Mobil Depots slowly but surely disappearing
Submitted: Friday, May 11, 2007 at 20:54
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Member - Axle
Have used
Mobil oil, for years, but in the last 12mths have seen depots , and servos taken over by
United, who now i believe want to stock valvoline products.
Unless i go to K-mart and buy 5L , the days of getting what i want in 20l drums has gone, around here, (central coast NSW). Its annoying when you have faith in a product and have to change. Bp have taken over Burmah servos around here as
well, and someone told me
caltex supply most of them anyhow?. What a merry go round!!. Dunno, fill her up pay the money, why worry, the Goverment backs down to these companys what hope has the public got?
Cheers Axle.
Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 00:31
Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 00:31
Not oil, but coolant ..
When I was working for Chemtrans, I used to take tanktainers of coolant from ICI botany to a place in Wetherall Park that bottled the stuff...
Going from memory, they had 3 production lines and 2 tanks out the back, and all the coolant went into 3 bottling lines - the only thing that changed was the dye and the bottles - the coolant went in to some large company bottles, same as the cheap crap brands...
I was happy, I used to fill 20ltr drums out of the hoses when you filled and unloaded and sold it to mates mechanical workshops :)~
Wouldnt suprise me if simlar things happened in other products.
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Follow Up By: obee - Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 12:04
Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 12:04
Good trick but I wouldn't go around telling people! The owners would take a different point of view, I suspect.
LOL Owen
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Follow Up By: Gerhardp1 - Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 17:16
Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 17:16
Better it be in Truckster's drums than spilled over their yard, methinks.
A great service by the Truckster for the environment, I reckon......
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