Oil & Fuel Oil Analysis of Traveller Premium Universal Hyd/Trans fluid

[xcgreene]

At my dk45se 50 hr service, I used Traveller Premium Universal Tractor Trans/Hydraulic Fluid. Lots of opinions on oils out there, so I thought I could add to the conversation my oil sample analysis from my 400hr service.

Oil filters used during this time:
* Kioti T5710-38031 hydraulic oil filter with filter magnet (Magnet info thread, if interested https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...dk45se-hydraulic-filter-magnet-installed.html)
* Donaldson P573481 HST filter. (My Donaldson filter analysis, if interested https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/404034-kioti-hst-filter-vs-donaldson.html)

 

[jeff9366]

Very interesting. Thank you for posting.

 

[Storm56]

Very interesting. Thank you for posting.

Nothing like a lab report to confirm that Travelers Premium is a fine oil that does not hammer the pocketbook. Have used it with complete satisfaction for years.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Bigfish50]

Ditto! Thanks much for the official analysis! I will continue to use this oil as I've had good success with it.


Bob

 

[SirMaxwell]

Thank you for your post. Always interesting to read some facts. Would be cool with 2 identical machines under similar circumstances to have 2 different oils. Always so hard to get long term studies like that (for obvious reasons). btw - Whats an oil analysis cost?

Thanks again,

At my dk45se 50 hr service, I used Traveller Premium Universal Tractor Trans/Hydraulic Fluid. Lots of opinions on oils out there, so I thought I could add to the conversation my oil sample analysis from my 400hr service.

Oil filters used during this time:
* Kioti T5710-38031 hydraulic oil filter with filter magnet (Magnet info thread, if interested https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...dk45se-hydraulic-filter-magnet-installed.html)
* Donaldson P573481 HST filter. (My Donaldson filter analysis, if interested https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/404034-kioti-hst-filter-vs-donaldson.html)

 

[xcgreene]

Thank you for your post. Always interesting to read some facts. Would be cool with 2 identical machines under similar circumstances to have 2 different oils. Always so hard to get long term studies like that (for obvious reasons). btw - Whats an oil analysis cost?

Thanks again,

$28 for their typical run of the mill oil sample. The report you see in this thread is just that, but with the addition of the TAN number you see at the bottom of the report, which is an extra $10. You can request the sample kits and they'll be sent to you, with a prepaid return label. You don't pay until its time to send in the sample itself. So the kits are sent to you for "free" until its time to send the sample in. Their website could use some streamlining I think, as the options for paying for each sample are a bit confusing. But their product is the best I've used, even noting trends from previous samples of the same oil.

It's certainly not that I feel everyone must do an oil sample analysis on every, or any, oil change. For me, it's more for reference when dredging through the parade of often unfounded internet opinions about what oils to use, when and if they should be changed, and why.

Having just one sample to reference like this isn't good enough either, the more there are to reference, the more accurate a conclusion can be. This helps minimize wild accusations like being able to run an oil without ever changing it as long as its filtered, or that one must always buy the most expensive oil on the market and change it often, without sighting any study or have any datapoints to justify the claim.

 

[bruceha2000]

Those numbers are great. In almost all cases well inside the average or expected. I had Blackstone run tests on my car's oil when it went out of warranty. First upped it from 5K miles to 7.5K. No problems. Then to 10K, oops, waited too long it was 11K. They said I could run to 14K. I stick with 10K though and I always use Mobil-1.

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

I agree with the others: Thanks for posting this! Travelers Premium Hydraulic Fluid is what I've been using in my Kioti, so it's good to know that it performed well in your tractor. I'm due for a hydraulic oil change this winter, and that's what I'll use.

 

[DieselBound]

Good site for oils testing results (some ATF, but, sadly, not for hydraulic fluid):

http://www.pqiamerica.com/

It helped me pick a replacement oil for my "fleet" (my regular, Rotella T6 went CK-4 and UP went the price- I don't need CK-4, only CJ-4, so I wanted a new oil that would meet my needs).

 

[xcgreene]

Good site for oils testing results (some ATF, but, sadly, not for hydraulic fluid):

http://www.pqiamerica.com/

It helped me pick a replacement oil for my "fleet" (my regular, Rotella T6 went CK-4 and UP went the price- I don't need CK-4, only CJ-4, so I wanted a new oil that would meet my needs).

Interesting. Not to drift off topic too much, I know Delo and Valvoline both also make a good 5w40 diesel oil, what did you land on?