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Title: Non VW Oil tank removal
Post by: G-dog on August 26, 2009, 04:48:01 PM
Anyone had a fuel oil tank dug up and removed from their yard? I have to get one removed before I can get my homeowners insurance renewed.It is fricken spendy for sure so I would like to have someone reputable come out.
Title: Re: Non VW Oil tank removal
Post by: Geoff on August 26, 2009, 05:11:03 PM
Gdog, give me a call.
Title: Re: Non VW Oil tank removal
Post by: beetlemandan on August 26, 2009, 09:09:14 PM
my co-worker rented a mini-excavator from a rentel center, then tossed it in the back of his truck and sold it for scrap to the local crusher. cost him the rental and a days effort. so he told me....
Title: Re: Non VW Oil tank removal
Post by: G-dog on August 26, 2009, 09:43:28 PM
Yeah, I thought about that ,but the insurance company needs proof it was done properly, and that means permit$. I don't want to be sued when I sell this house in a couple of years.
Title: Re: Non VW Oil tank removal
Post by: Bruce on August 26, 2009, 11:17:54 PM
Yeah, I thought about that ,but the insurance company needs proof it was done properly, and that means permit$. I don't want to be sued when I sell this house in a couple of years.
Take a whack of pics.
Title: Re: Non VW Oil tank removal
Post by: josh on August 26, 2009, 11:26:38 PM
you do soil samples and if it leaked over the years, you have to dig till its clean and dispose of dirt in your closest salmon spawning river  :o ;D
Title: Re: Non VW Oil tank removal
Post by: blue bus on August 27, 2009, 06:37:18 AM
that sucks. You insurance company will have a list of trusted oil tank remediation experts.
I hope its not leaking then the cost can go way up.
Title: Re: Non VW Oil tank removal
Post by: Alp on August 27, 2009, 10:28:51 AM
go buy some Tylenol I can see the headache starting soon!!
Title: Re: Non VW Oil tank removal
Post by: G-dog on August 27, 2009, 05:07:42 PM
Well after 4hrs of exploratory digging,I found the tank 3 ft down 90 degrees off where I was told it might be.Now to get it out :'(
Title: Re: Non VW Oil tank removal
Post by: Chris W on August 27, 2009, 05:13:30 PM
Lop the top off and bingo, you gots a in ground pool!  ;D
Title: Re: Non VW Oil tank removal
Post by: Geoff on August 27, 2009, 06:22:59 PM
maybe you'll find Jimmy Hoffa in there