Bar oil prices?

[bigjayfromwa]

Just curious if anyone know's of a place that has decent prices on Bar oil these days. The price of this stuff keeps going up and i cant see paying seven bucks a gallon (Stihl Dealer wants like nine!!). I'm sure if you're a homeowner it doesnt sound like much, but i go through a lot of this and thats a bit expensive.

 

[jhellwig]

7 to 8 for stihl. Chain pro elcheapo brand is like 3 buck but for a reason. Looks like used oil and stinks real bad and lubricates like dirt messes up oiler and other junk.

Bailys motion lotion is 7 bucks but only worth it when you don't go into the next shipping cost bracket.

 

[Lakeside53]

You might want to do a search on this... Been thrashed out many times, some recently.

Around here.... try the Carquest parts stores that are also Stihl or whatever dealers, and here is always Home Depot and Lowes.

 

[gatkeper1]

If you want to save some coin use the supertech bar oil from walmart.

 

[spike60]

Just curious if anyone know's of a place that has decent prices on Bar oil these days. The price of this stuff keeps going up and i cant see paying seven bucks a gallon (Stihl Dealer wants like nine!!). I'm sure if you're a homeowner it doesnt sound like much, but i go through a lot of this and thats a bit expensive.

If your smiling so much from all of the wind storms, why can't you buy the better oil?

 

[begleytree]

poulan pro, wal-mart. $3.49 a gallon here.
-Ralph

 

[Wood Cutter]

$4.25 a gallon at the Jonsered dealer.

 

[GASoline71]

Agree with Andy that this subject has been beat around here a lot.

I go through a lot of it too. However I feel it's cheap insurance to run the Stihl oil in my saws. No complaints here.

Gary

 

[spike60]

$4.25 a gallon at the Jonsered dealer.

Who's oil is that?

I believe that I'm paying 4.85 for the Husky oil, which I sell for $7. If I can't make $2 a gallon, it's not worth lugging around. Some around me buy the stuff from wal-mart, but they say that they don't have any winter weight oil.

 

[turnkey4099]

Complaining about the cost of bar oil is really getting down to 'nickel/diming it'. Bar oil cost is only a fraction of the cost of operating a chainsaw. True, you can save some by shopping around but...

Harry K

 

[Wood Cutter]

I believe that I'm paying 4.85 for the Husky oil, which I sell for $7. If I can't make $2 a gallon, it's not worth lugging around. Some around me buy the stuff from wal-mart, but they say that they don't have any winter weight oil.[/QUOTE]

This stuff is called Chain-Guard, and says on the back of the jug: Distributed by Warren Performance Products
Omaha, NE 68102. Made in U.S.A.
Part Number 201

 

[2wheels]

I have used the chain guard product, with good results. It is a 20w with tack.

I usually blend my own from dead stock inventory as I work for a Shell and Lubriplate distributor.

 

[Bermie]

Be glad you live where you do, I pay $21 for a gallon of Stihl oil or $24 for a gallon of Lubriplate - Get over it, buy the good stuff!:deadhorse:

 

[bwalker]

The "good stuff" and Walmart bar oil are made from the exact smae stuff. This was proven in a thread a few months back.
Save your money and buy the Walmart stuff.

 

[manual]

The "good stuff" and Walmart bar oil are made from the exact smae stuff. This was proven in a thread a few months back.
Save your money and buy the Walmart stuff.

+1 on that, The money you save one the oil adds up to buying new bars and chains.
Besides if the dealer don't want to give you a deal on there saws then why support them ?

 

[Cut4fun]

I have been running the poulan pro bar oil with the red dye since 94. Dont know if it is any different then the reg poulan oil, but they are the same price of $2.86 gallon.
I have never seen any bar or chain troubles do to any lubrication problems.
But of course I am only a homeowner and dont cut for a living 8-10 hours a day.

 

[Lakeside53]

The "good stuff" and Walmart bar oil are made from the exact smae stuff. This was proven in a thread a few months back.
Save your money and buy the Walmart stuff.

Not proven... and I did check (again)- the Stihl oil is a virgin base with no other "products" (that variable % in the other MDS) in the packager line. But let's not open that mess again. Anything anyone needs to read to make their own determination is in in the prior thread(s).

Whether it makes any difference in operation or not, is certainly debatable, and for most, that's all that's really important (the difference, not the debate). My advise to those who read the threads and can't see the forest for the trees, go buy some other bar oils and try them. If they work for you, and it's convenient to get them, go for it.

 

[manual]

I have been running the poulan pro bar oil with the red dye since 94. Dont know if it is any different then the reg poulan oil, but they are the same price of $2.86 gallon.
I have never seen any bar or chain troubles do to any lubrication problems.
But of course I am only a homeowner and dont cut for a living 8-10 hours a day.

yea, there is a diff. seems to be tackier, but I am having a hard time finding it anymore.

Yea I am just a home owner cutting down the trees to get lite through the forest.

 

[Lakeside53]

So if you think the branded bar oil is expensive, I'll share an interesting thing we are doing... we've gone even more so... and if all you care about is the cheapest oil, then quit reading right now.

We now stock 5 gallon pails of Canola based bar oil (not Stihl), and sell them at cost - $50 for 5 gallons. Pretty much pro sales only as no homeowner wants 5 gallons of anything. We might consider going back to the "old" way of "bring your own container, the pump is out the back", but not yet...

Why.. bar oil is pita to order (6 weeks to delivery), stock and sell. As a % of floor space it has to be the lowest profit item in the place, and we don't have space. Whether we make $2 gallon on Stihl oil or break even on something else makes little difference to me. Oh yes, then there is that little enviromental question, and a bunch of our pro customers really care. Nothing like the sheen on water from bar oil to get the local authorities excited.

 

[manual]

So if you think the branded bar oil is expensive, I'll share an interesting thing we are doing... we've gone even more so... and if all you care about is the cheapest oil, then quit reading right now.

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Man I sure wish I knew what he said after this....