Dish detergent bottles with the pop up caps work great. Easy to squirt into the saw without spilling any. They come in many sizes too.
My random new criteria for buying cheap bar oil
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I use a old Valvoline 5qt oil bottle with the built in pour spout. Works great.
I use a large pancake syrup bottle with the pull cap like on a dish detergent bottle. Gas or oil doesn't bother the plastic, and 26 ounces is easy to carry where you are cutting and enough for a while. The opaque bottle allows you to see the level of oil in the bottle. I have never had one leak if the cap is snapped down, even if the bottle is dropped.
Smitty Smithsonite
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I buy the cheap Poulan crap at Walmart, and pour it into my dad's 40 year old plastic Homelite bar/chain oil container with the nipple on top.That's what he always used, and I ended up with it around 20 years ago. Basically like a gear oil jug. Works great!
JMCK
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Oregon makes this. I’ve been liking it.
You guys aren't pulling the entire foil cap off are you? Put a pencil size hole in the foil. I use a 2 gallon fuel can, and a one gallon bar oil, and they nicely nest in a milk crate.
Smitty Smithsonite
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I've still got the original. I still prefer the squeeze bottle for oil, though - easier to control.
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JMCK
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Neat ! Don’t let’s the epa see that. They’ll try and band and further regulate booze !! lol
Eternal Sun
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The same EPA who gave us them sweet new style gas cans?
Smitty Smithsonite
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The fix is in for those: https://gasspouts.com
I've bought a pile of these over the past 4 years. Some of my real old gas cans these won't fit, but they fit all my 30+ year old Wedco cans. They fit the new cans, too, and come with a vent you can install. Boy does that make a world of difference!!
I've bought a pile of these over the past 4 years. Some of my real old gas cans these won't fit, but they fit all my 30+ year old Wedco cans. They fit the new cans, too, and come with a vent you can install. Boy does that make a world of difference!!
medic5050
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These guys have some of the best replacement spout kits, and adapters to fit everything you can think of.
https://ezpourspout.com/
https://ezpourspout.com/
Every one of those bottles I have ever seen have been full,,
how do you fit the oil in,, if the bottle is already full??
Sir…. You gotta drink what’s in the bottle first
JMCK
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As Ron white would say “here’s your sign” !
Would not a simple piece of duct tape, or 2" masking tape suffice.?? What is the need for erasing a label, with a chemical, to write on the jug,....BAR OIL.
Clearer. More durable. Eliminates confusion. To see if I could. Looks nicer. Lots of reasons.
Getting tape to stick to an oily, plastic jug could be a challenge. Keeping the markings on tape readable would be another.
When you work by yourself you can rely on memory or habit. When you work with others, it is important to be clear. Once I figured out what worked it was pretty easy, so I shared that with others on this site. It is also easy to mark the large, white space with other info, e.g. jugs of thinned or winter weight bar oil.
If I was looking for the easiest solution, I would just leave it in the jug it came in.
Philbert
I bought into these several years ago.
But then I get pissed when you think you have to pay $20+ for a gas can thats worth $3 and then you have to spend another $11 to get the gas to come out.
And then you have to buy the gas w/o the 'good stuff' in it at a premium price.
I think sanity has left the room a long time ago.
Bobmo
