[fatlazyless]

Put it for sale on craigslist. Someone will show up with a pickup truck with one or two empty 55-gallon drums, setting vertical in the truck bed, and a small electric pump hooked up to a garden hose. New Hampshire is loaded with oil home heat users, and there will be no shortage of guys looking for a heating oil bargain ......paying a lower price.... guaranteed .....you will be able to pick and chose who seems to be a good, responsible craigslist buyer person....who wants to pump it up and out from the screw thread, large plug opening, atop the tank.....good luck!

It can actually be done with an el cheapo drill pump attached to a plug in, electric drill, in line with a garden hose to tranfer the oil from tank to drum in back of pickup truck. People will be happy to pay a greatly reduced price for your oil bargain. It's easy to do the pump out without spilling one drop.......just have a rag handy for the tail end of the transfer.....when the hose gets removed from the now loaded 55-gal drum. Selling oil cheap is like selling gold cheap.....plenty of customers on craigslist. Heating oil is relatively safe for a do-it-yourselfer to pump out what's left in a 275-gal tank.....because it is combustible, but not flammable......not so easy to ignite........ just make sure there's no oil spillage.

Do I sound like I have ever done this? And, is this legal to do in New Hampshire?

It seems like it is one of those things that is legal to do in New Hampshire, but is not legal in Massachusetts......sort of like fireworks.

On second thought, maybe it's best just to give it away for free to a local car repair garage, or town dpw...who can use it for heating.....and have them come pump it out of your tank.