TSC bar oil?

[Wood Doctor]

I use the blue stihl oil in winter and tsc in the summer. I tried to use tsc when its cold but it is really thick. With blue stihl it doesn't matter what temperature it is. Around me stihl is around $20 a gallon.

I wonder if they mix watch oil with it? Watch oil used to fetch $90 per ounce.

 

[sb47]

Lucas oil stabilizer is what puts the sticky in bar oil. You could ad it to the cheap bar oil but that would make it cost the same as the better oil.
I've used the cheaper oils when the better stuff is out of stock and can't really tell the difference.
And when you think about it, the motor only sees a small fraction of what the bar gets per tank and the motor last a long time.

 

[bowtechmadman]

Did I read correctly someone took back a jug of bar oil b/c they found it too thick? Would love to have seen the look and heard the comments of the store owner when that was brought back! How in the world can one claim that bar oil is defective to the point it needed returned? Wonder what affect stuff like this has on the price of oil...it definately has a huge impact on the cost of the saws when customers cut down one tree or tree limb and return the saw as defective.

 

[sbhooper]

They walk among us and they reproduce.

 

[farmer steve]

I cant think of the bar oil I always use but its thick and sticky,,, $11 a gallon... was in tsc today and theirs was only $7 a gallon.. so I got some.. man it pours like 10w30... thin as crap..

put it in the freezer for an hour.

 

[Vibes]

Did I read correctly someone took back a jug of bar oil b/c they found it too thick? Would love to have seen the look and heard the comments of the store owner when that was brought back! How in the world can one claim that bar oil is defective to the point it needed returned? Wonder what affect stuff like this has on the price of oil...it definately has a huge impact on the cost of the saws when customers cut down one tree or tree limb and return the saw as defective.

I believe Sears and box stores are the only places that have a policy like this. May be one of the dealers on the site will chime in. The dealers that I deal with won't be taking any used saws back, or even fixing for free saws that aren't defective.

 

[cre10]

I believe Sears and box stores are the only places that have a policy like this. May be one of the dealers on the site will chime in. The dealers that I deal with won't be taking any used saws back, or even fixing for free saws that aren't defective.

I know a guy that works at Lowes and he says there are regulars that buy a saw or other tool to use for one job then find a flaw in it and return it. He said lots of things are bought Friday and returned Monday.

 

[Vibes]

I know a guy that works at Lowes and he says there are regulars that buy a saw or other tool to use for one job then find a flaw in it and return it. He said lots of things are bought Friday and returned Monday.

Shame on Lowes. They will end up like Sears before they know it.

 

[svk]

Shame on Lowes. They will end up like Sears before they know it.

Most retailers require personal information for returns so they can root out perpetual return policy abusers like those who do this.

 

[chucker]

Most retailers require personal information for returns so they can root out perpetual return policy abusers like those who do this.

that's another reason why most of the BBS will only allow 2 returns per calendar year per person/last name/address.....

 

[zogger]

Most retailers require personal information for returns so they can root out perpetual return policy abusers like those who do this.

Got two stories.

I knew a store manager for big orange back in Atlanta. He told me, off the record of course, that they were inundated with returns of well used clapped out abused tools by "recent arrivals", and had been threatened with discrimination lawsuits if they refused to exchange for new tools. they just ate it because to even fight and win in court cost them more money.

Next one, my Gf was working down there in a clothing store, before big holidays, etc, they sold a ton of fancy clothes, say before Easter. After the holiday, the clothes were returned with the tags still hanging on them "doesn't fit, wrong color" etc. Again, same deal, threatened with discrimination lawsuits.

 

[Vibes]

This reminds me. I have a broken tape measure to return.

 

[Ambull01]

Did I read correctly someone took back a jug of bar oil b/c they found it too thick? Would love to have seen the look and heard the comments of the store owner when that was brought back! How in the world can one claim that bar oil is defective to the point it needed returned? Wonder what affect stuff like this has on the price of oil...it definately has a huge impact on the cost of the saws when customers cut down one tree or tree limb and return the saw as defective.

Yep I returned it. It was Husqvarna b&c oil that was about $14 a gal. I freaking hate that store since they mark everything up but the next store is about 25 minutes away and I was in a rush. The damn oil was so thick none of it made it onto the bar. I poured the oil back into the jug so I used very little of it. I don't return saws or other equipment after use.

 

[bowtechmadman]

Was either very cold or your oiler wasn't working. I highly doubt there was anything "wrong" with the bar oil. Just sayin.

 

[Ambull01]

Was either very cold or your oiler wasn't working. I highly doubt there was anything "wrong" with the bar oil. Just sayin.

Nah, it was in the 40s or 50s. Oiler was/is working properly. Took the bar off and watched the oil pumping out of the saw. I cleaned the bar groove and oil holes. The oil was too thick. This was before I read about cutting the oil to make it thin. They rent chainsaws so I figured they'll just dump the oil into one of their rentals.

 

[Spectre468]

I think the older TSC was better, the new countyline branded does seem thinner, but it still works OK.

Of course, could all be my imagination, going on memory, don't have any of the older stuff anymore.

I guess you could make your own primo bar oil if you could find the tackifier and mixed with with like 5-40 synthetic.

I have mostly the new TSC/Countyline, but still have a couple gallons of the older TSC oil. Side by side, I cannot tell the difference between the two. This is pretty much all I use anymore, and you can't beat the price.

 

[Spectre468]

That is my concern. How will it stick to that bar and chain all the way around a warm 32 inch bar? And if it doesn't you just smoked a 100 bar. Is the savings really worth it.. That's why asked the question on an earlier thread about the cheap stuff and if it would work on longer bars. I'm using the expensive Echo brand now. Bought at Orscheln for about 16.00 a gallon. It pours thick and sticky at 15 degrees.

I'm running a 32" on my 661. TSC worked great on it at 5*F. Super tacky but flowed well enough to have bar and chain well covered.

 

[Knobby57]

I know a guy that works at Lowes and he says there are regulars that buy a saw or other tool to use for one job then find a flaw in it and return it. He said lots of things are bought Friday and returned Monday.

It like a free rental !!! Mexicans do it a lot in my area . They can get band from the store but they have 500 cousins


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[Oldman47]

When it comes to returns, I am building a new house and constantly return stuff to Lowes. When I bought plumbing supplies I bought a bit more than I expected to use of each item. When I finished my rough in they got back the pieces I did not use. As an example I might have bought 10 elbows of a particular size and brought back one or two of them. What did it cost them to take back perfectly ready to sell components? On the other hand if I buy a can of adhesive and only use a dab of it, it has been opened and cannot be sold again. I do not ever expect them to take that back. Unused items should be easily returned with no impact but used items had better be defective if I want them to take them back. Special order stuff should never be taken back unless it is defective. If I order something they don't stock, why in the world would I expect them to take it back? They have no shelf space to use to sell it.

 

[rarefish383]

Since this thread is still running I might throw in some thing else. I'm fourth generation in the family doing residential tree care. So,some one in the family has been running chainsaws, since there were chainsaws. I worked for my Dad from the late 60's to the mid 80's. In that time period the logic on bar oil swung from one extreme to the other. One line of thought was that a thick oil stuck to the bar longer and lubricated better. The other line of thought was a thin oil flew off the end of the bar and "carried heat" off the bar better and faster. Both sides has slews of scientific data to back them up. We adjusted our chains so you could pull up on the chain with two fingers till the drive link was just clear of the bar on top, or maybe even sagging a wee little bit on the bottom of the bar. Run a tank of oil per tank of fuel, should be good. The three Homelites in this picture were running when I took the pic, and they all have the original bars on them. Twenty years commercial use and another 20 of me abusing them. They all sit on a shelf in the garage now, but 40 plus years of mostly 10w30, Joe.