Thursday, June 29
Oil Pickup
Several folks have asked me about my oil source. Fortunately for me, I got a brainstorm one day at my job, and walked down to the company cafeteria. My timing was perfect, as they are very upset with the local renderer who they'd contracted to pickup their grease. This renderer, who shall go anonymously by the name "Outland", wouldn't come when called, and had been leaving them with multiple barrels full of goo. You can see this in the grey barrels in the pictures. The same grease has been awaiting pickup by "Outland" for 3 months, just sitting and stinking. After explaining a bit what I wanted to do, and determining their needs and points of pain, I came up with a solution to pick them up in 10-gallon mini drums.
This couldn't be much easier. I stop by after lunch each day, rock the mini-drums to see how full they are, and keep tabs on when I need to make a pickup. Not only does this keep my costs low and ensure good service, but it also makes my daily commute completely tax deductible as a business expense for servicing my oil route.
The black drums are mine, and the grey nasty ones belong to the, erm, "Outland" renderer who isn't picking up their crap.
