What bar oil is best and stuff?

[RI Chevy]

No farms in Hawaii or Alaska??? [emoji16]

 

[jakethesnake]

I ran some canola and veggie oil for a bit.

 

[Cat 525]

Figured I would resurrect this thread rather than start a new one

Anyone tried this bar oil?

It is super affordable and will be easy to get here but I have never seen it mentioned before

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O'Reilly's handles that here. Right at ,$10.

 

[3browns]

No farms in Hawaii or Alaska??? [emoji16]

Yeah but apparently not enough to attract that kind of retail stores

Especially on this island, Molokai

Only about 7,500 full time residents

It is still rural and agriculture oriented but just not enough people to warrant anything close to TSC, Menards, etc

We have a Napa auto that handles a bit of Hooski and Maruyama, an ACE hardware that only has the lowest end consumer stuff, and a True Value that's also low end consumer grade OPE

I either ship supplies from Alaska before I head over, pick stuff up on Maui if we go shopping, or buy online

 

[3browns]

This is the tradeoff

My wife took this about an hour ago

The hill is just across the canyon where our property is and is part of 5,550 acres that belongs to our homeowners association exclusively for our use

 

[00wyk]

Canola oil just doesn't have any tachyness in it

Yeah, I wouldn't use it in hotter climes.
The good news is because it isn't as tacky, it flows better. So in cooler climes, it oils rather well.
I wonder if someone could do a temperature test.

 

[PJLink]

I use husqvarna x-guard bar oil, get it real cheap, so to me, its not worth hunting around for anything else. I like the tackiness of it, and have no problem oiling a 32" bar with it on my 390XP. The only thing i do is add one quart of ATF to one gallon of oil during winter cutting - helps the oil flow better without loosing any of the tackiness from what i can tell.

 

[damifino]

Itasca bar and chain oil is very tacky in my opinion. The Green jug stuff.

 

[RI Chevy]

Who sells that? O'Reilly's?

 

[MarcS]

Not sure how large their distribution network is but Essence bar oil is awesome. Bought about 30 gallons before a price increase a few years ago so I don’t know what it’s priced at now. Really good stuff.

 

[3browns]

Itasca bar and chain oil is very tacky in my opinion. The Green jug stuff.

Absolutely agree, it's what I use in Alaska

I get it at Autozone

It's my favorite but getting it shipped here is stupid expensive

 

[Stump Shot]

So what do you use. I’m running some synthetic gear oil cut down with diesel fuel. No additives/tackifiers. Why am I wrong? I was running a 32” bar today. Plenty of oil on the chain. So what’s all the voodoo of using real bar oil? I’m notorious for using automatic transmission fluid as well.

Why should I buy bar oil? What do y’all use. I’m cheap

Running the best bar and chain oil you can find is way cheaper than replacing the bar prematurely IMO.

 

[3browns]

Running the best bar and chain oil you can find is way cheaper than replacing the bar prematurely IMO.

Absolutely

To each his own but I could never understand folks running used motor oil or the like

 

[jakethesnake]

I don’t seem to have much premature wear. Most bar oil is recycled oil. The boys that run canola swear by it. No tack in canola. Just curious. I’ve run a little bit of everything on that bar. It’s had its rails dressed quite a bit but it’s also ver old. Just a laminate husqvarna bar

 

[3browns]

View attachment 217840 I don’t seem to have much premature wear. Most bar oil is recycled oil. The boys that run canola swear by it. No tack in canola. Just curious. I’ve run a little bit of everything on that bar. It’s had its rails dressed quite a bit but it’s also ver old. Just a laminate husqvarna bar

Guess it’s like running “boat oil” in a chainsaw

Whatever works for ya...

 

[Cat 525]

Running the best bar and chain oil you can find is way cheaper than replacing the bar prematurely IMO.

What dealer?
Just the tip?

So true!

 

[Billy Currie]

I try to run either Echo, Husqvarna, or Stihl bar oil. But, I've found a few quarts of 50W Valvoline engine oil that's about 30 years old I'm adding to the mix just to get rid of it.

 

[3browns]

I went to the NAPA store today assuming that since they sold Hooski saws and stuffs they could get Hooski bar oil

Not so much...



Back to the drawing board

lol

 

[Cat 525]

I went to the NAPA store today assuming that since they sold Hooski saws and stuffs they could get Hooski bar oil

Not so much...



Back to the drawing board

lol

Napa sells their Napa brand bar oil here! It's not too bad.

 

[3browns]

Napa sells their Napa brand bar oil here! It's not too bad.

That's what I bought last fall when I got the saw and it's $8 a quart now and I felt like it was pretty thin stuff