HyGuard J20C Trans fluid

[Kernopelli]

In all fairness to my local dealer, I called yesterday to confirm they had 1 gallon jugs of J20C in stock and I asked about price as well. He told me that off the top of his head he thought it was somewhere between $18-$23 gal. (+9.75% sales tax), I didn't press him to look it up. I just assumed I could expect it to be the high end of the range.

I was surprised and pleased. I paid $17 (inc. Tax) a gallon at my local dealer.

 

[Kish318420]

I just paid 3.88 for a quart w/o state tax.
Update
Just went an looked @ quart container it is JDM J20D TY22035 Low Viscosity Hy-Gard

 

[Missouri Lad]

I just paid 3.88 for a quart w/o state tax.

There two things wrong here. No. 1. John Deere don't make or sell TY6354 JDM J20C in quarts. May have been back in early days...say about 2001. No. 2. If you happen to find a quart of TY6354 JDM J20C, it may have been mis-labeled or you may think you have a quart of J20C. There is only two "spots" on the back label and it's in very tiny small print that says anything the oil in the container is JDM J20C. If it doesn't say TY6354, you don't have JDM J20C

Another matter here. $3.88 a quart comes to $15.52 when a gallon of TY5354 is listed at $16.55 gal. It would be not in a John Deere dealer best interest to sell a gallon higher than four quarts.

 

[beenthere]

Here is a link to more good information about the JD oils.
PMB Product:

Note the tractors listed near the end of the report regards PEMO, for some anti-chatter additive, listing the several models frequently discussed in this forum.

I found it to be informative.

 

[Oldoak]

Here is a link to more good information about the JD oils.
PMB Product:

Note the tractors listed near the end of the report regards PEMO, for some anti-chatter additive, listing the several models frequently discussed in this forum.

I found it to be informative.

Excellent! :thumbsup:

 

[Kish318420]

Update
Just went an looked @ quart container it is JDM J20D TY22035 Low Viscosity Hy-Gard
So the true difference between J20C and J20D is the operating temp range, since we are in the northern U.S. Unless you use the all purpose J21.

 

[Kish318420]

Excellent! :thumbsup:

So did I, thanks again

 

[MORRISONSTEEL]

I'm sure we all know that John Deere "doesn't" own a oil refinery, and has no faculty to make their own oils. John Deere may say they engineer their own oils and have a refinery to make it by their specs. Given that may be a fact, they still have someone to make the oils and chances are it may be a brand that is sold over the counter in some automobile stores or elsewhere. It turns out to be same as 10-W-30 oil

Couldn't be farther from wrong on this one, worldwide companies like Deere, Kubota, Cat,Hitachi, etc etc etc. They have plenty of cash to pay for the best petroleum engineers and just as high tech labs as any refinery has. Every single one of them owns their additive blend and no one else. It would be business suicide if a blender/refinery stole their intellectual property, just isn't going to happen. This does not mean that there is not other quality oils out there...but as soon as a refinery stole say Kubota's blend then whammo Kubota owns an oil company. There is just to much money in the oil refining/blending business to just give it away to a mfg because they stole their specs.

 

[Oldoak]

I don't believe any of them own their own refineries, although they may purchase refined crude oil and have their own blending facilities. What they do own is their own additives formula protected by patent rights.

Their core business is manufacturing machinery, not processing crude oil.

 

[Missouri Lad]

I don't believe any of them own their own refineries, although they may purchase refined crude oil and have their own blending facilities. What they do own is their own additives formula protected by patent rights.

Their core business is manufacturing machinery, not processing crude oil.

You are correct on the part. John Deere don't own or have a Oil Company. I have a few oil stocks and my broker don't know of any John Deere oil stock to be bought. I'm positive that if John Deere own an oil company it would be on the stock exchange. If and when you have a chance, look at a John Deere product, and that includes a oil product they sell.. All their labels say "Manufactured for...Deere & Company."...not by Deere & Company. Their registration number for their oils is Q24348-9 which is registered in Venezuela. Also not one label mentioned a any patient number or applied.
There's a couple on here that need to go to school.