Bar oil

metz12

metz12

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What kind of bar oil do you guys use? I use lumberjacks bar oil that i got from my dad but i dont think they make it anymore. I have heard of people using old oil from a car when you drain it out from an oil change but i dont really want to run that in my saw unless its really needed. thanks in advance.
 
Any dedicated bar oil is fine if made by a reputable oil company, as are the "branded" bar oils like Stihl, Husqvarna ....etc - you can also run hydraulic oil if it's cheaper to access.

If you're cutting lot's of timber & bar oil seems too expensive, it's also ok to run a c.70% bar oil/c.30% any engine/gear waste oil ( provided you filter/screen the waste oil first to remove any major contamination - a couple of layers of a fine cotton cloth/old t shirt ..etc will work ok as the filtering medium) - others may have a different view, but this is what we have been using for c.35yrs + in commercial logging/farming operations without any adverse impact on the durability of the saw oil pump or chain longevity.
 
Ace hardware makes a very good and inexpensive bar oil, for less than half the price of Stihl brand, I have used it for years & it seems to work well. :thumbsup:
 
okiepc said:
Ace hardware makes a very good and inexpensive bar oil, for less than half the price of Stihl brand, I have used it for years & it seems to work well. :thumbsup:
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Does the ace bar oil come in a gallon bottle that you know of?
 
metz12 said:
Does the ace bar oil come in a gallon bottle that you know of?
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Yes it does come in a gallon & it looks like about $12.99 per gallon around here. I got in a bind the other day and bought a quart of Stihl for $5.99, that sucked.
 
okiepc said:
Yes it does come in a gallon & it looks like about $12.99 per gallon around here. I got in a bind the other day and bought a quart of Stihl for $5.99, that sucked.
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hahaha ya ive been there, the battery in my mower died and i had no way to charge it because i rode my mower to the job i was doing so i couldnt jump it. and it was during the summer so all the people were working around the neighborhood so i had to go to autozone and buy a duralast battery that are sucky and i had to pay like 15bucks more than a good everstart battery at walmart! but anyways thanks for checking for me on the bar oil.
 
metz12 said:
hahaha ya ive been there, the battery in my mower died and i had no way to charge it because i rode my mower to the job i was doing so i couldnt jump it. and it was during the summer so all the people were working around the neighborhood so i had to go to autozone and buy a duralast battery that are sucky and i had to pay like 15bucks more than a good everstart battery at walmart! but anyways thanks for checking for me on the bar oil.
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You do know that everstart is I low brand and duralast is I higher brand and I am thinking the duralast has more cca

Duralast is what NASCAR runs and some run a sears diehard

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Carscw said:
You do know that everstart is I low brand and duralast is I higher brand and I am thinking the duralast has more cca

Duralast is what NASCAR runs and some run a sears diehard

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duralast batteries are really bad. anything electrical from autozone is bad. everstart batteries stay charged and charge faster than duralast. interstate batteries are the best though. then diehard.
 
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