Bar oil 4.95 a gallon

[Al Smith]

If you watch it ,like the summer months you can find bar oil in around 6-7 bucks a gallon .I think I have 8 gallons but only might go through 3 the entire year .I'm not an oil snob,oil is oil .Mix oil is about the same .I have a bunch of Briggs and Stratton in small bottles enough for 2 gallons of gas at 32 to one .I'll get more when it goes on sale . As a rule Menards has the best deals .

 

[flushcut]

Ok just an update. My order was never filled and my money was refunded. And now the price is much higher.

 

[Treeaddict]

Ok just an update. My order was never filled and my money was refunded. And now the price is much higher.

Thanks for the update. Sorry they did t fill your order. Would have been a heck of a deal. At least they refunded you.

 

[flushcut]

Too good to be true. Oh well I’m not out anything so…

 

[SkwerI]

Took me three different times calling their customer service number and then an additional 10 days before they refunded my money. I had already started disputing the charge with my credit card company when the refund finally came through. I will NEVER buy anything from Sears ever again!

 

[Cobleskill]

I miss Sears. Used to buy a lot of stuff there. They used to have good sales and good tools, clothes, shoes, appliances, on and on.

 

[lxskllr]

I liked Craftsman tools. They were good quality at a good price. I didn't buy much from Sears, but I liked having them around. Almost everything they sold was "acceptable". Not exceptional stuff, but functional and well made for the price. I wonder how much of that was a product of the time, and how much was corporate philosophy? Seems like everything is crap these days. Fancy with lots of features, but has the durability of tissue paper.

 

[BlackSmith]

Around here a lot of outhouses disappeared when Sears and Montgomery Ward stopped their catalogue sales.

 

[flushcut]

Lack of Christmas catalog butt wipe?

 

[pigwot]

Testing bar oils - Interesting results

I found this to be a well-done test of bar oils.
Not sure if it's ever been posted in the forum.

 

[cory]

Interesting vid and channel. Harvest King ftw.

 

[SeanKroll]

I think that there is a very small sample size.

I wouldn't take those results as gospel.

 

[cory]

Some farmer dude did a reasonably scientific analysis of various bar oil brands and the best performer also turned out to be the least expensive?

I'm good with it.

 

[Cobleskill]

I tried a case of Harvest King and liked it. Good in winter also. I used to get TSC oil and would have to thin it a little with diesel for winter.

 

[lxskllr]

What I've always heard is bar oil is the dregs of an oil batch, and they use that as flush oil to prepare for another batch of "premium" oil. If that's the case, every oil will vary over time. What annoys me a bit, is the major brands purport to be premium products, but it's same crap as everyone else uses, and apparently, at least some batches are worse than discount brands. The biggest takeaway I get, is to buy based on price. You aren't getting anything extra from spending extra money.

 

[SeanKroll]

I have run canola without issue for about 13+ years.

It's more expensive than it used to be.

Lungs are expensive. Tree workers already get lots of lung damage.

I've been trying to wear dust masks regularly for the last couple years, particularly in the drought summer, and commonly while blowing (BR800).

 

[lxskllr]

I mostly use canola also. If you let a saw sit for awhile though, it tacks everything up pretty bad. I bought Better Than Oil™ bio oil for my saws that don't get used as much. $20/G, but not too bad, since it isn't a primary oil.

edit:
A link to Better Than Oil...

Better Than Oil 128 oz. Bar and Chain Oil Free Lubricant 20-128-1 - The Home Depot

Better Than Oil Bar & Chain Lubricant (BTO) is a highly engineered, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) used and approved, BIO-BASED lubricant that is 100% PETROLEUM / OIL FREE, environmentally friendly

www.homedepot.com

It's interesting stuff. It's like KY for your saw :^D It's slippery without feeling oily. Seems to work well, but I can't vouch for long term use.

 

[flushcut]

Testing bar oils - Interesting results

I found this to be a well-done test of bar oils.
Not sure if it's ever been posted in the forum.

I really like this guys channel. Good real world testing.

 

[Raj]

I've recently added bacon grease to bar oil. Boy. Does it stick.

 

[Kaveman]

I feel like this thread is so far off the rails, it's left railroad property...

Canola? Bacon grease? Is this the Kitchen subforum? I am so lost...

Are you cooking or cutting? Are you using the saw to cook somehow? Does it taste like exhaust?

...

 

[friedrich]

don‘t forget the seasoning otherwise some chain‘s kinda taste dull

 

[flushcut]

Nothing worse than a bland tasting chain lol

 

[Raj]

I've been looking for a way to add a tackifier to cheaper bar oil, recently I watched a machine shop video on bacon grease as a tackifier. Boy does it work!

 

[lxskllr]

That's interesting. I'd like to hear your opinion after running that a good while. Details would cool too. How much bacon grease to oil?

 

[stikine]

Shoot John, you just want another excuse to eat more bacon.