Hello all you guys that have a bad habit of spilling your bar oil every time you refill! There is a new use for your Fabric softener bottle with the easy pour spout! When its empty just refill with your favorite bar lube and keep the sticky where you really want it! NOT ON YOUR TAILGATE! :hmm3grin2orange:
New use for your DOWNY BOTTLE! Unless you like oil on your tailgate!
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sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
nice!
JRepairsK70e
been there ...done that
i use empty 80/90 gearlube quart bottles for bar oil they come with a nice tapered spout that you can cut off to desired flow rate but still can be capped with a supplied dust cap also the side of the bottle has a vertical translucent stripe/window so you can monitor the level when refilling or just get a quick ref on amout remaining in bottle . quart size is usually enuf for 3to 4 tanks of gas so i usually have 2 on hand, check it out i never spill a drop of chain juice
treemandan
Tree Freak
You must need that for the 192's
ducaticorse
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Dunno if they all come this way or not, but the bottles I used always have. If so, you can forgo the bottle transfer altogether by taking your scrench and punching two inline vertical holes into the foil liner of the cap instead of removing the whole liner and exposing yourself to a mess. Why add unecessary steps right?
bushinspector
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YEP I do the same thing. I have a milk crate with one gallon of oil, one gallon of fuel and the gear lube bottle. Just grab it and go!
Rftreeman
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I use the large Tide jug, it holds more than a gallon of oil, been do this for years..
squad143
Tree Guy
:agree2:
I buy the Sthil bar oil in the lrg. (4L) jugs and put a small hole (2) in the foil liner as well. Can't be bothered changing oil from one bottle to the other, unless some clown removes the foil. I hate it when that happens.
I may have to give the laundry detergent a try if the foil keeps getting removed.
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beowulf343
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Did that with mix, funny thing is even though you clean out the bottle....it makes the 2stroke literally smell like downy for the first couple bottle fulls!!
LXT.............
arborsoldier
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The only problem is that larger companies that are subject to DOT inspections have to be able to provide a MSDS lable for all products on their trucks including saw gas and bar oil. If you get an inspector with a real hair up his @#$ you are subject to a fine. Not normally an issue for smaller companies or the DIY folks. Just something to consider.
justme23005
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I kinda like oil on my tailgate.. Its the only part of the truck that doesn't rust.. 
They use so much salt on the roads here in upstate NY, that it rusts the truck out within a few years. :bang:
They use so much salt on the roads here in upstate NY, that it rusts the truck out within a few years. :bang:
Rftreeman
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they didn't seem to mind it here when I got inspected twice, the old label had been removed though and the bottle was marked "chain lube bar oil" maybe that was enough to satisfy them....
sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
As long as it is clearly marked your good, but you do have to have the MSDS's. This reminded me that I need to get my binder finished, that has them!
frodo
ArboristSite Operative
fabric softner....
John Paul Sanborn
Above average climber
I kinda like oil on my tailgate.. Its the only part of the truck that doesn't rust..
Your best bet is to keep all MSDS sheet in a file in the cab, so the do not get stained or wet.
John Paul Sanborn
Above average climber
By the regs it is usually sufficient to do so, as long as that is obviously what is in the jug.
I like the recycled laundry bottles, I know guys who have been doing it for 20 years or more. It is real handy when you buy in the 5 gal jugs or 55 gal drums.
Another good recycle idea is to use a broken rake, w/o the tines, as a pusher tool for chipper feeding.
Rftreeman
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I started about that long ago when I was climbing with them old Homelite Super 2 saws, was a pita to put oil in and not get it all over the handle and that little spout made it very simple...
imagineero
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I think a lot of guys pour out of bottles the wrong way up.... especially on 4L bottles. Most guys hold the handle, and have the spout facing down. The trouble with this is that you can only tip a very small angle before the oil starts coming out.
Try it the other way up, with the handle facing down and the spout facing up. It seems kind of backwards, but you can get the spout really close to the hole, and you can tip the bottle a long way before the oil comes out.... because the spout is at the top. Wroks great for not spilling engine oil all over your truck engine too.
Shaun
Try it the other way up, with the handle facing down and the spout facing up. It seems kind of backwards, but you can get the spout really close to the hole, and you can tip the bottle a long way before the oil comes out.... because the spout is at the top. Wroks great for not spilling engine oil all over your truck engine too.
Shaun
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