Winter weight bar oil..

[Sean McGillicuddy]

I like the Winter weight bar oil Tractor supply use to have... I looked Yesterday and I didn't see it on the shelves or up above... who else sells this ?

 

[TreePointer]

I don't have a direct answer for you , but I wouldn't be surprised to find out that whoever bottles CountyLine winter bar oil just slaps a different label on it for other hardware stores like True Value or Do It Best.

 

[rowerwet]

Back before specialized bar oil, the manuals said SAE 30 for summer and SAE 10 for winter.

 

[Sean McGillicuddy]

OK
I went to a different Tractor Supply and they had some @ $8.99 a gallon.

 

[TreePointer]

My TSC still has it, but not too many bottles left in stock.

 

[Sodbuster]

I wonder if you can just thin it a little, maybe with a little diesel. I'd go easy thought.

 

[TreePointer]

I wonder if you can just thin it a little, maybe with a little diesel. I'd go easy thought.

Yes, folks have been doing that for a very long time. A touch of diesel or kerosene does the trick.

 

[BlankBlankBlank]

As Sodbuster and TreePointer mention, adding diesel fuel to the bar oil works wonders in winter. When I worked at a log home company in WI, we would add diesel to the bar oil year round, less in summer and more in winter. The diesel kept the chain and bar clean of the sap in the summer and the added thinning for the cold winter months.