Stihl Bar Oil- Is it really worth the price?

[Cricket]

Some people waste even more money on oil, it would be $23.44 for a gallon this way.

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Ego (makers of my battery saw) wants fourteen something *for 32 freakin' ounces!!*

There's what's apparently a local brand - "Lumberman's" or some such, I forget exactly - that's like six bucks a gallon, and available in every local gas station. That's what's available when most of the local users of chainsaws are Dutch farmers.

 

[SweetMK]

I was thinking about the recycled oil,,
With transportation costs, risks, and insurance,, the slow process of prep to resell, possible water or gas etc contamination,,
it is more than likely that new crude made into chainsaw oil would be cheaper than recycled..

I would bet most used oil is simply burned in some type of furnace,, much like a local generating facility uses wood chips as fuel.

A local cement plant wanted to use tires as fuel,, but, the stack contamination due to alloying and plating on the steel cords stopped that.

Heck, they wanted permission to put TONS of cadmium and nickel into the air each year,,

I guess used oil poses similar problems.
About a decade or so ago, some heating oil company (in NY,, I believe) was dumping used motor oil into the heating oil,, and selling it.
The heating oil company was being paid a disposal fee,, then turning around and selling the oil as heating oil.
I would bet that you could add 5% or 10% used oil to fuel oil,, and it would burn perfectly.

IIRC,, there was jail-time involved when those guys got caught.

 

[mountainguyed67]

"Lumberman's" or some such, I forget exactly - that's like six bucks a gallon, and available in every local gas station.

A gas station sells bar & chain oil? New one on me.

 

[Brufab]

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Thats awesome I hope it wasn't meant as a insult towards anyone. It looks just like me minus the flag.

 

[mountainguyed67]

I hope it wasn't meant as a insult towards anyone.

Nope, I was just looking for the bar & chain oil in the picture...

 

[Brufab]

That's funny

 

[mountainguyed67]

That's funny

Laughter is the best medicine.

 

[North by Northwest]

Thats awesome I hope it wasn't meant as a insult towards anyone. It looks just like me minus the flag.

Nah BF is a Canucklehead once removed !

Was digging around the net tonight looking at different studies of the Carcinogenic potential ofnused oil and stumbled on the quote posted below.

"Exposure to mineral oils is strongly associated with an increased risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer, particularly of the scrotum."

It's all fun and games until your balls become one big cancerous mass.

Mineral oil has always been a polyaromatic hydrocarbon health concern , recognized carcinogen & suspected mutgen . Interesting that it is routinely within the ingredients of numerous lip balms , moisturizing creams & baby oils . Further interesting is that has very little actual moisturizing effect , rather is more effective as a barrier as in petroleum jelly for protection of a baby's bottom from diaper rash . Yeah , refrain from rubbing it on the family jewels !

 

[Brufab]

I've been north of Winnipeg on the red River for monster catfish also to Ontario for fly in fishing for walleye and pike. Some of the best sheephead fishing there too a 2-3 kilo beast on every cast

 

[North by Northwest]

And this thread is more valid than ever since even the cheap bar oil is up over 14 bucks and name brand is at or approaching 20. It would be great to have several bar oil brands tested by blackstone oil testing labs to see the differences in additives and concentrations as that resource is now available.

The biggest advantage of dedicated bar oil is the tacifiers that reduce the fling off . In a pinch unused low temperature automotive oils work adequately . ATF has also been used routinely . However there are numerous dedicated & cost effective bar oils out there that probably much more efficient & healthy long term !

 

[Brufab]

I imagine the tackifiers help reduce the amount of oil in the air

 

[Brufab]

The motor oil I use in a pinch seems to fling off more than standard bar oil

 

[huskihl]

I've been north of Winnipeg on the red River for monster catfish also to Ontario for fly in fishing for walleye and pike. Some of the best sheephead fishing there too a 2-3 kilo beast on every cast

Been to the marsh just north of there many times duck hunting. Water level came up 4’ and we went out scouting new areas. Hit a 12lb walleye right on top of the head with the prop. Ate good that night

 

[Brufab]

Yea reports out of the saginaw bay are good fishing but Ice is sketchy. Are you in the u.p or just northern lower? Was wondering about snow reports for ogemaw County area

 

[huskihl]

Yea reports out of the saginaw bay are good fishing but Ice is sketchy. Are you in the u.p or just northern lower? Was wondering about snow reports for ogemaw County area

I’m 1.5 hours sw of the bridge. Half hour west of Gaylord

 

[Brufab]

Alot of lake effect snow I'm guessing over that way

 

[huskihl]

Alot of lake effect snow I'm guessing over that way

Yeah we’re in it.

 

[rtrsam]

For years I'd buy bar oil in bulk 55 gallon drums, don't recall the brand name of it. Once as we were getting two drums dropped off, I mentioned to another fellow, "You know, every drop of this stuff is gonna get sprayed around out in the woods. If we spilled that much we'd be in trouble." Something to think about when using waste oil.

On the other hand I used to have heavy equipment operators who would get 5 gallon jugs of hydraulic oil. They'd dump a gallon or two into a machine, then the rest of the can would sit in the back of their service truck getting dust and water on it when it rained. So next time they needed to top of a half million dollar machine, they always wanted a new can of oil. And the old can with three or four gallons in it would sit in the shop.

After we accumulated a couple dozen of those I started rotating it in for bar oil. I figured, it wasn't used, it might have a little dust or water in it but no more than you'd expect from a refilling process. Worked fine, and got rid of a bunch of hydraulic oil.

 

[bkellyusa]

For years I'd buy bar oil in bulk 55 gallon drums, don't recall the brand name of it. Once as we were getting two drums dropped off, I mentioned to another fellow, "You know, every drop of this stuff is gonna get sprayed around out in the woods. If we spilled that much we'd be in trouble." Something to think about when using waste oil.

On the other hand I used to have heavy equipment operators who would get 5 gallon jugs of hydraulic oil. They'd dump a gallon or two into a machine, then the rest of the can would sit in the back of their service truck getting dust and water on it when it rained. So next time they needed to top of a half million dollar machine, they always wanted a new can of oil. And the old can with three or four gallons in it would sit in the shop.

After we accumulated a couple dozen of those I started rotating it in for bar oil. I figured, it wasn't used, it might have a little dust or water in it but no more than you'd expect from a refilling process. Worked fine, and got rid of a bunch of hydraulic oil.

 

[mountainguyed67]

For years I'd buy bar oil in bulk 55 gallon drums, don't recall the brand name of it. Once as we were getting two drums dropped off, I mentioned to another fellow, "You know, every drop of this stuff is gonna get sprayed around out in the woods. If we spilled that much we'd be in trouble." Something to think about when using waste oil.

On the other hand I used to have heavy equipment operators who would get 5 gallon jugs of hydraulic oil. They'd dump a gallon or two into a machine, then the rest of the can would sit in the back of their service truck getting dust and water on it when it rained. So next time they needed to top of a half million dollar machine, they always wanted a new can of oil. And the old can with three or four gallons in it would sit in the shop.

After we accumulated a couple dozen of those I started rotating it in for bar oil. I figured, it wasn't used, it might have a little dust or water in it but no more than you'd expect from a refilling process. Worked fine, and got rid of a bunch of hydraulic oil.

It’s not that difficult to clean a can.