Bar oil prices

[alderman]

I was lucky enough to buy a pretty good supply of bar oil when it was cheap.
The price now is outrageous.
Do you think prices will drop now that oil prices have gotten back to a reasonable level?


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[Warped5]

I cannot speculate on how far the oil prices will 'trickle down' ...

.. but TSC has their house brand B&C oil on sale now for $6/gallon.

 

[jakethesnake]

The stuff should be a lot cheaper than what it is anyhow some is made with recycled oil to start off with

 

[Mike Gott]

Menards has theirs on sale for $4.99/gal again


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[Conquistador3]

Stop complaining people: I pay €5.80 for a 2 liter can at the consortium and that's really cheap by local standards. On a capacity basis, bigger containers are slighter cheaper but I prefer the convenience of smaller containers.

 

[Guido Salvage]

Back about 1993 a regional home center filed bankruptcy and liquidated their inventory. They had bar oil for $.99 a gallon, I filled a shopping cart with what they had and it lasted me several years.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Menards has theirs on sale for $4.99/gal again
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They do this about three or four times a year. For the money, it's very good stuff and packaged in Wisconsin if I recall correctly. I usually pick up four to six gallons and then wait for the next sale.

 

[gunnusmc03]

Ye0 I bought 10 gals of the FVP brand bar oil. Now menards sells the "Cam2" brand for the same price. I've never tried the cam2 stuff and wonder if it's thin like fvp?

 

[Mike Gott]

It's thicker than the FVP stuff with good tactifier, it's a good winter oil


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[Wood Doctor]

It's thicker than the FVP stuff with good tactifier, it's a good winter oil
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+1. Try it and I think you will like it. I haven't found an experienced logger that does not like bar oil from Menards. However, I have found saws with bar oilers almost ruined by used cooking oil.

 

[bikemike]

Menards has theirs on sale for $4.99/gal again


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I like the fpv bar oil at menards. It don't smell like gear lube

 

[bikemike]

Ye0 I bought 10 gals of the FVP brand bar oil. Now menards sells the "Cam2" brand for the same price. I've never tried the cam2 stuff and wonder if it's thin like fvp?

Camp is stinky stuff. Fpv is good stuff

 

[Whitty21]

Stop complaining people: I pay €5.80 for a 2 liter can at the consortium and that's really cheap by local standards. On a capacity basis, bigger containers are slighter cheaper but I prefer the convenience of smaller containers.

I am with you. I find Americans complaining about fuel/oil prices rather cute. I know Europe has it worse than Canada too...

 

[bikemike]

That's cause we can complain about it. If it's not petroleum cost it's road construction

 

[Whitty21]

That's cause we can complain about it. If it's not petroleum cost it's road construction

The cheapest bar oil I can get is $9, which is around $13 american, and that is on sale for a gallon.

Gas is currently 90 cents a liter which is $3.40 per US gallon

 

[windthrown]

When bar oil hit $10 a gallon here I switched to Canola for $5 a gallon at WinCo or WalMart. Works great, and if I spill any the dog just licks it up! No gum up, no chain stretch, no problems.

 

[KiwiBro]

When bar oil hit $10 a gallon here I switched to Canola for $5 a gallon at WinCo or WalMart. Works great, and if I spill any the dog just licks it up! No gum up, no chain stretch, no problems.

Had to find a full length bar cover for the 32" on dolly, because was worried the dog was going to cut his tongue. Here, canola is about NZ$50/20L, so I guestimate that's about $6 a gallon?

 

[Conquistador3]

When bar oil hit $10 a gallon here I switched to Canola for $5 a gallon at WinCo or WalMart. Works great, and if I spill any the dog just licks it up! No gum up, no chain stretch, no problems.

Canola oil is presently €15/4 liter here.
Ever since diesel was mandated to be 5% "bio" prices have shot into the stratosphere and beyond. It's deeply irnoic bar oil is actually cheaper on a per liter basis than chips oil!

 

[Nitroman]

Looks like I am paying what our European and Canadian saw brothers are paying for gas and oil. Now I don't feel so bad.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

What is considered expensive? Walmart has it for $9 something a gal and I thought that was a darn good price.