Trans hydraulic oil

rick n ohio · May 7, 2021

If a certain trans hydraulic oil says on the container label that it will replace a certain dealer brand oil wouldn't you think it would be okay to use this thing about buying our brand of oil for this brand of tractor or your transmission will go out i think is a big hype just to get you roped in to buying there high dollar oil what do others think about it.

SVcummins · May 7, 2021

There is no one that polices hydraulic oil so what ever the seller and the bucket claims is in the bucket is what you get is it worth it to save 20$ for something that costs 5,000$ to overhaul ? If your using your tractor to pull a hay rack with 5 people on it probably worth the risk . If you use it everyday under full load then Id weigh the options

jon f mn · May 7, 2021

There are a lot of things in name brand oil that don't go into ratings. For instance case hytran is the only oil I would run in a case powershift. But I use no name vase oil in my older 30 series cases since they have no expensive shifts.

Bob Bancroft · May 7, 2021

I buy oil from a reputable petroleum dealer. It's simple. The barrel of hyd/trans fluid states that it meets or exceeds all kinds of manufacturers/industry/gov't standards. It gets used in everything. Likewise with the 15W40 diesel engine oil. I am not going to keep several different brands/containers of oil on hand for each company's sake- CaseIH, JD, AC, Ford, NH, Fiat, Navistar, Cummins, Case, and so on.

moresmoke · May 7, 2021

Depends if you are putting oil in a $5000 tractor or a $500000 tractor.

My old tractor that collects water in a 40 gallon transmission gets the cheapest stuff I can find. Even then thats a 10 percent increase in the value of the tractor.

DR. EVIL · May 8, 2021

Dad was about as frugal as a farmer could be. He bought FS brand motor oil to use in all the tractors, truck, cars, lawn mowers. And trusted FS to keep up with the specs for a Series 3 diesel oil or the SD spec for severe use gasoline engines. He used their gun grease too, and every tractor we went to the field on had a grease gun holder and a BIG toolbox with a couple new tubes of grease. But when Dad traded the '47 M for the Super M-TA in 1960 he changed over to Hy-Tran in the rearend of the MTA, the live pto, and hydraulic system, and the hydraulic systems of the M & H that might possibly share use of a implement with a hyd cylinder. And loaning implements to or borrowing implements from neighbors stopped unless they used their own cylinders to prevent contaminating oils.

Stephen Newell · May 8, 2021

Sure, the tractor manufacturer doesn't make hydraulic fluid. They select a type fluid best suited for their equipment and have them put their name on it and mark up the price. It may be the exact product you can get elsewhere. The only issue is you may need to do some homework and make sure the brand x fluid is the same type as the dealer fluid. Each has a viscosity rating.

deere4040 · May 8, 2021

I run JD, IH, NH and now added Bobcat Skidsteer. I run JD oil in everything as that is what I have the most of. I will not buy cheap oil from TSC for anything. Had a conversation with a former JD tech that told me that JD oil is Valvoline. Napa oil is Valvoline. Valvoline thinks their blue barrels are worth about $500 more than JD and Napa thinks their oil is worth about $300 less than JD. That is for a drum of oil. I haven't brought myself to buy NAPA yet.

Drums can say any specs they want. What they don't put on drums is list of ingredients(additives). So how would you know if one is better or worse than another?

markct · May 8, 2021

Don't confuse wording like meets spec # with can be used in place of spec # there is a big difference in those two terms. That being said take a look at the machine and it's workings, for manual transmission, dry brakes and no pto clutches and low flow hydraulics like the old Ford's we have I don't mind running cheap oil of somewhat mysterious spec, it's still way better than what they had 70 years ago and very few of these tractors get many hours. Other things like my deere loader backhoe with its reverser clutches and wet brakes, or my 90s era case ih I also run better oil in because it's wet brakes and clutches and syncro trans

rick n ohio · May 8, 2021

I don't think im going to take a chance on thr cheaper oil kubotas super udt oil is $120 a 5 gal bucket.a 5gal bucket of tsc premium trans hydraulic oil is $35 that says it meets spec but i think there has to be a big difference in quality

Dusty MI · May 8, 2021

I have a Simplicity Zero-turn mower.
It calls for 20W-50 hydraulic oil for the transmission. I looked at a 5 gal. pail of hydraulic oil, and in the fine print it says that it's 20w oil.

Ellis Kinney · May 8, 2021

I use Cat. hydraulic oil in everything. I figure if it is designed for use in earth moving equipment which take a beating, it ought to be fine in my SMTA, and the Magnatrac 8000. The downside is that it is very expensive. Ellis

buickanddeere · May 8, 2021

More worried about the additive packages and the quality
Of the base stock vs viscosity .

buickanddeere · May 8, 2021

. So some searching regarding the problems the military , nuclear industry ,
Aviation industry,
Maine industry and construction industry has had with counterfeit lubricants , filters and fastener .
Any jobber can print labels for boxes and pails with any high priced spec you want . Then fill the box or pail with cheap product.
The only product used here either comes across the JD parts counter , a Wix filter at Napa or oil from a Shell dealer .
Not risking anything by saving a few dollars are bargain shops .

SVcummins · May 8, 2021

Geez Buick you better put on your flame retried nnalert .
Havent you been on yt long enough to know every single part
you buy whether you get it at the seven 11 or the dollar
general?? Its all made buy one factory

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