Hunt4lumber
ArboristSite Operative
Is there a viscosity difference between stihl and cheaper bar oil?( more Tacky, less tacky?)
Very interesting that you say it's thinner and practically runs out of saws( found county line for 5$/ gallon and had issues with saws leaking ever since)I currently have some pro-select brand oil. Been using it the past several years. Works well enough. Last time I bought it it was around $7.00 a gallon. Last time I looked if you bought 4 gallons they would knock the price down to $10.00 and some change per gallon. I'll be looking for something else when I run out of the stash I currently have. Only bar oil I flat out avoid is the county line or country line oil TSC sells. It's very thin and practically runs out of the saws. Never impressed with it. It was cheaper then the pro-select I use now. Where unused to work we used stihl brand oil, it was pretty much the same as any other brand out there.
I currently have some pro-select brand oil. Been using it the past several years. Works well enough. Last time I bought it it was around $7.00 a gallon. Last time I looked if you bought 4 gallons they would knock the price down to $10.00 and some change per gallon. I'll be looking for something else when I run out of the stash I currently have. Only bar oil I flat out avoid is the county line or country line oil TSC sells. It's very thin and practically runs out of the saws. Never impressed with it. It was cheaper then the pro-select I use now. Where unused to work we used stihl brand oil, it was pretty much the same as any other brand out there.
I've used the Countyline stuff for the last couple years and I can't honestly say I've noticed a problem with it. Seems to do the same job as the brand name stuff imo.Very interesting that you say it's thinner and practically runs out of saws( found county line for 5$/ gallon and had issues with saws leaking ever since)
I'm going to dump out and buy a thicker/tackier oil and try it for a while...
Thanks
Yep thin as water, cant say it didnt work, but I used way more of it then anything else. Havent had that issue with any other oils. Even straight 30 weight didnt run through the saws as fast as the tsc oil. Havent used it since.I've used the Countyline stuff for the last couple years and I can't honestly say I've noticed a problem with it. Seems to do the same job as the brand name stuff imo.
Won't used motor oil wear out your oil pump prematurely due to metal particulates "grinding" the inner workings? Also, isn't it kinda thin to be used as bar oil? I do like the math you're showing as I know of 500+ gallons of used oil I could get my hands on for free, but I wanna hear others weigh in before I decide. One little thing though, a new Oregon 28" bar is ~$80 and a new Oregon 36" is~$120 in my neck of the woods, so for bigger saws the math is different.I know it taboo but I have been using used motor oil for over a decade and I have never had any kind of bar wear issue or failure.
How much does a new bar cost, 50 bucks? How much does even the cheapest bar oil cost 7 dollars a gallon. The average amount of bar oil used is 1 to 1 one gallon of fuel = 1 gallon of bar oil. 7x8=56 bucks.
Are you gonna wear out a bar by running 8 gallons of fuel/ bar oil. NO
If used motor oil is free and you get 100 gallons of use out of it before it wears out. It's way more cost effective to run used motor oil instead of spending all that money on new bar oil.
Now stihl bar oil is 12+ a gallon. You can replace a lot of bars with that oil money your throwing away.
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