There was some talk at the Inspection last weekend about a possible addendum to club rig requirements to include a vehicle spill kit. I think this is a good idea and we should discuss possibly making this a rig requirement at our next meeting.
Until then, I have made a sample “Spill Kit” that you can make at home. I believe all the tools can be found at Home Depot and your local grocers. My goal was to create a kit that could be stored together and take up a minimal amount of space. This kit uses a 5 gallon bucket with a lid to hold everything and is used to dispose of the fluids after clean up, but some type of box or bag that is sealable could be used instead.
Homemade Vehicle Spill Kit contains:
1 5gal. painters bucket with sealable lid (Everything should fit into this bucket) Home Depot Orange would be great
4 large ultra disposal absorbent bed pads
1 5-10lb bag (3 gallons of kitty litter absorbs about 1 gal of liquid)
1 pr Plastic, Chemical Resistant Safety Goggles
2 pr Neoprene on Latex gloves
3 18 gallon Disposal Trash Bags with tie wrap
1 roll of paper towels
1 Whisk Broom and Dustpan
1 can brake cleaner (to clean tools with, not for the spill)
1 Garden shovel (can be replace with a large shovel carried in rig)
1 orange hand cleaner and water to wash hands with
Some premade kits from manufacturers
Del Albright suggests the “Blue Devil Products” for the Trail Pail Emergency Spill Recovery Kits
http://www.bre-products.com/FourWheelKits.html
http://www.absorbentsonline.com/spillkits.htm
Until then, I have made a sample “Spill Kit” that you can make at home. I believe all the tools can be found at Home Depot and your local grocers. My goal was to create a kit that could be stored together and take up a minimal amount of space. This kit uses a 5 gallon bucket with a lid to hold everything and is used to dispose of the fluids after clean up, but some type of box or bag that is sealable could be used instead.
Homemade Vehicle Spill Kit contains:
1 5gal. painters bucket with sealable lid (Everything should fit into this bucket) Home Depot Orange would be great
4 large ultra disposal absorbent bed pads
1 5-10lb bag (3 gallons of kitty litter absorbs about 1 gal of liquid)
1 pr Plastic, Chemical Resistant Safety Goggles
2 pr Neoprene on Latex gloves
3 18 gallon Disposal Trash Bags with tie wrap
1 roll of paper towels
1 Whisk Broom and Dustpan
1 can brake cleaner (to clean tools with, not for the spill)
1 Garden shovel (can be replace with a large shovel carried in rig)
1 orange hand cleaner and water to wash hands with
Some premade kits from manufacturers
Del Albright suggests the “Blue Devil Products” for the Trail Pail Emergency Spill Recovery Kits
http://www.bre-products.com/FourWheelKits.html
http://www.absorbentsonline.com/spillkits.htm
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