Bar oil jug

[Travis F]

I just thought I’d share something my dad turned me on to a couple of years ago. I don’t know about you guys but we’d always have spillage or overflows when filling our bar oil tanks, not a saw issue but rather trying to pour out of either the gallon or quart jugs.

Anyway, he started putting his oil into an old liquid laundry detergent jug, the small 64oz jugs. The built in pour spout works amazingly well to get the oil where it is intended. Obviously the detergent bottles get cleaned out before use. I like a clean bar and chain but that might be overkill.....

Just sharing

Travis




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[merc_man]

Funny my BIL was just talking about this and i just saved one to try.

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[Mad Professor]

That works.

Try 90W gear oil jugs w/the spout.

 

[Huskitoter]

Resourceful.

Instead of removing the seal on oil jugs, I cut a ~3/8" slot in the seal. It gives a narrower stream and flow control.

 

[andy]

I use an empty Trueful can.
Has a built in spout and quick seal cap built in.
The 50:1 cans are red...I use those for oil.
The 40:1 ones are green, I refill those with my 40:1 mix.

I put 2 cans of each into a 5gallon bucket with wedges, a hatchet, Files, and a scrench when I go mill stuff here on the land.

 

[sb47]

I use a dawn dish soap jug with the little squirt top to fill the oil tank. Seems to work great. I use the large size bottle that holds almost a gallon. It even has a flip top cover so I can keep the bottle closed when not filling the oil tank.

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[Andyshine77]

I buy these at pretty much any auto part store, they fit any bar oil jug.

 

[foeke]

30l gas, 20l bar oil. Nicely fits the trunk.
No spilled fluids anymore!

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[toolmaker]

I use the Laundry Detergent jugs that have the "push button" spout.
NO SPILLING!!!!

 

[2broke2ride]

I buy these at pretty much any auto part store, they fit any bar oil jug.

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That's what I use too, I kept the hose and just cut it shorter. I think it was like $3 at walmart

 

[old CB]

Like Huskitoter above, when I first open a gallon jug of bar oil, instead of removing the foil seal I pierce it with a small screwdriver (the one used for carb tuing) and make just a small opening that you can pour a small stream from. Works great.

 

[TRTermite]

I have used the "SUN" laundry detergent (from Dollar General) bottles for years. Some of the higher priced/brand bottles don't have the removable spout. I use pliers at times to remove the spout for filling and usually fill the jug about half full for ease of filling saw. I split a new jug of oil between 2 Sun bottles so 1 is waiting for me when the other is M/T. You can spin the spout to your desired angle for pouring and I don't have issues with vacuum locks and gurgle burps especially when the bar oil is cold. I like to see the oil centered in the fill hole (as I am filling saw) so it doesn't start to climb the sides and run over until it is nearly full. I like the Yellow Sun 'cuz it is easy to see and I put a very BOLD magic marker "BAR OIL" on it. Imagine the boo boo of it getting into the washing machine.

 

[TRTermite]

I have used the "SUN" laundry detergent (from Dollar General) bottles for years. Some of the higher priced/brand bottles don't have the removable spout. I use pliers at times to remove the spout for filling and usually fill the jug about half full for ease of filling saw. I split a new jug of oil between 2 Sun bottles so 1 is waiting for me when the other is M/T. You can spin the spout to your desired angle for pouring and I don't have issues with vacuum locks and gurgle burps especially when the bar oil is cold. I like to see the oil centered in the fill hole (as I am filling saw) so it doesn't start to climb the sides and run over until it is nearly full. I like the Yellow Sun 'cuz it is easy to see and I put a very BOLD magic marker "BAR OIL" on it. Imagine the boo boo of it getting into the washing machine.

Oil jug stays cleaner too.. Any oil drains back into the bottle like the detergent would leaving none one the cap or bottle threads.

 

[rarefish383]

First I put a slit in the foil and that worked well. Then I switched to the Dawn/Joy bottles and that worked better. But the sun would kill the plastic. I'd go to reach for the bottle and it would be all cracked and empty. Them my buddy gave me some industrial squirt bottle he uses in printing. I might try the 64 once one with the spout. I don't really worry about it much. Any spillage pretty much runs between the clutch cover onto the B/C anyway. A quick wipe with a shop rag keeps it clean. My biggest problem is I forget to put the cap on till I go to start it and sling oil everywhere.

 

[TRTermite]

First I put a slit in the foil and that worked well. Then I switched to the Dawn/Joy bottles and that worked better. But the sun would kill the plastic. I'd go to reach for the bottle and it would be all cracked and empty. Them my buddy gave me some industrial squirt bottle he uses in printing. I might try the 64 once one with the spout. I don't really worry about it much. Any spillage pretty much runs between the clutch cover onto the B/C anyway. A quick wipe with a shop rag keeps it clean. My biggest problem is I forget to put the cap on till I go to start it and sling oil everywhere.

When My oil cap comes off it doesn't go everywhere It just runs down my Pant leg ..

 

[Brent Nowell]

Awesome thread!!
I use the dual Gerry cans myself, found the spout for the oil was way too long and too narrow, too forever so I cut it in half. It works well enough. The only reason I stay with a dual can is because it’s one handle for two things. I wish there was a better spout or even a hand type of pump for the oil side

 

[Wood Doctor]

Awesome thread!!
I use the dual Gerry cans myself, found the spout for the oil was way too long and too narrow, too forever so I cut it in half. It works well enough. The only reason I stay with a dual can is because it’s one handle for two things. I wish there was a better spout or even a hand type of pump for the oil side

Agreed. I save and use empty pancake syrup bottles, carrying a pair of them in the truck, filled with bar oil instead of syrup. The pour spout works fine on practically every chainsaw I have ever used. No runs, no drips, no errors. Gallon jugs are the pits to pour into lots of saw bar oil tanks, especially when the jug is full.

 

[full chizel]

I just use the jug it comes in but filling my Echo 2511T is tricky with the small holes.

 

[Wood Doctor]

I just use the jug it comes in but filling my Echo 2511T is tricky with the small holes.

You should have seen how small the bar oil holes used to be on some saws. You might be able to get a penny through them. I've saved a few of those caps just to remind me.

 

[sb47]

If I fill my saws full of fuel and bar oil. I always run out of gas before I run out of bar oil. So I don't try and fill the bar oil completely up. If you spill any bar oil around the hole it just collects sawdust around the bar oil hole witch means you have to clean it off before you can open it for another refill. If you keep it dry, theirs no gunk to have to clean off.