Brings back memories. Shop we had when I was growing up had one larger than that and was asbestos covered and ran a 8 GPH nozzle. Hooked to a 275 tank. Got a oil delivery every Friday and when it was really cold two deliveries a week.
My dad has a commercial building that had outside tanks. He was using a lot of oil. He decided to put locking caps on the oil fill. Suddenly he was using less oil. Someone was stealing oil in the night.
Yes, a church near me had to install an anti-theft device on their oil tank because heathens were coming around at night and tapping it at the filter housing. Pretty sorry-assed! They will get all the heat they need in WEST HELL!
Hey Steve i got a shit show for yah...We had the head fall off one of those burners and it kept running but incomplete combustion...plugged up with oil soaked black soot mud...We pulled the burner, took chamber outside and light it (it burned for hours)...Then we shoveled out the muck and torched the inside of boiler to remove oil residue...2 days later we put chamber back in, put burner back on and light it...Still a ton of oil in-side, The thing rumbled like a train and filled room with smoke. Good to go though
I grew up with a natural gas furnace. My house now has an oil burner so I didn’t know a lot about them and I ran out of oil once when we first moved in. Never let that happen again. Live and learn
I used to work on a couple of these big ones that one has a single nozzle with two different pressures in the pump it starts on low and then the air damper opens and it kicks a solenoid and kicks the high pressure in for high fire, the other style was too nozzles the big nozzle started first and then the air damper would open in the second nozzle would fire for high fire pretty exciting to run these big monsters!
Million BTU mamma. One of my college dorm buildings had 2 12 million BTU oil boilers, plus another smaller one for hot water. Deliveries every other day in the winter.
@@786otto All the other buildings ran on gas (one even used gas for the rooftop AC units, loud as hell), but this building was original to the campus. I never realized how often they needed deliveries until I lived in the building next door and my window faced the access road for the loading dock.
That thing needs a new everything. Steve didnt suggest a new one because he would need to hire 2 guys to help him get the thing to the job site. Ive never seen a oil boiler that big. its probably got 12 sections.
That burner lights off on 150 pound pump pressure depending on how it’s wired the second stage can be 300 psi and depending on the nozzle size can be 15 gallons an hour😳 BOY DO I MISS THOSE DAYS😢 My guess...... you’ll be back........
That was a flippin’ monstah! Great vid. You’re vids help me maintain My boilers on my property. I have a Jackson church ceiling mount in my garage. As I work on it, I say look at that mama, all the time. Lmao. Thanks bud.
@@EDBERT8 an what’s wrong with an old school made in the U.S. “CRAFTSMAN” tool box? Someone was smart enough to not get screwed by paying 3x the price for pretty much the exact same tool box off a Snap-On truck.
i saw a guy pull a 18ft 2x4 out of a vertical stink vent with a 18 ft piece of pvc with a screw in the end, so yeah we watch our servicemen. that vid is on youtube. i had a local roofer do 2 roofs for me, and since the last one my stuff dont drain so good. im afraid to send a camera down there, cause of what i would do to the clown if i found a brick, or a bag of chew in there.
I would have reset the burner first to see what happens. The boiler was under fired at 4 gph, now a bit more under fired but I get you wanted to get it running.
Steve you think that's a monster I work only commercial boilers anything. From 50hp to 400hp and bigger hp is out there. Love your vids and your stellar accent 👌✨
Thats a little guy compared to most we work on. Got one site that has (3) 28,000,000 btu boilers ( 450 hp ) we have a site that is high pressure steam and 50,000,000 btu boiler.
i thought the 70 deg was a bit weird for that boiler, steves suggestion of the 3.75@45 seemed much more realistic as the combustion chamber is usualy much longer than it is wide on these units.
Have to agree,We use alot of 6/12 section HB smith boilers,All run 45 degree nozzles,that 3.75 is going to take a long time to heat that boiler,but,at least its better than the 70 degree that was in it!
6-13 gph on that thing and not even running it at its minimum got a 4 g nozzle im sure he ran out at 4g an hour and has another also on that system im sure he probably ran out that is a boat load of oil
Guy is offering to many reasons , he was the one who forgot to order oil. He doesn’t want prime or empty written on bill. I have a couple that size. Very common in nyc for buildings.
Need bigger guns, You will be back there. You left a tag there is yours now :) That's 2800 gall a month if it gets really cold, it may have a direct oil well somewhere under the building.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST CURIOUS HOW THINGS WORK OR WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH PEOPLE WATCHING ME AND ASKING QUESTIONS . THEY MIGHT LIKE MY RESPONSE BUT THATS OK
@@stevenlavimoniere You do have a great deal of Patience, love tuning in....especially to see the star of the show...she does love driving by the looks of things...
You must watch Colombo ,you ran out out oil "no" Minutes later did you run out of oil ?? 🤣😂🤣🤣🥃🥃🍺🍺🍺🍇🏌 Stay safe. Retired keyboard super tech. Wear your safety glasses.
I just don’t get how some people stand on top of you watching. The guy’s toes of his shoes might aa well have been underneath the filter when you were removing it he was so close.
I love the "Did you fuck around with that?!"
Brings back memories. Shop we had when I was growing up had one larger than that and was asbestos covered and ran a 8 GPH nozzle. Hooked to a 275 tank. Got a oil delivery every Friday and when it was really cold two deliveries a week.
Nobody will ever admit that they ran out of oil
Did you run out of oil? "No, see, the tank is totally full"
@@volvo09 Burner tripped out and tank topped off, dead giveaway. They ain't foolin' anyone but themselves.
They won’t admit how many times they hit the safety reset either!
@@Fireship1 It's the inverse of how often I tell the dentist that I floss!
Steve, nozzle size is 6 gallon per hour not minute. 6 gallon per minute and you've to order new oil daily
Just a tongue twista... He knows.
My dad has a commercial building that had outside tanks. He was using a lot of oil. He decided to put locking caps on the oil fill. Suddenly he was using less oil. Someone was stealing oil in the night.
That's the reason OTR truckers put locking fuel caps on their semi's!! Fucking thieves!!!
Yes, a church near me had to install an anti-theft device on their oil tank because heathens were coming around at night and tapping it at the filter housing. Pretty sorry-assed! They will get all the heat they need in WEST HELL!
Hey Steve i got a shit show for yah...We had the head fall off one of those burners and it kept running but incomplete combustion...plugged up with oil soaked black soot mud...We pulled the burner, took chamber outside and light it (it burned for hours)...Then we shoveled out the muck and torched the inside of boiler to remove oil residue...2 days later we put chamber back in, put burner back on and light it...Still a ton of oil in-side, The thing rumbled like a train and filled room with smoke. Good to go though
I grew up with a natural gas furnace. My house now has an oil burner so I didn’t know a lot about them and I ran out of oil once when we first moved in. Never let that happen again. Live and learn
6.00 nozzles don’t clog up. Clean nozzle , changed, filter primed fired and tested.
that nozzle, "She's a Big One Mama!!"
I used to work on a couple of these big ones that one has a single nozzle with two different pressures in the pump it starts on low and then the air damper opens and it kicks a solenoid and kicks the high pressure in for high fire, the other style was too nozzles the big nozzle started first and then the air damper would open in the second nozzle would fire for high fire pretty exciting to run these big monsters!
Million BTU mamma. One of my college dorm buildings had 2 12 million BTU oil boilers, plus another smaller one for hot water. Deliveries every other day in the winter.
Need to drill an oil well.
@@786otto All the other buildings ran on gas (one even used gas for the rooftop AC units, loud as hell), but this building was original to the campus. I never realized how often they needed deliveries until I lived in the building next door and my window faced the access road for the loading dock.
A guy I worked for had a 10,000 gallon fuel oil tank for the winter,trucks wouldn't deliver over to his island after snow fall
Well looked after piece of equipment
That circulator is not long for this world. Boiler is massive. You’d need an oil truck parked nearby to keep that old beast running for the winter!
That thing needs a new everything. Steve didnt suggest a new one because he would need to hire 2 guys to help him get the thing to the job site. Ive never seen a oil boiler that big. its probably got 12 sections.
That was the John Holmes of oil nozzles ;-) I see a circulater swap out in your future!
Thanks for the great videos Steve
Glad you like them!
6 gallons a minute, its not a burner its a jet engine! 😀
Thanks Steve! 👍👍
that's a lot of dinosaurs per hour
If the bleeder was loose, it was sucking in air and moisture. I like to see you changing that relief valve and circulator on this monster!
I was hoping to see that too. Where’s the expansion tank?
Lots of gundy needed to change that!
@@picklerix6162 Expansion tank is on the roof, looks like a cylinder
Welcome to commercial oil heating service
"Thats one big ass unit"
Yup😎
"It calls for a 6 gallon nozzle guy!" Your going to need a bigger boat!
THE ONE I PULLED OUT WAS A ....4 GALLON IT WILL RUN FINE WITH A SMALLER NOZZLE .
@@stevenlavimoniere Now he will get better mileage, LOL
What a flippin MONSTA. That would heat quite a building.
That burner lights off on 150 pound pump pressure depending on how it’s wired the second stage can be 300 psi and depending on the nozzle size can be 15 gallons an hour😳
BOY DO I MISS THOSE DAYS😢
My guess...... you’ll be back........
That was a flippin’ monstah!
Great vid. You’re vids help me maintain
My boilers on my property. I have a Jackson church ceiling mount in my garage. As I work on it, I say look at that mama, all the time. Lmao. Thanks bud.
It's a monster mama. Forget a oil tank just hook it up to the the oil truck and keep them coming ever couple days.
Hey Steve if the reset button on the motor does not click in-is it pretty much toast?
Beast from the East momma! Thanks Steven.
Hi Steve. Sounds like you were convinced that they ran out of oil.
Happy Sunday morning Steve
Morning!
Morning scott
OLDHANDYLUKE good morning Luke
@@stevenlavimoniere steve how many jobs do you do in one day ?
I work on a couple of those beast, both take a 3.75x60B nozzle. Tough buggers to clean. Real shit show with all those leaks. Good video Steve.
goodmorning steve, i love your videos, my dog knows when miss molly is on the screen she barks like crazy, funny as hell
2 very large expansion tanks in ceiling
You know a guys means business when he come in with a no frills metal toolbox. 🤣
THE OLD METAL TOOL BOXES ARE GETTING HARD TO FIND NOW
yes but its a CRAFTSMAN tool box, lol
I needed a toolbox 20 years ago and found one exactly like yours at Sears and grabbed it. You can’t find the metal ones anymore.
@@EDBERT8 an what’s wrong with an old school made in the U.S. “CRAFTSMAN” tool box?
Someone was smart enough to not get screwed by paying 3x the price for pretty much the exact same tool box off a Snap-On truck.
Good morning Steve. Always look forward to your videos. Thank you
Some of these Hi and Low fire burners have 2 nozzles
A big beast from the east
i saw a guy pull a 18ft 2x4 out of a vertical stink vent with a 18 ft piece of pvc with a screw in the end, so yeah we watch our servicemen. that vid is on youtube. i had a local roofer do 2 roofs for me, and since the last one my stuff dont drain so good. im afraid to send a camera down there, cause of what i would do to the clown if i found a brick, or a bag of chew in there.
The guy stays on top of things? I doubt it.
Get those 6 gal./ min. nozzles at Jurassic Parts.
I would have reset the burner first to see what happens. The boiler was under fired at 4 gph, now a bit more under fired but I get you wanted to get it running.
He didn't have a 4 on the truck. Just maybe the supply houses wouldn't have anything that big. 3 3/4 is better than nothing.
@@bobgallo2178 That is exactly what I said
Nice job and video Steven
Steve you think that's a monster I work only commercial boilers anything. From 50hp to 400hp and bigger hp is out there. Love your vids and your stellar accent 👌✨
I WORK MOSTLY IN HOUSES NOW.. SO THIS ONE WAS A MONSTER TO ME ..
@@stevenlavimoniere beastly machines.
Are those oil fired ?
Thats a little guy compared to most we work on. Got one site that has (3) 28,000,000 btu boilers ( 450 hp ) we have a site that is high pressure steam and 50,000,000 btu boiler.
Steve, how do you like those Braun magnetic work lights? i'm looking for some decent magnetic work lights doing automotive work.
I LIKE THEM FROM HARBOR FRIEGHT CHEAP LIKE 8 A PIECE RUN ON BATTERIES
Holy crap momma 😃
Gave it the oh how ya doing! Again 🤙
That camera could be a life saver in a court action.
good morning Steve!
Morning!
Good morning Steve Where's Your Boss in The Truck ? That's Odd having a Unit outside Especially a Oil Burner.. is that normal in Mass ??
ITS A BOILER ROOM ATTACHED TO THE OUTSIDE OF BUILDING
@@stevenlavimoniere Ahh Gotcha Sounds Good.. lol
Once they ban oil what will all these oil boiler homes do?
carlin manuel for 978 boiler 5.00 gph 45 degree P hago just saying.
i thought the 70 deg was a bit weird for that boiler, steves suggestion of the 3.75@45 seemed much more realistic as the combustion chamber is usualy much longer than it is wide on these units.
Have to agree,We use alot of 6/12 section HB smith boilers,All run 45 degree nozzles,that 3.75 is going to take a long time to heat that boiler,but,at least its better than the 70 degree that was in it!
Check out the burners on snow melters 64 gallons per hour. Ha Ha
6-13 gph on that thing and not even running it at its minimum got a 4 g nozzle im sure he ran out at 4g an hour and has another also on that system im sure he probably ran out that is a boat load of oil
Hi Steve I'm a new subscriber love watching videos
Thats a Weil mclain boiler not HB Smith
fu&king hell thats the biggest you've seen in a long time steve :'D
Hey steve was that the biggest unit you have worked on? 4 gallons sounds like a lot.
Maybe he spends about 10,500 dollars in fuel on a cold winter? at 3 dollars a gallon
good morning steve it is march 21 2021, learning a lot with you man .
craftsman the best its a dirty one mr grinch
Guy is offering to many reasons , he was the one who forgot to order oil. He doesn’t want prime or empty written on bill.
I have a couple that size. Very common in nyc for buildings.
Fucking boat !
You are gonna need bigger guns if you are going to work on Dragons lol
did that say 1 million BTU!?
Need bigger guns, You will be back there. You left a tag there is yours now :) That's 2800 gall a month if it gets really cold, it may have a direct oil well somewhere under the building.
Another great video Steve You're so knowledgeable in the trades thank you
Good morning Steve and “Miss Molly “ ! Big fuckin unit!
GOOD MORNING
I look after 86 boilers and the smallest is 1.5 million btu
Not sure how you do it Mr Lav having people stand there all the time over your shoulder watching everything.... guess im a crusty grinch...
Over the years, ya get used to it.
Don't see a problem is human nature, what's wrong with someone watching and asking questions that can make sense.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST CURIOUS HOW THINGS WORK OR WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH PEOPLE WATCHING ME AND ASKING QUESTIONS . THEY MIGHT LIKE MY RESPONSE BUT THATS OK
@@bobgallo2178 I suppose so, big difference between the residential and Commercial setting...
@@stevenlavimoniere You do have a great deal of Patience, love tuning in....especially to see the star of the show...she does love driving by the looks of things...
Big ass unit hahaha
You must watch Colombo ,you ran out out oil "no"
Minutes later did you run out of oil ??
🤣😂🤣🤣🥃🥃🍺🍺🍺🍇🏌
Stay safe.
Retired keyboard super tech.
Wear your safety glasses.
6.00 gal
Another day another video with Steve... ooops demonitized dropped an F bomb
wow really like watching your videos but 8 ad breaks in one video is too much bye
I just don’t get how some people stand on top of you watching. The guy’s toes of his shoes might aa well have been underneath the filter when you were removing it he was so close.
When you know what you doing it doesn't matter who is watching you
Typical commercial account,everything is leaking,No oil in circulator,relief valve weeping,yup
Most every job is a shit show lately...