Best Bar Oil?

[Donnie]

Used engine oil/gear oil. Get about 5-6 months out of a bar before it opens up on the rails. 
Good going I’d say. 

Edited Thursday at 18:02 by Donnie

[Conor Wright]

Fwiw I got tired of buying 20 ltr drums a good few years ago. There's a company a few villages over that import and mix oils of all types for nationwide distribution, they drop me a 200 ltr barrel every 18 months or so. 150 grade. Never had a problem with it. A few folk drop in saws for sharpening, sometimes they go home with a refill of chain oil too. Never had any complaints there either.

It works out at about €1.80 per litre. Last time I ordered one o checked the price of 1000lyrs in an ibc. 1.60 ltr. Thought about it, but wasn't worth the hassle of storing that much (barrels fit through door of small shed, ibc wouldn't).

Tried veggie oil once. It was shite. Ok in a topper maybe, but useless on longer bars.

If we have work on a site that requires bio oil I just bend over and get whatever is available locally at the time. 

[gand]

On 26/03/2025 at 20:14, Jackp01 said:

A shop local to me has iso 220 bar oil at £55 for 25 litres has anyone used thick oil like this before in their saws 

I've been using a 220 oil for years and never had a problem with the oiling, nothing wrong with oil that thick until winter and the only problem is it takes longer to pour in to the tank