ShoerFast
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What color is the cap on that Husky oil?
You can believe whatever you want but if you traced that jug back to the factory, they probably all came from the same one. Maybe one side of the factory or the other. They all work the same. As mentioned before, the red oil is different. I don't care what the jug says, bar oil is bar oil. It all has the same purpose, and as long as it flows through the saw and has tackifiers, what is the difference. I have never heard of anyone burning up a chain because of a bad bar oil. I would trust Oldsaw on this subject, milling is where oil really matters. Not saying that logging doesn't matter, but milling is harder than any other chainsaw application.
Hay, I don't make the news, just report it, and out of those two oils,,,,as I can buy it here (central Colorado) the Stihl oil is a better run,,,,,, there within a dollar.
Milling is tuff,,,,and I have a lot of respect for Oldsaw, he knows that.
But for the fun of discussion, what is harder on bar/chains, a consistent tensions, or excessive speed?
What needs to run longer, a chain milling, that need a good touch up ever couple tanks, or a saw running a few tanks before touch-up?
My milling chains will ware the cutter off long before the heel and DL's get rounded off.
Another question of key importance is the use of an Aux-oiler, is dumping more, but a lower quality better then running less, but a better quality oil?
Another item is the use of 'Rim' sprockets over spur sprockets, as Rims will out last Spurs and be more oil-conserving.
Just offering my $0.02 cents worth, but oil is not the expensive part.