What oil is best? and what ratio?

[sawmikaze]

How you liking the Saber Ryan ? The 8 oz bottles are a good thing ,i have not used ratio rite in a couple years now ,i have to dump the husky hp oil into amsoil bottles to measure though ,they are set up for 50 to 1 i think in their bottles .

The ones you sent me were 8oz..i liked them so i bought more..its oil...it works but i think the 40:1 is overkill ,the 50:1 i mixed from smaller bottles was fine too for all my stuff.

The 8oz made 40:1 in my 2 1/2 gallon can.

 

[KenJax Tree]

Looks aren't earning our paycheck.

 

[Redbull661]

taken two saws down run on 50:1. both looked like chit compared to the saws i've taken down at 32 36 40 and 42:1.

Looks aren't earning our paycheck.

costs .20-.25 cents more per gallon of gas mixed up, to run 40:1 vs 50:1.

even if you ran 10 gallons a day that's $2-2.50. Which is wasted tenfold in other areas of business. Like an employee taking a few smoke breaks and dump while on the clock.

 

[KenJax Tree]

Feel free to use what you like. At $2.50 more a gallon for a guy that uses 5 gallons a day at only 5 days a week(i don't usually use 5 a day but some of our guys do) that adds up to $3250 a year.

 

[Marshy]

costs .20-.25 cents more per gallon of gas mixed up, to run 40:1 vs 50:1.

even if you ran 10 gallons a day that's $2-2.50. Which is wasted tenfold in other areas of business. Like an employee taking a few smoke breaks and dump while on the clock.

Boss man makes a dollar, I make a dime.
That's why I *s-word on company time.

If you make $25/hr and take an hour dump like me that $1300/year. Thats covers almost half the cost of the extra oil.

 

[RI Chevy]

Thats a sh×tty way of thinking about it. Lol

 

[Marshy]

guess you misread what I posted.

it is 2.00-2.50 more per 10 gallons. NOT 1 gallon. difference between 40:1 and 50:1 is .20-.25cents per 1 gallon.

Well *s-word, sounds like pooping only for half an hour on company time would be more than enough to cover it. that's what you get for *s-wordty math.

 

[porsche965]

Any pictures of all these failed 50:1 saws using an FD oil? Just curious.

 

[KenJax Tree]

Different saws and different applications need different ratios IMO. Milling is the harshest application to put a saw through, so obviously 50:1 isn't a good idea. Bucking logs all day can really work a saw especially if its big wood and long cuts at WOT. These saws get plenty hot enough to burn 32:1 no problem.

My top handle saws run like *s-word at 32:1 and are a gooey mess because they don't run that hard long enough to burn it properly. Make a 20 a second cut and shut it off for a minutes, fire it back up and make another 15 second cut, shut it off again, this goes on for hours. They don't run hot long enough to burn the oil. Even 40:1 can be messy with certain oils(like saber). I don't feel like mixing 3 or 4 different cans with different ratios for different saws doing different things. 80% of my day is with a top handle so i mix 50:1 to run that saw, and all the other run fine on it also.

 

[bikemike]

Different saws and different applications need different ratios IMO. Milling is the harshest application to put a saw through, so obviously 50:1 isn't a good idea. Bucking logs all day can really work a saw especially of its big wood and long cuts at WOT. These saws get plenty hot enough to burn 32:1 no problem.

My top handle saws run like *s-word at 32:1 and are a gooey mess because they don't run that hard long enough to burn it properly. Make a 20'second cut and shut it off for a minutes, fire it back up and make another 15 second cut, shut it off again, this goes on for hours. They don't run hot long enough to burn the oil. Even 40:1 can be messy with certain oils(like saber). I don't feel like mixing 3 or 4 different cans with different ratios for different saws doing different things. 80% of my day is with a top handle so i mix 50:1 to run that saw, and all the other run fine on it also.

That is exactly what I was getting at when I was talking about 40.1 with Saber and the saw not cleaning out. so I'm going to run 50.1 saber. it's some great stuff an goes a long ways. plus amsoil stands by saber at 100.1 and if you roach a motor that's not real old they will compensate repair cost. or that's what I gathered from a sales rep

 

[Dub11]

Thanks guys these last two post answered alot of questions for me

 

[sawmikaze]

Being an fb rated oil, it probably lacks the detergents that fc and fd oils have

Is amsoil a clean oil ?

Is it fc..fd...or opp ?

 

[huskihl]

Is amsoil a clean oil ?

Is it fc..fd...or opp ?

No idea

 

[jake wells]

klamsoil spamoil.
wouldn't know I mostly use oil that mixes into a greenish color burning echo powerblend at the wood lot it seems to be the best for me at the moment. Price wise and it is clean burning I can get a case of the 5 gallon mix bottles for 44.99 12 bottles per case which is cheap and a good deal for the money.

 

[RI Chevy]

Is amsoil a clean oil ?

Is it fc..fd...or opp ?

Not sure if it is clean or not, but the website says it is FD rated.

 

[KenJax Tree]

Amsoil doesn't have a rating because they don't pay tons of $$ to have it tested and to have a rating. They claim it MEETS FD ratings

It's just as clean or cleaner than others i've used.

 

[CoreyB]

I have not seen amsoil locally. I wonder if any close I could try?

 

[jakethesnake]

I had a gallon of texaco it mixed *s-word brown burned nice my stuff looks nice I burnt 3 gallons of boat / air cooled quicksilver oil expired old stuff.... My *s-word looks good still running lucas at the moment ...... Then I'm on to husq arenas Cheapest oil if a saw fails do I blame the oil I'm on? Or just that some of my sass are getting to that point?

 

[bikemike]

Is amsoil a clean oil ?

Is it fc..fd...or opp ?

Not sure off hand il look later. but very good oil a Lil spill or seepage leaves oil film on whatever it gets on

 

[bikemike]

klamsoil spamoil.
wouldn't know I mostly use oil that mixes into a greenish color burning echo powerblend at the wood lot it seems to be the best for me at the moment. Price wise and it is clean burning I can get a case of the 5 gallon mix bottles for 44.99 12 bottles per case which is cheap and a good deal for the money.

I think the echo oil is good many years of running it and no issues with any saws or snowblower