Sberry
Platinum Member
How much difference is there in the quality of bar oil?
I mix any bar oil with used motor oil. My Husky binds at the tip if i use straight bar oil.I ran used motor oil in mine for years until friends gave me such a hard time for being so cheap that I switched to bar oil. I never noticed any difference between the two.
A guy I knew ran a tool rental and supplied oil and gas mix with each rental.I am sure that there are differences, but as a kid at the age of 12, we started cutting a lot of trees that were ringed by the previous owner. We made firewood out of them and the only oil we used was 30wt oil. Nowadays, the oils have "better" lubrication, and cohesion to stick to the bar. I knew an older guy who only used "used" motor oil on his bar, right out of his lawnmower after it came out of his pickup truck. He never had a lot of bar wear, so I guess any oil is better than none!
David from jax