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Evening all,

With all the fuel prices going through the roof, i think it would be a good idea if we all helped each other out.

Where is everyone buying their veg oil? and for how much?

....obviously for use of cooking not to put in your landy. cos that would be naughty.

You can use up to 2500L of veg oil a year as long as you register with the government and keep records

HM Revenue & Customs

wack61 said:

You can use up to 2500L of veg oil a year as long as you register with the government and keep records

HM Revenue & Customs

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correct we all do that anyway

Morrisons veg oil £1.05/litre

jj foodservices..... 20l @ 19.99

JJ Vegetable Oil-1x20L - OIL028 - Product Details from JJ Food Service

just found online... no good to me too far away... might be of use to someone...

try your local chineese take away they normally get together with other shops and order in bulk to save money thus including you and getting the bulk saving.(you might get waste as well)

wack61 said:

You can use up to 2500L of veg oil a year as long as you register with the government and keep records

HM Revenue & Customs

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If you use less than 2500 lt you dont need to register.
It would be advisable to keep receipts though just in case.

4.2.1 Exempt producers/users
If you have produced or used less than 2,500 litres of:

■any biofuel, or
■any other fuel substitute or additive
within the last 12 months, and/or expect to produce or use less than 2,500 litres in the next 12 months, you are an exempt producer and do not need to register with us and account for duty. However, there are simple record keeping requirements, which are described in paragraph 4.9.1.

Production includes the manufacture or processing of road fuel, and the setting aside of any product that has not been charged with duty, with the intention of using it as road fuel

i just keep an eye on the deliverys going into the chinky chippy behind my house the new oil usualy gets delivered once a month at 6am and it stays outside the back gate till 7am when they get up to take it in at their leisure ( im not in any way condoning theivery but 25 x 20l drums of the fookin stuff sat there on the street could be verry tempting to some people )

johnny curt 1 said:

i just keep an eye on the deliverys going into the chinky chippy behind my house the new oil usualy gets delivered once a month at 6am and it stays outside the back gate till 7am when they get up to take it in at their leisure ( im not in any way condoning theivery but 25 x 20l drums of the fookin stuff sat there on the street could be verry tempting to some people )

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Thats very naughty johnny what with it getting lighter in a morning as well you might be able to witness somebody nicking it

Grimmer said:

Thats very naughty johnny what with it getting lighter in a morning as well you might be able to witness somebody nicking it

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fookin hate tealeaves meself

blue beasty said:

fookin hate tealeaves meself

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thats exactly why i keep an eye out for it if i see anything dodgy atleast theyve gorra witness

i am actually thinking of asking if the people in the chippy could order me a couple of drums next time they get delivery ( they cant get rid of the old stuff but i cant be arsed learning to filter it out meself )

wouldnt know where to start really hmmm i feel a google mission comeing on

blue beasty said:

fookin hate tealeaves meself

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Thats what i said

johnny curt 1 said:

i just keep an eye on the deliverys going into the chinky chippy behind my house the new oil usualy gets delivered once a month at 6am and it stays outside the back gate till 7am when they get up to take it in at their leisure ( im not in any way condoning theivery but 25 x 20l drums of the fookin stuff sat there on the street could be verry tempting to some people )

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And of course you could once in a while return one of the drums to them, claiming you tackled the thief. That way you get free chips as well

LeadFarmer said:

And of course you could once in a while return one of the drums to them, claiming you tackled the thief. That way you get free chips as well

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Empty of course, the bloody thief dropped it over a drain and the lid came off :doh:

to the guys running on veg oil ....

your mpg the similar to when you ran derv ?

top drive said:

to the guys running on veg oil ....

your mpg the similar to when you ran derv ?

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I normally run on 50 : 50 in the warmer months, and ye it is about the same, never measured it properly if I'm honest, just back of a fag packet maths, but definitely no noticable difference. I anything it seems to run a bit smoother as well, .

ive been to see the chippy owners and they said if i could use it i can have the old oil fer free as they usualy pay someone else to come and take it away ( looks like im gonna be spendin time learning to filter oil )

Let us know how you get on with it cos i might get involved if it could be free.

pg111 said:

Let us know how you get on with it cos i might get involved if it could be free.

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right here goes the chinks ave said i can take as much waste oil as i require just as long as it doesent come back ( winner)

now as far as learning to filter the fookin stuff i found these videos on how best to do it its a series of 4 and heres the link for the first
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPySnqqK2v8"]YouTube - Purifying Waste Cooking Oil for Fuel (1/4)[/nomedia]

now this has to be the simplest and most effective way i can find of filtering and purifying the fookin stuff i can find let me know wot you lot think

Remember it will smell of the cooked ingredients too

Shame the TD4 cant burn Bio