Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

I was using the $6 cam2 brand bar oil and it was nice and "slingy" in winter temps.

Thanks svk.
Side note, you following me, feeling a bit like I did in school. You know, like the vise principal who knew me on a first name basis was looking over my shoulder just smile and wave.
Boy I can't go anywhere without hearing about band camp. I was out getting some wood in the front yard today and I thought I heard my neighbor say to his wife,"wonder if he went to band camp".
Happy New Year .

 

[SteveSS]

Woo Hoo!! Oil Thread!

 

[stihly dan]

For that price I love it. I bought some for $7.99 a couple months ago, its OK, I find it a bit thin. Great for winter, bad if you have a saw that weeps bar oil while not in use.

 

[mn woodcutter]

For that price I love it. I bought some for $7.99 a couple months ago, its OK, I find it a bit thin. Great for winter, bad if you have a saw that weeps bar oil while not in use.

Don't they all do that?!

 

[stihly dan]

Not my Stihl's or my 385 xp....

 

[chipper1]

Woo Hoo!! Oil Thread!

50:1

 

[nomad_archer]

Thanks guys.
I have this tendency to use a saw for a few months(maybe and then send them down the road. The one thing I can a say is that I use name brand
2-stroke oil and bar oil. Not sure if it would have much of an effect on resale, but I won't say it unless it's true. That being said if the "guys on the internet" say it's just as good, why not make a couple extra bucks on each saw.

I stick with brand name two cycle oil. All I have used is the silver stihl ultra synthetic. I would switch to another brand with a recommendation off of AS. But it seems all oil threads devolve into a pissing match about mix ratios and oil brands with pieces and parts of various articles from the internet posted to support each person's view. Heck reading some of these threads it seems like I should be running a home made mix of stihl, husky, amsoil, and echo two cycle oils all mixed together at 16:1. Ok maybe I was stretching that a bit.

 

[nomad_archer]

For that price I love it. I bought some for $7.99 a couple months ago, its OK, I find it a bit thin. Great for winter, bad if you have a saw that weeps bar oil while not in use.

Don't they all weep bar oil on the shelf? The Chainsaw shelf is like an oil slick.

 

[nomad_archer]

Not my Stihl's or my 385 xp....

You must have special saws. All of mine do it. They must all be defective. Time to sell them all and get new ones.

 

[chipper1]

I stick with brand name two cycle oil. All I have used is the silver stihl ultra synthetic. I would switch to another brand with a recommendation off of AS. But it seems all oil threads devolve into a pissing match about mix ratios and oil brands with pieces and parts of various articles from the internet posted to support each person's view. Heck reading some of these threads it seems like I should be running a home made mix of stihl, husky, amsoil, and echo two cycle oils all mixed together at 16:1. Ok maybe I was stretching that a bit.

That's accurate, and not stretching anything.

Don't they all weep bar oil on the shelf? The Chainsaw shelf is like an oil slick.

Some of mine do, some don't. I can't hardly keep track of what I have let alone which ones leak. The 353 I sold this week did not leak.

You must have special saws. All of mine do it. They must all be defective. Time to sell them all and get new ones.

If you can afford it sounds like a great idea.
So what's for sale.

 

[JeffGu]

They don't all actually leak... but it takes a long time for whatever bar oil is all over the sprocket, etc. to finally drip off. If they're weeping, loosen the oil and fuel caps, then tighten them back down. Some saws end up pressurizing the tank, or creating a syphon effect that makes them weep oil or fuel. This stops it on my Stihl saws.

 

[chipper1]

They don't all actually leak... but it takes a long time for whatever bar oil is all over the sprocket, etc. to finally drip off. If they're weeping, loosen the oil and fuel caps, then tighten them back down. Some saws end up pressurizing the tank, or creating a syphon effect that makes them weep oil or fuel. This stops it on my Stihl saws.

Thats a great point. I don't piss rev my saws before putting them away, or right after cleaning them. Sure way to get a mess. I'v watched guys rev the heck out of them before they put them in the truck to "get all the chips out", all it does is get the bar all wet with oil, and besides the chips soak a lot of the leftovers in the clutch cover area up.
When I sell a saw and someone comes to look at it I don't start it without putting it to a piece of wood afterwards.
I will try the loosen the caps tip though, thanks Jeff.

 

[JeffGu]

...the chips soak a lot of the leftovers in the clutch cover area up...

Yeah, if you leave that mess in there, it turns pretty gunky. I clean my saws up real good when I get home, especially under the sprocket cover. Bit anal, maybe... but my 3-year-old saws look like other people's 3-day-old saws. Makes it a lot easier to tell if the saw is actually leaking or if it's just dripping off the parts. I won't claim that cleaning them up all the time makes the saw last longer (although I think it does) but one thing is for sure... I've never seen a chainsaw blow up because it wasn't filthy, oily, dirty and beat to sh*t.

 

[chipper1]

Yeah, if you leave that mess in there, it turns pretty gunky. I clean my saws up real good when I get home, especially under the sprocket cover. Bit anal, maybe... but my 3-year-old saws look like other people's 3-day-old saws. Makes it a lot easier to tell if the saw is actually leaking or if it's just dripping off the parts. I won't claim that cleaning them up all the time makes the saw last longer (although I think it does) but one thing is for sure... I've never seen a chainsaw blow up because it wasn't filthy, oily, dirty and beat to sh*t.

I'm not the cleanest guy around, but when I'm ready to sell i like my stuf to look good. Some of the ones I know I won't get any more money out, but also won't sell for less I just don't care. Those are the ones I don't care if they sell or not because the value isn't going down and it isn't going up.
Heres a couple I've sold.

 

[JeffGu]

There ya' go... you can see what you are buying. If I wanted to see a big blob of grease, sawdust, dirt, mouse turds, boogers and oil... I'd just go down to the bar and stare at the local farm girls.

 

[chipper1]

There ya' go... you can see what you are buying. If I wanted to see a big blob of grease, sawdust, dirt, mouse turds, boogers and oil... I'd just go down to the bar and stare at the local farm girls.

Here's the last "farm girl" saw I sold lol.
Not bad, but I never cleaned anything but the filter and ran at least 10 tanks through it.
Took the pictures at the local health food store on the bench outside, got a few weird looks.

 

[MustangMike]

For that price I love it. I bought some for $7.99 a couple months ago, its OK, I find it a bit thin. Great for winter, bad if you have a saw that weeps bar oil while not in use.

I do not find it thin at all. You do realize they sell 2 different bar oils, one is thinner for winter, I use the regular stuff year round w/o any problem, and in cold weather, it is definitely not thin!

 

[farmer steve]

I stick with brand name two cycle oil. All I have used is the silver stihl ultra synthetic. I would switch to another brand with a recommendation off of AS. But it seems all oil threads devolve into a pissing match about mix ratios and oil brands with pieces and parts of various articles from the internet posted to support each person's view. Heck reading some of these threads it seems like I should be running a home made mix of stihl, husky, amsoil, and echo two cycle oils all mixed together at 16:1. Ok maybe I was stretching that a bit.

you forgot the used fryer oil from mickey d's.

 

[farmer steve]

Woo Hoo!! Oil Thread!

ya beat me to it Steve.
and for the record.
auto zone ad says "not vehicle specific" so i guess it's ok for poolan wild things,crapsman and any other misc. scrounging apparatus you may have laying around.

 

[nomad_archer]

If you can afford it sounds like a great idea.
So what's for sale.

I am more of a hoarder when it comes to saws.