Bar oil $7.49 @ TSC
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I'll have to check our tsc, that beats the hell outta stihls prices.
Yah iv never bought anything but TCS oil or Blains Farm and Feet oil. Lately they have been $10 a gallon.
Like 5 years ago i stocked WAY up when it was on sale at TSC for only 4.99 a gallon.
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TSC bar oil = $15 here.
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thompsoncustom
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$12.99 here.... nope
Same by me.
I will have to check my local TSC. Last time I paid about $10. I also wish Project Faarm would test County Line. He did test Harvest King, and it was demonstrably better than Stihl and Husqvarna chain oils.
Don't worry too much about the oil, It's not super technical.
Yep, same here, been that way for a while. I stocked up when I first saw it and may have 6 gallons left. Maybe should get a few more for just in case.
For sure, get it ! It will only go up like everything.
$6.49 at Menards all week..... Good bar oil as well, clingy.
I have generally bought the cheapest I could find, since the oil does not get used for more than a second or two before it is flung off the chain. But I was amazed at the Project Farm results. The cheapest oil he tested was the best. Specifically, using the Timken apparatus, he found that it drew less power than the high-priced stuff and had the smallest wear scar. He also tested it on the saw chain under controlled cutting conditions and the chain showed visibly less wear. That also confirmed my suspicions that the chain does not actually "stretch" much; what we call stretching is probably just wear on the underside of the chain or possibly in the rivets, making the chain longer. But it would take a lot of force to actually stretch the chain itself.
Why I just pay the extra 50 cents at TSC here for 7.49. Regular price and no BS.
Menard's here is on sale but you have to do that mail in BS they make you do.
Regular price 9.99. On sale price 7.85.
Have to do the 11% mail in then it is 6.99. But it will cost you that dang stamp to mail it in and wait weeks so you can only spend it in their store.
PRICEAFTERREBATE* $ 6 99
each
Menard's here is on sale but you have to do that mail in BS they make you do.
Regular price 9.99. On sale price 7.85.
Have to do the 11% mail in then it is 6.99. But it will cost you that dang stamp to mail it in and wait weeks so you can only spend it in their store.
| Everyday Low Price | $9.99 |
| Sale Price Good Through 6/30/24 | $7.85 |
| 11% REBATE* Good Through 6/23/24 | $0.86 |
PRICEAFTERREBATE* $ 6 99
each
It's not a 'Timken' apparatus, it's a Falex friction tester machine... You can buy one as well. bar oil has to have one consistent attribute and that is, it has to have good boundary adhesion. Easy to tell if it does by putting some between your fingers and pulling them apart. If the oil strings easily, it's good if not, pass.
I'm good with it as we usually go to Menards and buy more than just bar oil anyway. Never waited weeks either. More like a week.
