how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[JimBear]

I can't imagine one bar oil being better than the next, at least not enough to make me want to pay 2-4 times the price of the cheap stuff. I would buy the cheapest stuff I can find. I know thinner oil is better in the winter (especially up north), but if it is that cold (to make a difference in bar oil), you aren't going to find me cutting wood, unless it is a charity cut; and I usually get stuck behind a splitter at those.

I have noticed differences in oils as far as tackiness & definitely flow in both hot & cold conditions but nothing to justify the insane prices of some types of b/c oil. Itasca was the only kind I have had problem with being too thick in cold weather. I would rather cut in temps below 32 than any other temp range.

 

[Workshop]

I'd rather cut in cold temperatures myself, too.
But I'll buy the cheapest on sale bar oil that's out there every time. Usually it's tractor supply.
But like I say, cheap (inexpensive) is where it's at.

 

[Hinerman]

I'd rather cut in cold temperatures myself, too.
But I'll buy the cheapest on sale bar oil that's out there every time. Usually it's tractor supply.
But like I say, cheap (inexpensive) is where it's at.

I would rather cut in cold too. But cold enough that my cheap bar oil won't flow (or oil properly) is time to call it a day. Those days are few and far between here. In Iowa and Minnesota is a different story.

 

[Cat 525]

I have to use the thickest oil I can get! Bore cutting on the walnut or oak even in winter gets the bars plenty hot. I just can't usea thin oil or I really fight chain stretching.

 

[JimBear]

I have to use the thickest oil I can get! Bore cutting on the walnut or oak even in winter gets the bars plenty hot. I just can't usea thin oil or I really fight chain stretching.

What kind of bar oil do you use then?

 

[Cat 525]

What kind of bar oil do you use then?

Well, Itasca if I can find it. Husqvarna is the best and Save- a-Chain is just as good but I lost m connection for that! That old guy that had the sign could get it for bout $8.

 

[Cat 525]

Not brand bashing but even Stihl oil is a lot thinner. I run mainly 24, 28 and 32 bars with it set wide open as much as I can on the saws!
Hate to say but the old ,Mac 81s and 850s had both manual and automation. Still think it's best.

 

[hoskvarna]

I have noticed differences in oils as far as tackiness & definitely flow in both hot & cold conditions but nothing to justify the insane prices of some types of b/c oil. Itasca was the only kind I have had problem with being too thick in cold weather. I would rather cut in temps below 32 than any other temp range.

Me too
If ya get warm shed a layer [emoji106]


Sent from Hoskey hilltop

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

I have noticed differences in oils as far as tackiness & definitely flow in both hot & cold conditions but nothing to justify the insane prices of some types of b/c oil. Itasca was the only kind I have had problem with being too thick in cold weather. I would rather cut in temps below 32 than any other temp range.

Tha and the ground is stiff(frozen)

 

[Workshop]

Morning everybody.

 

[Junkyard]

Morning all. It’s busy at my house lol. We’re fostering three little lab mix pups. Contemplating keeping one of them. I put them to bed around 9:30 and they let me sleep until 5 lol.

 

[Cat 525]

Good morning! Severe stuff tonight they say!

 

[Hedgerow]

Not brand bashing but even Stihl oil is a lot thinner. I run mainly 24, 28 and 32 bars with it set wide open as much as I can on the saws!
Hate to say but the old ,Mac 81s and 850s had both manual and automation. Still think it's best.

3120's still have a manual plunger for some extra if needed..

 

[Hedgerow]

I dozed out and dammed up a small pond upstream from the one I’m trying to pump out..
We have received 4” of rain in the last 2 days.
First 2” soaked all in, but last night it started to run a little. Pond filled completely.

 

[Hedgerow]

 

[Hedgerow]

 

[Hedgerow]

 

[67L36Driver]

Monsoon has resumed here.

No, not a good morning. [emoji90]

Mounted a 20” bar on the PM 700. Promptly tossed the chain on startup. [emoji2959] No damage except my pride.

Restarted and blowing out the bar oil accumulated in the engine before I overhauled the oil pump. Then the rain so no test cuts. [emoji90]

 

[67L36Driver]

I loves me a PM 700 blowing bar oil. [emoji6]

Cleared off enuff to noodle several large blocks of pear.

Oiler seems to work well and not sucking it into the engine. [emoji1696]

 

[plcnut]

I dozed out and dammed up a small pond upstream from the one I’m trying to pump out..
We have received 4” of rain in the last 2 days.
First 2” soaked all in, but last night it started to run a little. Pond filled completely.

We went fishing at our neighbors pond last Saturday.
Makes me a REALLY want to have one built here, or buy a place that has one.