Cold weather chainsaw chain oil?

[tunahead72 2,424]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Any of you woodcutting folk change chain oil season to season?

 

I didn't until just very recently...  I took my Stihl apart to replace the oil pump, and one of my local parts guys recommended using their BioPlus bar & chain oil in cold weather.  I had been using their Platinum oil, which he said is too thick at lower temperatures, by which he meant anything below about 50°F.  I haven't been able to test it fully yet, but I did start it up yesterday without the bar and chain installed (I know ), ran it for just a couple of minutes at low to medium throttle, and I got a decent flow of oil out the discharge hole (temps in the low 30's).  We'll see how it works once I sharpen the chain and put it all back together again.

 

[WHX?? 48,833]

Thank you for putting this thread back on track Ed.... here I thought we was gonna have an edumatcted thread on wood cutting in the winter ... silly me. Might have known it was gonna go ten pages and I wouldn't a learned a damn thing. 

 

For your info Squonky I only use bottles that have ode de skunk like you use in your washing machine. 

 

Not that I don't listen to the saw experts Tuna but I won't use drain oil like on Alaskan bush people or the high tech oils touted by the saw guys ... yah big margin in that stuff for them and I know they got kids to feed but I just buy the big box chain oil and thin as needed. More important EB to file the bars as needed and flip it.

I cut 'till the saw runs out of gas or oil ...hit the chain with a hand file and get at her again.  Bring it in to shop for power sharping if I hit a nail or most often stick it in the dirt.

Now you should know this EB guy has gotta have two saws out in the woods ... one with a $hit chain and one that is tuned. Use the appropriate one for the situation.   

 

Edited January 25, 2022 by WHX??

[ebinmaine 67,641]

1 hour ago, WHX?? said:

Now you should know this EB guy has gotta have two saws out in the woods ... one with a $hit chain and one that is tuned. Use the appropriate one for the situation

Habit I've developed over the last couple years is to bring 2 full chainsaws and one electric sawsall.  

 

Sawsall gets the dirty work. 

 

[WHX?? 48,833]

Yep I use a sawsall for cutting up pallets for the pit. Nails in trees from old deer stands or trespassing signs can knock a good chain down to parade rest real quick. 

[oldlineman 1,481]

I have found that when I see a blueish stain in a log there is a good chance that metal is lurking close by. Bob