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Oil Kaddee Makes Service Easy
The E-Zee Oil Kaddee aims to remove the dread of oil changes with a system that makes it clean and easy to drain and pump fluid from heavy-duty trucks and equipment.
“My father, Mark Gruber, created the E-Z Oil Kaddee in the early 1990’s,” says company spokesman Trevor Gruber. A farmer in Michigan, he owned a s
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Oil Kaddee Makes Service Easy FARM SHOP Maintenance The E-Zee Oil Kaddee aims to remove the dread of oil changes with a system that makes it clean and easy to drain and pump fluid from heavy-duty trucks and equipment “My father Mark Gruber created the E-Z Oil Kaddee in the early 1990’s ” says company spokesman Trevor Gruber A farmer in Michigan he owned a small fleet of trucks and was looking for something to solve the dirty mess of oil changes Gruber worked through many prototypes and testing processes before inventing the slide-out design of the current Kaddee “The Kaddee is used for easy and clean oil changes but can also be used as a transfer pump for emptying fuel tanks hydraulic oil tanks or whatever else ” says Gruber “It’s designed for anyone who changes oil in the agriculture timber or transport industries To date we’ve sold over 5 000 across the nation ” The team recently redesigned the Oil Kaddee Says Gruber “We went from an all-steel pan to a heavy-duty plastic made from recycled plastics The frame was also all steel and changed to aluminum The new Kaddee is much lighter to move around but just as heavy-duty ” It’s easy to roll the Kaddee under trucks or other equipment for easy draining It can be used with everything from engine oil to hydraulic fluid anti-freeze and more and it holds 20 gal at a time for disposal or reuse by transporting the used oil to bulk storage In this way a previously tricky task becomes a one-person operation You simply drain oil into the pan and pump it into a storage tank The Kaddee can also be used as a fluid transfer pump The Kaddee runs off a 115-volt 1/2-hp motor and includes a 20-in mesh stainless filter and an 8-ft discharge hose with all quick tach fittings The overall Kaddee weighs 85 lbs and measures 11 in by 24 in by 48 in The E-Zee Oil Kaddee retails for $2 350 on the company website with about $85 for shipping throughout the U S “We make each E-Z Oil Kaddee in the thumb of Michigan and most of the product is sourced locally ” says Gruber “We have local farmers who still use theirs from 25+ years ago all around us ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup E-Zee Oil Kaddee 1359 S Quanicassee Rd Reese Mich 48757 ph 888-393-3645; info@ezeeoilchange com; www ezeeoilchange com
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