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Old 04-04-2016, 06:48 PM
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Going through hell moving WVO

Okay,
I scored a awesome deal on 1500 gallons of good quality WVO,it was only $0.10 a gallon,now the bad part is I can't get it out of the 275 gallon totes it's in to get it out of the U-Haul truck..


The guy I got the oil from had a diaphragm pump that did great pumping the oil,but all I have is a 3" HF 6.5hp trash pump and from everything I've read online it should have worked GREAT. Everyone rants and raves about how good they are for WVO,and I've already burned up two of them.. I'm priming them as the instruction manual says and even running them on lower speeds yet each one did 1 tote or 1/2 a tote before giving up the ghost.. They just won't build up enough pressure to move the oil anymore..

Only thing is is all the posts I've read everyone has been using the 2" trash pumps but I figured the 3" one would be a little tougher!

Anyone got any advice? I'm paying $40 a day to keep the U-Haul truck but at this point I'm going to go back to HF tomorrow and return the 3" pump for a 2" one and buy all new PVC again.. Really frustrating,I've sunk alot of money into trying to get this to to work and no one within a 100 mile radius will let me rent a pump suitable for WVO..

I may just have to build myself a make-shift power steering pump hooked up to a 3/4hp motor..


Thanks in advance,any help appreciated..
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