Re: Hydraulic-transmission oil

Posted by RodInNS on February 15, 2006 at 07:04:37 from (142.177.84.79):

In Reply to: Re: Hydraulic-transmission oil posted by IanC on February 14, 2006 at 19:55:17:

I'm sure that's all good info that you provided there, except the price difference. I would say that before FL Viscosity happened on the scene, OEM oil was probably a few bucks more down to a few bucks less a pail, depending on the non OEM source. Since NH switched to FL Viscosity, oil has gone up, and up, and up, and up up up. And it wasn't all due to crude prices. It went up due to sourcing from FL Viscosity. The pricing difference for me, on my opeation in now about 1000-1500 per year spread between say Walmart and FL Viscosity. In the days when NH was smart, and sourced oil from Esso, it cost less. People were happy to use it. My dealer for one sold it on a very narrow margin to promote it's use. Now, he basically in good conscience can't sell it to anyone. It's there. He has it. You want it, here's the price. Even he knows the repairs are cheaper for most of us now. There are lots of people willing to gamble a bit.
To be honest, I don't know if the walmart stuff is napa based or para based.... but I suspect it's para, as I understand it to be recycled. FWIW,

Rod

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