Pjohnson
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There is a l&m about 50 miles away
Harvest King Bar oil - where to buy?
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Cam2 from rural king is the same as harvest king to me.
The cheapest bar and chain oil on the shelf is the same as 99% of other chain and bar oil, you'll never see appreciable more or less wear in practice so long as there's oil in the tank and getting pumped to the bar/chain.
I don't run saws like I use to, but when I was running them daily I always used the cheapest bar oil I could find. I never had bar or chain issues besides blowing a few tips while cutting in deep snow, which isn't an oil issue.
Most people on this site wouldn't wear out a bar in several lifetimes.
Iffykid
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small chain with perhaps a dozen stores located only in Mn and Wi that I am aware of.
“L&M Supply now includes twelve retail store locations and one corporate office/distribution in Northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.”
Rooshooter
ArboristSite Operative
You should run what I use, Rockdrill 320, better than any bar oils I have used and doesn't flick off the end of a long bar. It comes in SAE 100, 150, 320, 460 available from various manufacturers in the US.
This is from the Gulf Western site.
ROCK DRILL is specialised pneumatic air tool oil suitable for jack hammers, rock drills, centralised lubricators and rammers. It is formulated with anti-corrosive additives, tackifiers, EP additives and an oil soluble molybdenum compound offering excellent lubrication properties in the most extreme environments.
We use that garbage at work as air cylinder oil in lost lube systems. It stinks like gear oil and isn't cheap.
If you read up on HK bar oil maker. 3 different places does it for them.
2 of them you can tell by bottle they put in.
They also have a 2gal for 16.99 and qts for 2.5-3
So never know which was even tested in that video.
Just by cheap. No reason not to.
7.49 and 8 here. TSC and RK for first 2.
2 of them you can tell by bottle they put in.
They also have a 2gal for 16.99 and qts for 2.5-3
So never know which was even tested in that video.
Just by cheap. No reason not to.
7.49 and 8 here. TSC and RK for first 2.
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Rooshooter
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I never said it was cheap & it is certainly not garbage, - but it works. ( and I'm not in the habit of sniffing oil )
Not a chance. No doubt it makes great bar oil, but I'm not going to replace a very common and inexpensive product with something both uncommon and expensive, in an application where ANYTHING works. Zero benefit.
That's like giving your dog prime rib bits for treats. They're a dog, they'll be just as happy with 89 cent hot dog pieces. Edit: $1.20 hot dog pieces. Inflation...........
hacskaroly
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I worked at a North 40 in Idaho and we sold Harvest King products. It was funny that people could buy 1 Gallon of Stihl for $25 or 1 Gallon of Husqvarna for $20 or 2 Gallons of Harvest King for $17 (we had it on sale from time to time at $13) and they would still buy the Stihl or Husqvarna because they said "they would never use that much, 2 gallons was to much to have"). I like Harvest King, its what I use, I like their 40:1 fuel too.
JoshNY
ArboristSite Operative
I just picked up some Harvest King bar oil to try out. Found it at Runnings.
Think it was $8 per gallon.
Think it was $8 per gallon.
Snowchaser
ArboristSite Operative
North 40 has it $18 for 2 gallon jug. Had a whole pallet in the saw section yesterday and they do ship off their website. Almost as tacky as the durex.
Just got a “sale” email from TSC. Country Line bar oil $12.99 down from $14.99. I sure wish we could get the stuff for $8.99 here although when I bought some before it was very thin oil. Didn’t seem to have the tacky feel as other oil.
I got 4 gallon of cam2 from rural king for 7.99 per gallon. TSC does price match here but they are usually out.
Jeekinz
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Harvest King and the Oregon were both the thinnest oils too.
Ive been using used engine oil. I collect it in clean containers and its free.
