My parents had oil central heating. The system clapped out recently (due to age) so they decided to replace it with gas central heating. However, they still have approx. 500 litres of home heating oil in a tank in the garden which is useless to them.
I have oil central heating in my house, so my parents have told me I can have their oil.
What is the easiest way to transport this oil? I asked the oil company that delivers my home heating oil (who also supplied my parents, so the oil in the tank originates with them) if they could transport it using one of their delivery tankers for a small fee, but they said it is not possible as modern tankers can only pump oil out of the tanker, not in.
The only other option I can think of is buying small plastic containers and making dozens of trips - my oil tank fills from the top, so cannot use a container bigger that I can physically lift. I'm aware that there is specialist equipment you can buy/rent to pump small amounts of oil and similar liquid, but the cost of this would be more than the value of the home heating oil.
Anyone any suggestions?
I have oil central heating in my house, so my parents have told me I can have their oil.
What is the easiest way to transport this oil? I asked the oil company that delivers my home heating oil (who also supplied my parents, so the oil in the tank originates with them) if they could transport it using one of their delivery tankers for a small fee, but they said it is not possible as modern tankers can only pump oil out of the tanker, not in.
The only other option I can think of is buying small plastic containers and making dozens of trips - my oil tank fills from the top, so cannot use a container bigger that I can physically lift. I'm aware that there is specialist equipment you can buy/rent to pump small amounts of oil and similar liquid, but the cost of this would be more than the value of the home heating oil.
Anyone any suggestions?