[Top] [All Lists]  Re: [TowerTalk] Heath Cantenna  To: "Jim Lux"
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Heath Cantenna From: "Jim Lux" <> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 21:13:14
-0700 List-post: <> Mike Tope (W4EF) wrote: > > > > > >  In
large quantities (>1000 gallons) almost all reasonably pure
liquids cost about $2-3/gallon, oil is no exception.  I used to
work at a place where we used to get deliveries of several
thousand gallons of USP light mineral oil at a shot. (I won't
say how much we sold it for by the quart or gallon, but it was a
substantial markup over the bulk cost, but... there's the cost
to build the storage tank, the filling apparatus, the guy to run
the filler, the empty bottles, etc.  It all adds up... so if
someone is selling you high quality oil at $5-10/gallon, in
small quantities they're not getting rich on  Something to add
on buying from jobbers... They don't always have it in stock in
5 gallon pails. Sometimes, all they'll have is 55 gallon drums.
You've got two choices: