| If there is one item that can quickly build up in | | | | your existing air supply, and are designed |
| any auto shop storage area, it is used oil filters. | | | | specifically to be able to smash open oil filters and |
| At almost every service that you carry out on a | | | | crush up to 95% of the sludge and used engine oil |
| vehicle, it is necessary to remove and replace the | | | | out of the unit. This waste oil is separated from |
| oil filter; meaning that your stock of used ones | | | | the metal, and placed in a large capacity bucket, |
| can build up very quickly indeed - unless you get | | | | to await proper disposal. The John Dow |
| an oil filter crusher. | | | | DOWAFC100-94 oil filter crusher is an incredibly |
| Unfortunately, because of the design of a modern | | | | compact and easy to use machine. It is able to |
| auto oil filter, it is not possible to recycle them, | | | | remove 75% of the volume of a used oil filter |
| and cleaning them is impractical thanks to the one | | | | when it crushes it, features a simple to use "close |
| way valves and complex filtration systems that | | | | and go" system to operate, and can stand in less |
| they are designed with, however, none of this will | | | | than 4 square feet of space. Because it only |
| prove to be a significant problem for you with an | | | | needs to be connected to an air hose, you can |
| oil filter crusher. | | | | place the oil filter crusher practically anywhere in |
| The average auto workshop will end up with | | | | your workshop, and only get it out when required. |
| hundreds of oil filters every year, and all of them | | | | The price of oil filter crushers varies depending on |
| are filled with sludge and used oil from engines. | | | | the exact specification of the model that you |
| For this reason, they are viewed as contaminated | | | | choose. Prices start from around $1750 for a |
| waste by the EPA. This means that there are | | | | basic model like the John Dow above, which is |
| many tough regulations about their disposal. Finding | | | | ideal for a small workshop, and range up to nearly |
| a company that can repurpose used and | | | | $7000 for a top of the line model which can take |
| contaminated oil filters can be a tough process, | | | | a wider variety of filters. |
| and once you have found one, the prices that | | | | Although these initial prices seem quite high for a |
| you will have to pay per unit for disposal might | | | | single tool, when you consider the cost of the |
| have you scratching your head. | | | | specialist treatment required by EPA law for |
| Of course, the best answer to getting rid of old | | | | disposing of contaminated waste, couples with the |
| used oil filters is to decontaminate them yourself, | | | | rebate you can get from a scrap metal dealer for |
| and then send them off to a regular metal | | | | selling the clean oil filters, the unit will pay for itself |
| recycling station where you actually get paid for | | | | quite quickly. |
| the scrap value of the metal, rather than having | | | | It is important to remember when purchasing an |
| to pay a fee for every unit. This is where an oil | | | | that different models are required for different |
| filter crusher can save the day. | | | | types of oil filter. If you want a crusher that will |
| Essentially, an oil filter crusher is a device that | | | | be able to deal with everything right up to the |
| squeezes all of the engine sludge, grunge, and oil | | | | large size filters that are used in trucks and |
| out of the old filter under high pressure, and | | | | recreational vehicles, it will be necessary to invest |
| flattens the old filter at the same time. This | | | | in a larger and more powerful machine such as |
| means that rather than having a stack of bulky oil | | | | the OTC 1896 oil filter crusher. |
| filters sitting in the back of your workshop waiting | | | | This monster can reduce anything up to a full |
| to be disposed of, you end up with a neat pile of | | | | sized 15 inch truck oil filter to 20% of its original |
| clean scrap metal, and an easy to manage | | | | size while removing all but the last traces of oil |
| container of used oil that can be disposed of | | | | from inside it. The OTC 1986 is designed to |
| cheaply and conveniently and comply with the | | | | accommodate a standard 30 gallon oil drum in |
| EPA disposal guidelines. | | | | order to collect waste oil, making it the perfect |
| Modern oil filter crushers such as the John Dow | | | | tool for a larger garage. |
| DOWAFC100-94 connect quickly and simply to | | | | |