Bar Oil Hoarding Thread

Will they do price matching?

 

They don't/won't. I have about 4 gallons and don't go through it enough to buy more. I can try the order then pickup locally opportunity, when the time comes.

 

Hmmm. Even at my cost it's still a little spendy. Maybe the boss will split a case with me so I can do a thoroughly unscientific trial/review?

 

Anyone heard of Essence Bar Oil? I ordered some parts for my Husky at a small town Husky dealer. I picked them up today and he sold me a gal of Essence for $10. “best bar oil on the market and made in Wisconsin”.

It’s pretty thin but it seemed tacky. I will try it tomorrow.

 

Local Made is never a bad thing.

 

I ordered a few things yesterday, added some Mystic bar & chain oil to try. For the price, hard to beat. $6.49 a gallon.


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Observation about the TSC CountyLine oil I have been using. It's not very stringy. Not sure it matters much, but at some level that's kinda the only difference between B&C and plain old motor earl.

 

In the old days one often put used motor oil in the oiler, for better or worse. With that in mind I’m ok trying some of the cheaper bar oils.

At times I’ll do an oil change on something that has time but few hours on the oil, it comes out fairly clean. When this is the case, I’ll often mix some of this relatively clean used oil into some bar oil jug. It often ends up more a ‘winter mix’ with the thinner oil mixed in. I have a jug or 2 labeled ‘winter’, so a tad thinner than traditional bar oil.

 

I want the stringy stuff. I have seen “the mist” in videos and it’s barely there with the super string oil.

 

We carried 4 jugs of oil to Adam's GTG as door prizes, then we stopped in the Family Farm and Home store next to the Best Western Hotel where we stayed in Wayland...
They had oil on sale for 5.69 or .89 a gallon.
So we restocked with 6 jugs and got a jug of Cam2 at the GTG...

 

I was in the local autp3o part store this morning trying to get a replacement wheel bearing grease seal for my Split-Fire 3265. While they were looking up the part #, I wandered around the store. It cost me $75, I kept seeing things we needed. This included a gallon of auto part store bar oil for $12.99. It wasn't cheap but typical for this area. It's a family owned business that provides cheerful, good service. $4 more than TSC & worth it to avoid the pain of their bad service and waiting on one cashier who is more interested in their cellphone

 

It could just be me but I find inconsistencies in the tackiness of different batches of the same brand. Doesn't even matter the brand. I don't think they give a chit.

 

Signature Series?!

 

I'm noticing that some of the cheaper bottles make more a mess of my saws. Just finished off some Gard labelled stuff. Probably will avoid in future if practical.

 

Probably as useful as their saws...

 

I have found that the amateur and semi pro grade works just as well.

 

Wonder if that's why Nashville could charge so much for his wood...its signature series! Why didn't I think of that!?

 

S'pose you could autograph your splits???

T.Jeff Veal's signature series firewood!!!

 

Forgot about this thread. I've checked TSC the last few times I've bought bird feed. Low to no supply of their brand.

My current supply is 6-7 gallons.

 

Nothing will ever beat used drain oil with a little roofing adhesive as a tackifier.