Who makes Harvest King lubricants? Can the Harvest King Hydraullic fluid supposedly designed for JD tractors and meeting J20A specs be used as an acceptable alternative to Hygard Low Vis? 6.50 per gallon vs 15.55 makes me want to look at an alternative.
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I buy Harvest King at Rural King all the time. From the research I have done the best I can tell it is made and bottled by Citgo. Makes sense because this is the primary brand of oil that Rural King sales.
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ditto what mikepa said.
read the jug.. if it meets or exceeds the specs of your oem oil .. you are good to go.
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read the jug.. if it meets or exceeds the specs of your oem oil .. you are good to go.
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FYI, Citgo is the Venezuelan govt owned oil company. If you really want to support Hugo Chavez, go ahead.
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use the harvest king in my kioti dk45s and it foamed after only fifty hours
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OP:
Hy-Gard low vis is JD20D and regular Hy-Gard is JD20C. Your first post stated Harvest King meets JD20A, so it would seem it does not meet Deere specs.
Hy-Gard low vis is JD20D and regular Hy-Gard is JD20C. Your first post stated Harvest King meets JD20A, so it would seem it does not meet Deere specs.
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Some people may have success with Harvest King, but I would rather use the equipment manufacturer's oil even if it costs a little more.
Do you really need low viscosity? It seems to me the reason low viscosity would cost so much is because hardly anybody buys it.
Do you really need low viscosity? It seems to me the reason low viscosity would cost so much is because hardly anybody buys it.
J20A is an obsolete spec currently used in an effort to miss lead consumers.
http://www.pqiamerica.com/THF Reprint.pdf
From The Petroleum Quality Institute of America THF testing will be forth coming.:thumbsup:
http://www.pqiamerica.com/THF Reprint.pdf
From The Petroleum Quality Institute of America THF testing will be forth coming.:thumbsup:
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heck.. I'd use oem oil if it only 'costs a little more' too.. but it don't.. it usually costs ALOT more.. like as in MULTIPLES more..
over 80$ a pail at my dealers last time I checked.. every now and then tractor supply has 5g for 30 and 6g oversized pails for 35$.. hard to beet them prices.. heck.. i'd rather buy 2 pails of the cheap and change twice as often as the good stuff.. in the end the add package on the cheap is likely still near new if you are changing at half interval.. and you have the benefit of getting debri and contaminates out mid year.. and STILL have a money savings... heck.. almost get 3 changes 90$ vs 80$ soundguy