OT: Chainsaw Bar Oil

Woodpecker · 2003-10-29T16:06:25+00:00

This may be a little off topic but there has been an extensive thread onchainsaws in general (which info I relied on when I purchased my newHusqvarna 55 Rancher).Now I'd like to hear from everyone on what you use for bar oil. Thequestion being do you use commercialy formulated "bar oil" (expensive) orwould a generic automotive motor oil be good enough (cheap)?Thanks for your input.Siegfried

Oct 29, 2003 42 Replies

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AHilton 23 years ago

While steaming Walnut (and Beech too, btw) is a very old way to darken the sapwood of that tree, that place in Billings doesn't do that. That's just their kiln operation and they don't steam for color. They haven't handled walnut for a long time now and won't in the future either. That place is selling everything out and just doing hardwood (red oak and a little maple that they get elsewhere) flooring. The Billings operation does the roughcut and kilning and then sends it on up to Springfield for the milling.

I suppose you could use Sycamore for RR ties but I don't know of a single tie maker here in SW Missouri or NW Arkansas that use it. It's not a wood that's going to hold up in that situation very well at all. It's mainly Red and White Oak that's used around here. Maybe the Sycamore logs you saw where mine. I do a bit with Sycamore.

- Andrew

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Grandpa 23 years ago

Nah, they don't seem better. I still remember getting up at 4am, driving to the site for an hour+, then strapping a 12v battery on my back, cousin had another) then trudging thru 4' of snow to the D8 & JD1010 and jammer w/ an old flathead Ford V8 on it. Can of gas lit under the Cat fuel line to thaw it. Work for 5 -6 hours, then trudge out again arounf 4pm. I remember and grin, but not fondly.

I assume they were split but not positive as we just cut the bolts and hauled them back to Priest River. The poles we cut into 13" chunks, hauled them up, halved them again then split out the rot and the poles.

To stay > Hey Grandpa, Those 'good ole days' probably' seem better now than they

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