b&c oil-summer-winter-does it matter?

[HolmenTree]

I use whatever I get my hands on for oil.I might be using light weight in the summer and heavy in the winter. Whatever I can buy when it's on sale.I probably have 20-30 gallons of it in the tractor shed.I have no idea the weight if any of it. All I know is it seems to do the job.

I like your reasoning...keep it simple...buy it cheap...use whatever you got. ;D

Exactly...... temperatures in the east, west, south areas of North America are fairly stable. But take for example areas in the north central plains like Saskatchewan or Manitoba and you will see temps like minus -50F windchill and a few months later it is plus +110F. And yes there are 100 ft tall trees in this area which need to be cut with winter and summer weight bar oil.

Willard. ;)

[Al_Smith]

 :D Cheap is good ,free is better .

I think I have about 12-15 gallons of bar oil I got from a tree trimmer whos' brother in law works in a bulk repackaging oil company  that packages cut rate oil products .If they get a damaged case with a "leaker " the employees can have it as a "freebie " .In addition my splitter has 7-8 gallons of auto tranny fluid at the same price as does the tree trimmers machine .

[Coon]

Swamp, first off I find the wool wicks away the moisture from the skin better.  Secondly,  I live on the prairies and we get major winds in the winter months.  I was raised on the one piece woolies so why change.  ;)  Grandma even used to put a buttflap so I didn't need to completely strip when I went to the outhouse.  :D Guess I got spoiled in a sense.  :D  I do have a couple changes of Stanfords but I find that by lunchtime I need to change them out because they are wringing wet and I am getting cold due to this.  It seems as the woolies breathe better.  As far as confort goes I would rather wear the Stanfords, a little less on the itchy side. 

One winter we were logging way back in the forestry reserve and staying in camp.  Overnight the temps dropped to the -40's and we were running low on firewood for the wood heater in the bunkhouse.  I decided I would be the one to brave the cold and go cut some dry wood.  I got to the shack that we stored all the oils and such in and grabbed a gallon jug of chain oil and headed for the pile of logs beside the bunkhouse where I set the saw.  I managed to finally unscrew the frozen cap and attempted to fill the resevoir on the saw.  Nothing came out.  The oil was so stiff that it was one solid glob in the bottom of the jug.  I took the oil and saw into the bunkhouse to thaw out a bit. After a couple of hours I managed to get some oil into the saw but it barely came out of the jug.  :  The bunkhouse had cooled off with the last of the sticks of the wood burning down to a few coals.  I had actually gone out while waiting for the oil to thaw and used the axe to cut a few blocks to burn meanwhile.  When I finally got the oil in the saw and gone out to cut it took a matter of two minutes of cutting to freeze the saw up enough that it wouldn't run.  :  Bringing the saw inside was not a smart thing to do as the frost on the saw melted and condensed on the inside of the fuel tank.  It ended up taking all day to buck and split the last half cord of wood we had by the camp.  This lasted us through till around noon the next day when we had to fire up the skidder to go bring more wood in for the drafty old bunkhouse.  Believe me, it was drafty enough that when I woke up one morning my long underwear was frozen to the wall.   :D 

.... I could keep you guys entertained for quite a while with some of our experiences of two rednecks living a whole winter in a logging camp.  I think I will have to start a whole new topic though.  ;)  Are you people up for a few good laughs?

Brad.
   

[SwampDonkey]

Well, you can buy the gray in one piece if you like. ;D I don't recall complaining about the one piece in the first place. :D But this time of year, I can't wear a full suit, just the top under a cotton button down long sleeve Dickie shirt. Lots warm, as the salt comes through onto the shirt from sweat as it is. ;D Water runs out of me everywhere when at work. :D

[thecfarm]

Coon,I'm ready for a few laughs!!!