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Default GL: 36 Grand Banks

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:39:02 GMT, "Butch Davis"
wrote:

On towboats and larger, however the overall labor, disposal, etc. savings
can be considerable. Those EMDs, KTAs, Cats, FBM, etc. larger diesels hold
considerable oil in the crankcases. 55 gallon drums are the oil containers
of choice on those big boys.


No doubt. I assume they are burning their used oil? Do they use the
Racor blender or something similar?