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Old 10-28-2008, 09:06 PM   #1
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Where to get oil on the way south?

Hello friends,
Yesterday I flipped the switch and the bus started running on WVO.
We are leaving Oregon heading for Mexico on or about Thanksgiving. It doesn't look like I'm going to have time to get my collection trip together before we go so I'm looking for places to get oil from here to there. I will be full when we leave here. Does anyone know where I can get some oil in California, Arizona or Nevada?
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Old 10-30-2008, 06:12 PM   #2
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Re: Where to get oil on the way south?

Hi Chuck,
Usually what happens is that the summer storms blow all the palm leaves away so I give the local workers a few bucks and they put all new stuff up. In Mexico anything being the same the next year is a crap shoot. For me it always has been there but you can never tell. I had that place built just for the bus. so everybody thinks it's my place but I don't own it.
Hopefully I have a handle on the cost of fuel now. We shall see.
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Old 11-02-2008, 08:23 PM   #3
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Re: Where to get oil on the way south?

If you come through Colorado then I can hook you up. summitgreasecycling at gmail dot com
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Old 11-03-2008, 10:33 AM   #4
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Re: Where to get oil on the way south?

Thanks Dlor1,
I'll let you know if we head in that direction.
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Old 11-29-2008, 08:59 PM   #5
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Re: Where to get oil on the way south?

Howed the trip go?
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Old 12-18-2008, 07:20 PM   #6
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Been on the road 18 days, should be where I'm going in a week or so. Get back to you then.
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Old 01-02-2009, 07:15 PM   #7
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The trip went great. 28 days and about 2800 miles. I developed a leak in the coolant line to the flat plate heat exchanger and had to bypass it. I tried to fix it, it still leaks a little but not enough so I can't use the system. I saved fixing again until I got South. The System works great. The WVO temp runs about 150. I'll be trying to collect oil from the little local resturants here on the beach, we'll see how it goes.
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Old 01-03-2009, 01:46 PM   #8
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Re: Where to get oil on the way south?

Sweet man, make sure you use some teflon tape or pipe dope on your fittings so they don't leak. You gonna be comin back through CO? Hit me up
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