but I haven't tried it.

rScotty

 

[dstig1]

I grabbed a tote like Deserteagle did. Just measure clearance and then find a tub short enough with enough capacity. Or cut down one of those drums would work too.

You also need a plan to get it out of the pan and into something for disposal. I used a hand pump and pumped it back into the jugs my new oil came in, after I refilled the tractor. Brought those to recycling.