46erjoe wrote:
Getting ready to sell an old house. It used to be heated by fuel oil.
Now it's gas forced air, but the old 100 gallon tank remains in the
dirt basement. (At least I think it's 100 gallon - I don't know how to
measure volume in an oval container.)

My realtor says I need to remove it. I used a sawzall to open up a
small hole in the top to see how much oil is left inside. I would
guess about 25 gallons.

I called a waste removal company to get a quote. Yikes! $2000. I'd
like to tackle this job myself.

I figure I can cut open the entire top with my sawzall to get at the
oil. But then I'm not sure where to go from there. And even if I'm
able to pump or hand-bucket carry the oil to a 55 gallon drum, what do
I do with the stuff?

I can probably cut up the tank into pieces and put them on the curb
for garbage pick-up one piece at a time.

Ideas? What would you do? Is $2000 a fair price?

Check local ordinances. You may need paperwork to prove the tank was
removed properly. A quick call to the town should get an answer to
that question.

If there are no regulatory concerns I would:
Drain the tank (hot filings from the sawzall could be a bad thing)
Cut it up- have fire extinguisher handy
Call the local junk man to take it away free of charge
Your town should have a location to take the leftover oil