No Rotella T6

[Cycledude]

Probably will be plenty in stock in January

 

[number two]

In my NAPA store yesterday.
Manager said he had 100 gallons of T4 15W40 not showing in inventory so nobody could transfer it.
My NAPA online account shows no T6 anywhere.
Glad I have enough Kubota supplies for next year!
I'll refrain from making a political comment here!
Good Luck!

 

[sea2summit]

Probably will be plenty in stock in January

How do you figure?

 

[Hay Dude]

How do you figure?

Moreover, why should there be critical items out of stock and empty shelves for months?
Inflation is one thing, shortages are another

 

[5030]

I'll refrain from making a political comment here!

Good idea. Great way to get a vacation (unpaid).

 

[pmsmechanic]

I've been looking for some T-6 also. Maybe we will have to get creative and collectively buy a barrel of oil and divide it up.

I buy oil for my TDI's from VW. If I buy 20 liters at a time and bring my own containers they have given me up to $2/liter off of their regular price. They fill my containers out of their bulk totes. The bonus is that I don't have to pay any environmental fees and I don't have numerous containers to dispose of.

 

[3Ts]

Same here, no T6 nor is there much of the other series. I did find a couple gallons of T1 and I did manage to get the last 3 jugs of T4 (2.5 gal size) in town. I did notice that TSC had plenty of their brand diesel oil in 5 gal buckets in stock. Not much available around here in brand name from the usual places, just house brand.

 

[RoostersGarage]

I've been seeing the same thing for months. I thought TSC was just clearing out their inventory to stock up on their house brand, but I've learned it's more widespread than I originally thought. I got Mobil 1 for the last oil change and the shelves are still empty.

 

[sea2summit]

I'll never learn, should have gone to the local guys first! I haven't gone anywhere much and the city is 45 minutes one way and town is 15 min the other so that's my excuse. Made a special trip to town today so I can do the tractor oil tomorrow.

Anyway, local place had..."plenty" is too generous but "enough" of almost all the diesel oils, T4 in five gal everything else gallons. Also had my fuel filters so I'm happy now. Talked to him about it and he said oil is coming in small batches off the "auto inventory" and DEF not at all so he special orders DEF to keep it in stock and he's done a few special orders of oil to keep his stock where he wants it. Interesting bit of intel I guess.

 

[crashz]

Good idea. Great way to get a vacation (unpaid).

You guys are getting paid!?!?

Not exactly the same, but even Caterpillar is back-ordered on filters and oil. I'm waiting on a delivery I started at the beginning of the week for an oil filter!

 

[piper184]

The farm and home store I work at is having problems getting a lot of products. The automotive manager told me this week that he can't get most oil that he orders. Some house brand stuff but most of the name brand stuff just goes to back order. In other parts of the store what we get is really hit and miss. Some guns/ammo/reloading stuff starting to trickle in. Christmas isles look really bleak this year. We do ok with animal feed and most clothing but all the other departments are suffering.
I used to keep several oil changes on hand, buying products when they were on sale so that I didn't have to make special trips to town when I need stuff and to save money. Just the way I lived. Now days it is a "if you see it, buy it" thing and I currently only have supplies for one oil change for each vehicle where I used to have at least two. I don't consider this as hoarding, but surviving.

 

[RancherGuy]

There’s no T6 here, either.
I had to buy T4 in 5 gallon pails.
Walmart, NAPA, Auto Zone and Lowe’s all out of almost all Shell diesel oil.

"Had to"? A month ago I found the last two 5 gallon pails of T4 within miles. Checked WuMart, TSC, auto stores, ...
I normally get from TSC, but all brands of diesel oil they carry have been cleaned out for months. I finally found the two lonely 5 gallon pails at an O'Reilly. Paid $100 each, which is twice what I paid a year ago.

But something else that I noticed when I bought them was the packaging. Instead of a bucket with printing on the plastic, the container is a generic bucket with a stick-on label. My first thought was maybe there is a package shortage. But nothing seems to change except the number of ships off the coast of California has been increasing.

 

[jyoutz]

"Had to"? A month ago I found the last two 5 gallon pails of T4 within miles. Checked WuMart, TSC, auto stores, ...
I normally get from TSC, but all brands of diesel oil they carry have been cleaned out for months. I finally found the two lonely 5 gallon pails at an O'Reilly. Paid $100 each, which is twice what I paid a year ago.

But something else that I noticed when I bought them was the packaging. Instead of a bucket with printing on the plastic, the container is a generic bucket with a stick-on label. My first thought was maybe there is a package shortage. But nothing seems to change except the number of ships off the coast of California has been increasing.

View attachment 725352

Is motor oil imported? I always assumed it is a domestic product.

 

[ljjhouser]

I could not find T6 at TSC either. Strange enough, I did find 2 gallons at Menards. That is all they had. I was surprised they had T6 at all.

 

[neal560sl]

I went to my local TSC here in Vermont a month ago to get a gallon of T4 and they had none. I then went online and ordered one from TSC and it took a little over a week to come and came from Iowa.

 

[bartjoebob]

I wonder if there is a formula change in the works. Shell actually had a $6 rebate off T6 jugs last summer. That brought me down to $14 for 5qts from a Walmart purchase. That's clearance pricing there...

 

[5030]

Got at least 30 gallons in a 55 in the big barn. I'm good.

 

[RancherGuy]

I went to my local TSC here in Vermont a month ago to get a gallon of T4 and they had none. I then went online and ordered one from TSC and it took a little over a week to come and came from Iowa.

Well then you are fortunate. I did an online order from TSC of 3 buckets and within minutes the order was canceled. I waited a couple of days and did the same, but this time they waited a month, which was 3 weeks after their forecasted pickup date at the store, then that order was canceled.

 

[devildog1]

Well Thanks all for reply's, thought we in upstate New York were only ones with oil supply issues. Looks like I'll have to just wait till supply flow resumes.But oh have anyone had and experience with Mobil One 5w-40 Turbo Diesel for tractors?

DevilDog

 

[Hay Dude]

"Had to"? A month ago I found the last two 5 gallon pails of T4 within miles. Checked WuMart, TSC, auto stores, ...
I normally get from TSC, but all brands of diesel oil they carry have been cleaned out for months. I finally found the two lonely 5 gallon pails at an O'Reilly. Paid $100 each, which is twice what I paid a year ago.

But something else that I noticed when I bought them was the packaging. Instead of a bucket with printing on the plastic, the container is a generic bucket with a stick-on label. My first thought was maybe there is a package shortage. But nothing seems to change except the number of ships off the coast of California has been increasing.

View attachment 725352

Yeah, had to.
I was past the oil change on the Magnum and wanted T5 or T6, but “had to” buy T4, or it was nothing at all (unless I wanted to drive around all day, then you start losing money).