What oil is best? and what ratio?

[Firewood Hoarder]

Hawk Tuah

It ain't the same coming from a dude... just sayin

 

[full chizel]

It ain't the same coming from a dude... just sayin

True, butt (see what i did) it was from a woman's perspective asking for lube.

 

[Mastermind]

It ain't the same coming from a dude... just sayin

Yuck.

 

[mainer_in_ak]

Current price $9.99 a quart on the lucas stuff. $18.34 per quart on the saber.

 

[PissRev]

Current price $9.99 a quart on the lucas stuff. $18.34 per quart on the saber.

I really am anxious to see how it looks like in your saw especially on the bottom end. I've never run this oil, but I've heard that it leaves the insides drier than the popcorn fart.

 

[Firewood Hoarder]

Current price $9.99 a quart on the lucas stuff. $18.34 per quart on the saber.

Not oil related, but how do you like the Oregon pickaroon? I'm not getting any younger and my back hurts today...

 

[PissRev]

Not oil related, but how do you like the Oregon pickaroon? I'm not getting any younger and my back hurts today...

And how much is that XPS bar and chain oil? It can't be cheap.

 

[mainer_in_ak]

Seemed very peaceful till about a week ago. Wonder what happened?

meh, it's just trivial stuff. The bigger picture:

1. Trying to make money runnin saws, everything is expensive. If I or anyone can pinch pennies at every aspect of a tree service company, but still have quality stuff that lasts, the better.

2. We all get hurt, and if overhead is kept as low as possible, less stressful on the expense of recovery days.

So far in 2 years: crush injury to a finger, torn ligament in my left knee from tripping down a steep ravine with a Lewis winch and five gallons of gas on my back in a frame pack. During the forever rains, wasn't wearing corks and slipped off a tree onto another. Cracked a bunch of ribs and fked up sternum cartilage. Trying to upright an atv log dolly that had tipped with a 28" saw log: severe muscle spasm, couldn't even tie my boots.

As a disabled combat vet trying to stay afloat with this chainsaw stuff, there are bigger fish to fry.

 

[Woodwater]

€15 a quart Dominator here

 

[mainer_in_ak]

And how much is that XPS bar and chain oil? It can't be cheap.

I think $16 a gallon. I run it in the winter as the red tint shows up that yer oiler aint froze up. Mastercraft bar n chain oil from oriley was $14 a gallon up here in Alaska

 

[mainer_in_ak]

Not oil related, but how do you like the Oregon pickaroon? I'm not getting any younger and my back hurts today...

Any style pickaroon is better than nothing. Yep save that back! I can relate. Three 1-year tours in the Iraq War/10 years total time in the Army doing construction and concrete work, wearing all that body armor, my back ain't no spring chicken.

 

[PissRev]

I think $16 a gallon. I run it in the winter as the red tint shows up that yer oiler aint froze up. Mastercraft bar n chain oil from oriley was $14 a gallon up here in Alaska

The price of bar and chain oil kept going up around here and it reached a fever pitch right after hurricane Helene. But now I have a Rural King close by, and a gallon of Cam 2 or Gard bar and chain oil is $7.99 or $5.99 if purchased online and picked up in the store. Luckily it doesn't get cold enough here to need a winter bar oil.

 

[Mastermind]

meh, it's just trivial stuff. The bigger picture:

1. Trying to make money runnin saws, everything is expensive. If I or anyone can pinch pennies at every aspect of a tree service company, but still have quality stuff that lasts, the better.

2. We all get hurt, and if overhead is kept as low as possible, less stressful on the expense of recovery days.

So far in 2 years: crush injury to a finger, torn ligament in my left knee from tripping down a steep ravine with a Lewis winch and five gallons of gas on my back in a frame pack. During the forever rains, wasn't wearing corks and slipped off a tree onto another. Cracked a bunch of ribs and fked up sternum cartilage. Trying to upright an atv log dolly that had tipped with a 28" saw log: severe muscle spasm, couldn't even tie my boots.

As a disabled combat vet trying to stay afloat with this chainsaw stuff, there are bigger fish to fry.

Dammit dude. You've had a rough go. Prayers of help and health sent !!!!

 

[mainer_in_ak]

Dammit dude. You've had a rough go. Prayers of help and health sent !!!!

Thanks, I'm fine. All healed. Down time is kinda nice. A head-scratcher though, all the bizarre ways u can get fked up doing tree work. Most poor bastards get hurt when a tree falls on them, I get hurt falling ON a tree. Kinda pathetic........

 

[Mastermind]

Thanks, I'm fine. All healed. Down time is kinda nice. A head-scratcher though, all the bizarre ways u can get fked up doing tree work. Most poor bastards get hurt when a tree falls on them, I get hurt falling ON a tree. Kinda pathetic........

When I was framing, I fell thru the ceiling joists once, cracked a few ribs, another time, a scaffolding collapsed and I cracked some more ribs. Damn working thru those injuries was tough with all the climbing around when framing.

 

[mainer_in_ak]

Geeze, that does not sound like a graceful fall. As u were laying there catching yer breath, did u think about 32:1 or 40:1 oil ratios?

I know I didnt......

 

[bwalker]

I really am anxious to see how it looks like in your saw especially on the bottom end. I've never run this oil, but I've heard that it leaves the insides drier than the popcorn fart.

Way back in this thread it was talked about and photos preseneted.

 

[pbillyi69]

there are so many ways to get hurt doing tree work its too many to list. im very grateful that i wasnt hurt during any of my stent of being a ground guy, climber, or doing reforestation and slash burning.

 

[pbillyi69]

i guess it all took its toll though. arthritus in my right foot, both hips, back and either bursitis or arthritis in both shoulder joints.

 

[Mastermind]

Geeze, that does not sound like a graceful fall. As u were laying there catching yer breath, did u think about 32:1 or 40:1 oil ratios?

I know I didnt......

When I fell thru the ceiling joists, I'd just told one of the laborers that I was going to show him how to roll up an air hose while walking across the joist. Stopped on a piece of plywood that wasn't tacked down, it slid, dumped me thru....

As I was laying there, he walked over, and was trying not to laugh. I wasn't thinking about anything but how crappy this situation turned out....