Where to find wvo

Where is a good place to buy gallon quantities of WVO? And what prices can I expect to pay? Im in MN if that helps. AndyBees Top Post Dawg. Check with mom and pop restaruant operations. Also, schools, nursing homes, small stores that have a deli that do deep frying, etc. Before he does the converson, make sure you have a good source of oil.

It should be free, but there are some areas where oil seems unavailable at any price. Expect them to look at you as if you are asking a very unusual question. You are, and this is good. Explain that you have found a group of people that use fryer oil as a fuel for diesels and furnaces with only small modifications to the fuel systems.

You are planning to try this experimentally and are trying to find a source that would be willing to let you take some of their waste fryer oil to see if it really does work as fuel. Eventually you might want all of their "fryer oil" but for now you're just interested in some for experimental use. If they say NO ask if they have a policy against this, some chain restaurants do. If so, it is best to simply thank them for their time and forget this as a source of wvo.

It isn't going to happen Managers do not risk their job questioning or breaking "corporate policy". Go on to your second choice. If they look skeptical let them think about it for a minute. Offer to provide a 55 gallon drum as a collection vessel.

Ask if they foresee any problem that you may have to overcome or have any rule you may need to comply with. Be sincere and co-operative. If they say they need to think it over, or talk to the owner say that you will be here for lunch next week, thank them for their time, leave them your telephone number Don't try to tell them everything you know about vegoil fuel, unless they ask.

It won't help. If they give you the same "I need to talk to the boss" line next week ask if it would be more convenient for you to contact the manager by phone. Use you best judgment, but I prefer the "soft sell" and patience to being pushy when asking for wvo access. And if I have to come back a second time. I usually bring in a table full of friends when I do. Despite being really desperate for grease, sometimes we just have to walk away from stuff that's too gross to be worth our time and energy.

Our filtering system has gone through many iterations. Our initial setup was a fairly simple sock filter system using just gravity but that did nothing to remove water. Our most recent system includes a centrifuge to tackle the water problem.

Grease has to be heated up to a lower viscosity in order to be able to work with it. The hotter and more fluid the grease is, the quicker and easier it is to filter. This means no matter what the filtering setup is, grease always has to be heated up first. This is what our WVO collection and filtering setup looked like when we first hit the road. The filters on the left are sock filters.

We used various micron sized filters to catch all sizes of debris. Our filtering system is set up to work in batches of 3 gallons. Our most current filtering setup looks like this.

The blue thing on top is the centrifuge. Our holding tank in the truck bed can carry 37 gallons of filtered grease. That means it would take us 6 hours and 10 minutes to filter 37 gallons. That means it would take us about 4 days to filter enough grease for one tank of fuel for the truck. Assuming those were all sunny days. So, the whole filtering process is time and energy consuming. Having a vehicle that drives on WVO is always a little bit experimental. Everyone says to find oil first, then convert your vehicle.

I being brood from Polish decent and coupled with a strong ancestry from the Kentucky hills, I naturally was driven to go against common, accepted knowledge.

Typically, contracts are non-binding legally. I do think contracts are a good idea, mainly to give the impression to the restaurant owner that you are committed to taking their oil. Restaurants are a lot less likely to select you as their waste oil service provider if you show-up as some random guy looking to take some of their vegetable oil. What has been helpful is using local craigslist.

I post ads wanting WVO and typically get calls from restaurants and individuals. Asian and high-end restaurants often have the best quality WVO. The restaurants want to deal with professionals and ensure their WVO will be reliable collected. Most of them also want to be paid for the oil as well.