Suggestions for fluid drain rack design

Originally Posted by 1towman

Yeah Bear to get the best price around here means that I have to drain the fluids and poke holes in the pans so I want to empty things first and I would rather stand under a car on a rack then my old fork lift LOL. Just lookin for ideas from some of the old pros. Hopefully prices will start back up cause my troubles would be over cause a local yard takes em fresh off the street and no drainin required. Their is a $55 difference per ton just for draining the fluids and dropping them off myself and right now it's worth it so I'm just wanting to make it as automated as possible and if I can sell some of the pure oil and antifreeze for a little green then it's worth taking the time.

For reals man, that oil can be used for heating and other stuff, not sure about antifreeze. Good thinking

I built a rack a few years back for a local wrecking yard to do the same thing. I used two lengths of 12 inch I beam for the wheels or hubs to sit in and welded 4 inch heavy wall sqaure tubing as legs and braces. I then fabbed up a sqaure pan to sit on the edges of the I beam to drain fluids into. The bottom of the pan had a fitting for a rubber hose to drain into a 45 gallon barrel. I forget what antifreeze was worth,but used oil went for 12 cents a liter. Then I had to repair the Cat loader and build a set of forks for it to move cars,but that is another story.

Hey burner any chance I could get the name of the yard so I could see if somebody would be willing to take a few pics for me. Right now I need to try and make it as automated as I can cause like lots you guys I'm a one man show and with the powers that be in DC I will most likely stay a believer in the "Kiss" method cause their is no way I'm going to be saddled with all the cost of hiring a guy over the table when I can do it myself. Heck who needs a private life anyway LOL