Oil in cans, barrels or bulk?

[Hereward]

How do you buy your engine, transmission, hyd oils etc.

As per poll, in cans, barrels or bulk tanks.

I used to always get barrels, but tended to end up with many barrels part empty and compromised on oil choice sometimes, so switched to cans.

Need a hundred litres of SUTO, think I paid £42 per 25 litre can last time I ordered, so £1.80/litre, how much will it cost for 205 litres? Not priced a barrel in ages.

 

[Qman]

I wish they would put oil in 25 litre cans like they used to, 20 litres ain't enough and they charged the same price when the cans got smaller.

 

[Hereward]

I wish they would put oil in 25 litre cans like they used to, 20 litres ain't enough and they charged the same price when the cans got smaller.

Usually use Withams who still use 25 litre cans or at least did.

 

[Exfarmer]

Barrels used to be half the price of cans and bulk half the price of barrels. Not sure if any companies do bulk deliveries today

 

[Qman]

Barrels used to be half the price of cans and bulk half the price of barrels. Not sure if any companies do bulk deliveries today

I used to get my oil in bulk, it came in pails and they tipped them into a proper container. One day I was at their depot and noticed a lot of pails lying around outside with no tops on, I then went onto barrels!

 

[ACEngineering]

Barrels used to be half the price of cans and bulk half the price of barrels. Not sure if any companies do bulk deliveries today

Morris still do bulk deliveries.

 

[Hereward]

Just got the following price,

25 litres SUTO -£58
205 litres SUTO -£374

 

[KB6930]

Always 205 for engine and transmission it's cheaper gear oil etc 20l .

Cut the top out the 205l steel drums and fill with scrap then the whole lot gets weighed in so less plastic to get rid of

 

[bobk]

Cans always , that many different oils used now pita

 

[spark plug]

Cans, but have considered getting SUTO in barrels in the future as 20l cans are a pain, bring back 25’s

A company I used to work for, bought hydraulic and solvable oil in 1000l IBC’s but I can’t remember ware they where from.

 

[trev7530]

I wish they would put oil in 25 litre cans like they used to, 20 litres ain't enough and they charged the same price when the cans got smaller.

Morris Lubricunts do 25l drums.

 

[MF-ANDY]

Barrels used to be half the price of cans and bulk half the price of barrels. Not sure if any companies do bulk deliveries today

Witham oil does