Pouring Hydro oil from pail.

[k0ua]

Well, I held the 5 gallon pail up and poured it into a funnel.. Not the most pleasant of activities. I am 61. There may come a time when I won't be able to hold it up any more. I dunno, maybe I will have to come up with an easier way at some point.

 

[SPYDERLK]

Thanks for the physics lesson, but I've been handling this stuff all my life. If you can't figure out how to pour a 5 gallon pail from closer to your body than 2 feet, buy a pump.

How do you get closer than 2 ft to a HST oil spout that is buried in front of the 3PT arms and almost on top of the rear axle? Many tractors are set up like mine. My solution has been to decant the oil into a two gallon container but a 5 gallon pail pumping efficient, would be an alternative.

Well, I held the 5 gallon pail up and poured it into a funnel.. Not the most pleasant of activities. I am 61. There may come a time when I won't be able to hold it up any more. I dunno, maybe I will have to come up with an easier way at some point.

I find decanting into 1 gal or even 1 qt containers solves the problem 95%.
larry

 

[Gary Fowler]

Guess maybe I知 missing something. Is there some reason a plain old funnel won稚 work? It痴 all I致e ever used and it works fine.

Now withstanding the weight of 5 gallons of oil, some tractors like my formerly owned Yanmar 4220D had no room to place a 5 gallon pail over a funnel when trying to pour. Also the glug, glug of oil from a pail makes for lots of spills. I bought a drum hand pump (all metal) so I could pump the oil in. It had a regular faucet connection so I used a short section of water hose on to the pump spout that I placed directly into the tractor fill hole. Absolutely no spilling but you do have to carefully drain the pump and hose when finished. I store it in a large plastic storage bin with hinged lid that seals out the dust so it is ready for use when I need it.

 

[5030]

Guess maybe I知 missing something. Is there some reason a plain old funnel won稚 work? It痴 all I致e ever used and it works fine.

People today make the simple tasks complex it seems..... My tractors take 3 5 gallon buckets to change... A flexible spout funnel and some common sense is all thats required...

Hint... To get the last of the fluid from the pail, take a whizzy wheel and cut the retainers on the lid, pop it off and drain the remainder out. Hydraulic fluid buckets make dandy utility buckets, just wash out with warm water and Purple Power, Hydraulic fluid is very easy to remove from a pail for reusing the pail....

 

[Gary Fowler]

People today make the simple tasks complex it seems..... My tractors take 3 5 gallon buckets to change... A flexible spout funnel and some common sense is all thats required...

Hint... To get the last of the fluid from the pail, take a whizzy wheel and cut the retainers on the lid, pop it off and drain the remainder out. Hydraulic fluid buckets make dandy utility buckets, just wash out with warm water and Purple Power, Hydraulic fluid is very easy to remove from a pail for reusing the pail....

It all depends on the access to the fill hole. Each tractor is different and some are downright impossible to pour directly from a pail and some even make holding the funnel upright a challenge. Nothing like having a tilted funnel full of oil move around spilling half the contents. All this is reason enough to buy a decent pump to handle the job even if you are young Arnold Swartzenegger.

 

[SPYDERLK]

Now withstanding the weight of 5 gallons of oil, some tractors like my formerly owned Yanmar 4220D had no room to place a 5 gallon pail over a funnel when trying to pour. Also the glug, glug of oil from a pail makes for lots of spills. I bought a drum hand pump (all metal) so I could pump the oil in. It had a regular faucet connection so I used a short section of water hose on to the pump spout that I placed directly into the tractor fill hole. Absolutely no spilling but you do have to carefully drain the pump and hose when finished. I store it in a large plastic storage bin with hinged lid that seals out the dust so it is ready for use when I need it.

People today make the simple tasks complex it seems..... My tractors take 3 5 gallon buckets to change... A flexible spout funnel and some common sense is all thats required...

Hint... To get the last of the fluid from the pail, take a whizzy wheel and cut the retainers on the lid, pop it off and drain the remainder out. Hydraulic fluid buckets make dandy utility buckets, just wash out with warm water and Purple Power, Hydraulic fluid is very easy to remove from a pail for reusing the pail....

It all depends on the access to the fill hole. Each tractor is different and some are downright impossible to pour directly from a pail and some even make holding the funnel upright a challenge. Nothing like having a tilted funnel full of oil move around spilling half the contents. All this is reason enough to buy a decent pump to handle the job even if you are young Arnold Swartzenegger.

I find decanting into 1 gal or even 1 qt containers solves the problem 95%.
larry

... Maybe more. And no extraneous tools needed. ... Usually not even a funnel.

 

[IslandTractor]

As with many tasks involving tools and machinery, if you have to strain your muscles to get the job done it generally means you haven't properly exercised the muscle between your ears. It doesn't make sense to struggle with a five gallon pail of expensive oil imitating macho man or even to try to aim at a poorly fitting wobbly funnel. Dispensing the oil into smaller containers first isn't difficult and takes very little extra time. Flex those brain muscles guys.

 

[ritcheyvs]

Who would have thought that such a simple task would generate so much controversy?

Without even checking the geometry, I bought a cheapie pail pump from Harbor Freight. At 2 oz per stroke you would think it would take forever but it went pretty fast. The only problem was the clear hose leaked where it attached (at both ends) but a couple hose clamps fixed that. The only other problem will be remembering where I put it when I next need it. Senior moments come often now.

 

[SPYDERLK]

I pour the 5 gallon pail into one of these https://www.fastenal.com/products/details/0489563. Holds 1 gallon.

No I didn't pay that for it. I found mine at NAPA much cheaper.

Good thing. That cost would pay for a quart spilled in every fluid change for the life of the tractor. ... I saved several of the Delvac gallon containers with the pull out spout and built in pour restricter. No glug spill problem. No cleanup or storage issue. ... Free.

 

[farmer2009]

Good thing. That cost would pay for a quart spilled in every fluid change for the life of the tractor. ... I saved several of the Delvac gallon containers with the pull out spout and built in pour restricter. No glug spill problem. No cleanup or storage issue. ... Free.

While high $32 isn't that expensive. Seems like I paid between $15-20 for mine. The price you are referring to is for 6. Lifetime supply for you and family. .