Tractor Supply Hyd Oil

[algar]

What do you guys think of TSC hyd oil for heavy equip,powershift trans etc..? they are running a deal buy 10 buckets and you end up paying under 30.00

 

[MSM]

It would help to know what you are planning to use it in,to see if it will meet spec. The universal tractor fluid will work in some powershift applications, but won't meet spec in applications calling for drive train oil like a late model Cat.

 

[Tx Jim]

That is a little less than 1/2 price of what Hy-Gard cost. For me I'll spend the "little bit" extra on JD hyd oil for a trans/differential that will take 1000's of $$$$$$$$ to repair. I just bought three 5 gallon cans of Hy-Gard to change the oil in my 4255. I use some of the cheaper hyd oil in an older tractor I own and I've seen some brown residue in the bottom of the cans of the cheap oil.

 

[Kerry50]

Went in to JD to get hydraulic oil and filter for my 4020. Parts guy says we have this no brand oil that is half price. Told him I wanted Hy Gard, no questions asked. John Deere oil for my John Deere equipment and Cat oil for my Cat equipment. In the long run, I believe it pays.

 

[wilamayb]

Brown residue is a good thing. Excess wear inhibitors....

 

[Anonymous-0]

I need to find my receipt but Im thinking I paid around 192.00 bucks for ten gallons of the DEERE HyGard last year in 5 gallon containers. My wallet is still sore over that.

 

[Tx Jim]

The Hy-Gard I bought the other day was $73 per 5 gallons

 

[onefarmer]

After replacing the brakes to second time in a year I went back to Hyguard. I'm now using it in everything. Was using the TSC Traveller premium trans oil. I'm blaming it on dissolving the glue holding the pads on the brake plates.

 

[algar]

I don't know the exact specs,my Inlaws are buying it for cat equipment.My B in law says it has the same 303 numnber ?????? He compaired it and said it has the right numbers.I will check it out.
I only own an old 322 lawn tractor.

 

[AJB-830]

That's about what I paid for 5 gals at my local JD dealer too. Think the list price was about $83 and they were giving 12% dicount through March. I too only use Hy-Guard in all my JD tractors. Al

 

[Wile E]

Amen to that.
I would not put Walmart oil in an expensive machine. Just not worth the hassle.

 

[Texasmark1]

I don't have the specs in front of me but TSC offers several grades of multiple use oil. My current tractor was built in 2007 and requires their Premium oil. They have the regular GL1 mineral oil, and then GL5 multiple use oil and now the Premium multi use oil which I think is orange.

I think it is a synthetic based oil. The back of the container has the specs. My tractor manual says to use that (grade of) oil in my tractor and expect problems with lesser grades.

Now a point of interest for the popular subject of oil. I bought a zero turn mower that required full syn 10w-30 for the hydraulic oil in the drive systems. Only syn I knew of was Amsoil. So I contacted a dealer and bought 4 quarts.

In time It became apparent that my zero turn hydraulic system didn't need any additional. My tractor's front drive axle sump was a bit low and I filled it up to level with a couple of quarts. I dumped the other two into the combination hyd sump.

After a couple of days running, I am sure that the 4wd selector just eased into engage where I had to exert reasonable pressure to get it there initially, and my shuttle shifter worked much more smoothly. So whatever was in the oil and all, things worked better.

Now if the statement to use the xyz hyd oil or be sorry was telling me that the Premium oil had much better lubricating properties, then I guess that's why it was recommended.

I don't know. I didn't study petroleum in school.

Mark

 

[scotc]

I would stay away from anything but a name-brand (Valvoline, Pennzoil, etc) hydraulic fluid. Guy on the IHC board used TSC hydraulic fluid a few years ago took out a new 806 hydraulic pump after a couple hundred hours, pulled an oil sample, came back "severely depleted replace immediately". Sent in a sample of new oil, came back "depleted, replace soon".

 

[Dalet]

(quoted from post at 23:38:57 03/05/13) I would stay away from anything but a name-brand (Valvoline, Pennzoil, etc) hydraulic fluid. Guy on the IHC board used TSC hydraulic fluid a few years ago took out a new 806 hydraulic pump after a couple hundred hours, pulled an oil sample, came back "severely depleted replace immediately". Sent in a sample of new oil, came back "depleted, replace soon".

It always starts out with someone I know or knew or had a friend. People need to understand that what works, works...

I will put TSC oil in my skid loader and lawnmower. For my Deere's they get fed Deere oil, and the CIH tractors get fed their blood. If you don't make your livelihood with the tractor, skimp on the oil, it sits all the time anyway and it will be some else's problem.

 

[tanman_2006]

I run deere hyd oil in my trucks allison trans (its actually the same valoline oil relabeled), cant remember the # on the oil (not hyguard).

The tranny went out in our 9420 and we filled it with Case Hytran while in the JD shop, no one complained.

I dont think it is the brand of the oil that matters but the quality and if it meets specs.

I check into alot of the specs for my trucks and use the info on my tractors. I run amsoil in most of my trucks and mobile 1 if it burns too much to make Amsoil worth the time.

My dad runs Atwoods/TSC cheapie oil in everything and actually doesnt have any problems, YET.

 

[scotc]

For something that doesn't see much use, you can get by with the cheap oil. But oil is one of those things you get what you pay for, for the most part.

We put Pitt-Penn hydraulic oil in the backhoe one time years ago, as it was about half price of anything else. System ran so hot we had to replace most of the hoses and drain the hydraulic system to put good fluid in.

Some guys running old MOPAR 727 transmissions are using hy-guard in them. It's "stickier" than Dexron and atf+. I have a truck with an A518 that's got some problems, I am thinking of adjusting the bands and trying it, might be able to run it for a while longer if I'm lucky.

 

[scotc]

Of course, I left part of my reply out.

The name brand oils tend to be of a higher quality than off-name and store brands.

 

[tanman_2006]

(quoted from post at 19:51:38 03/09/13) For something that doesn't see much use, you can get by with the cheap oil. But oil is one of those things you get what you pay for, for the most part.

I agree with this statement for the most part. I also think regular maintenence plays a big roll in this too.

My dad bought his MX150 and MX135's new and has ran cheapie motor oil their whole life. The MX150 has ~3100 hrs and is only 4yrs old IIRC, uses no oil and other than a factory defect tranny hasnt had an issue. Gets its oil changed every ~500hrs. The 135 has ~1200 hrs and is more of a ranch/cow feeding tractor but gets a yearly oil change as well as most filters just to be safe.

My 8920 has 6500 hrs on it and uses some oil but thats just how the 8.3L cummins is, had case oil its whole life. Dad bought it when he gave a damn and it was his baby, I was taught maintenence on it and continued it to this day but switched to Mobile 1 oil and it uses less oil. Case filters all around. Case hytran in the rear.

 

[scotc]

We had a lot of blow-by in our 1066's, and when we switched from CIH No 1 to Rotella most of the blow-by went away.

When your motor oil starts to go bad, generally they will start to use it, so you add a quart or gallon or whatever, and often it will get to the hours for the next change. Hydraulic systems don't give a warning when the fluid's going bad like that.