AMSoil Experiences with Cars & Trucks

[PoorMansCat]

Not saying I'd miss crawling around in my gravel driveway in the winter though...

I did that for years until I was finally able to build my dream shop.... I went all out and it now has 10 tons of central air and heat!!.

 

[bulldog69]

I use Amsoil in my cars and trucks, plus the engines of my B2410 and 2- BX's. I use their gear oil in my snowblowers and mowers, as well as front axles.

The only exception is hydro oil. Based on previous experience with non-Bota hydro fluid, I only use SUDT in my hydro units.

You should try the Amsoil tractor trans/hyd fluid. Been using it in my L 3000 since 2000. Gave me a big reduction in heat. During cold weather everything works as good as it does in the summer.

 

[sw03]

You should try the Amsoil tractor trans/hyd fluid. Been using it in my L 3000 since 2000. Gave me a big reduction in heat. During cold weather everything works as good as it does in the summer.

I agree...cheaper and better then Kubota fluid...And it was a REAL synthetic fluid years ago...

 

[bulldog69]

A commercial account is FOR resale and selling to businesses (not little users). That is the basis for it.

That is completely wrong. A commercial account is for personal use, NOT FOR RESALE. Such as a business can get a CA for their own use. It's not to be sold to anyone.

"Not for little users" is also wrong. Amsoil does more for the little guys than most realize. While it's true that the CA are mainly for business use, trucking co, excavation co, and ect. Amsoil also is proud to help take care of the back bone of our country, The Farmer. They gladly will give farmers a CA. Doesn't matter if you have 10,000 acres or a 100 acres.

I have both a dealership and a commercial account.

Prices:
Amsoil gives the CA the biggest break because it's not for sale to anyone else but the person or business that has the account. It's for their use only.

Dealership gets almost the same prices as the CA does. Most are exactly the same. This is so the dealer can get out and make some money if they choose to. Amsoil wants the dealers to be able to make a business if they want. There would be no need for a dealership if everybody could get it straight from Amsoil for the same price the dealer gives.

If a auto parts store wanted to sell Amsoil the program for that is called "retail on the shelf". The prices are a little more than what a dealer would pay. Again, Amsoil wants to give their dealers every opertunity to make a business if they want to. If you could buy it from the store for the same price as it would be from a individual the dealer wouldn't stand much of a chance to sell.

Amsoil takes care of their own. If you are just a buyer, they give you the highest quality synthetic lubricants made. Dealers get lower prices so they can turn a profit if they want to.

Amsoil, American founded, owned and operated. This still means something to a few of us.

Not like the American Pride shirt I saw in walmart. Pulled the collar down and it was made in china.

 

[runnerbl]

If you want to buy Amsoil from Bob and he makes a dime, fine. And does, Jim, who recruited Bob, make a nickel, and does Jerry, who recruited Jim, make a nickel, and on and on. There may be one or two or there may be 10 or 15 "levels" making a profit, not from selling you the product, but for recruiting other salesmen, each of whom tries to recruit additional salesmen. And the end consumer is paying all those people. Without the multi-levels, the product could sell for a lot less. And of course the first ones into the program stand to make a lot of money and the last ones into it make nothing.

You hit the nail on the head. If it can be sold for so much less then you would agree that Walmart, Auto Zone, etc are making a killing off the consumer since their aren't as many "recruits". What's wrong with others making a little money rather than the Corporate America making it all.? Walmart and all the other stores that carry Mobil One sell their 1qt for over $6 and some as high as $9. AMSOIL sells their basic synthetic for under $6. If they can afford to pay multi-level of "recruits" a piece of the pie then how much do you think the other stores are actually making?

 

[Z71]

okay--- Jsut saying, You will NOT find a commerical dealer on the site. You HAVE to buy all products by the case; where is that? A commercial dealer ONLY re-sales the products and cannot sell to "little people". They are the ones for certain "zones".

You have no idea how AMSOIL works.

Catalog/retail customers pay suggested retail price.
Commercial and retail accounts buy products at wholesale price, no cost to be an account.
Dealers and Preferred Customers buy product at wholesale but pay a membership fee to do that.

Only Dealers and Retail accounts are authorized to resale the products and are covered by the product liability insurance. All the others are end users and not authorized to resell and if they do they are not protected by the AMSOIL warranty or product liability insurance.

Commerical account is a fleet end user; trucking company, farmer, industrial, oem installer of products etc. They earn a discounts on volume purchases above a set minumum but pay the same wholesale price as every one else.

Retail account is a business with a storefront such as auto supply, hardware, car dealer or anyone who sells products or installs them as a service.

ONLY Dealers can establish commercial or retail accounts and ALL AMSOIL customers are assigned a servicing dealer.

Commissions are only paid for actual product sales. There are no commissions or other bonuses just for registering new customers.

 

[WayneJessie]

I would also look at schaffers products,oil & grease.Good prooduct IMHO.I have been useing it for many years.coobie

Best products for the money anywhere. Excellent company with very high business standards. Also the oldest operating oil comapny in America. Their greases,oils, and hydraulic oils are tops. I run the 315 in all my Kubotas trannies. Can't say enough good about Scaheffer products. I use a few of the Amsoil products. Their 2-stroke oils cannot be beat. I also use their Severe Gear differential oils in some applications. Some people have real hang-ups about the business structure of Amsoil. I could not care less myself. It's the quality of the products that matters to me and Amsoil's products are top-notch.

 

[DarkBlack]

Opening definition from Wikipedia.
Multi-level marketing (MLM) is a marketing strategy in which the sales force is compensated not only for sales they personally generate, but also for the sales of others they recruit, creating a downline of distributors and a hierarchy of multiple levels of compensation.Other terms for MLM include pyramid selling, network marketing, and referral marketing.

 

[WayneJessie]

Opening definition from Wikipedia.
Multi-level marketing (MLM) is a marketing strategy in which the sales force is compensated not only for sales they personally generate, but also for the sales of others they recruit, creating a downline of distributors and a hierarchy of multiple levels of compensation.Other terms for MLM include pyramid selling, network marketing, and referral marketing.

Well, please someone tell me how many retail businesses are not multi-level?? How many times and how many hands made on a dime on that cheap piece of Chinese junk just we all purchase at the big-box store... As I said before, some folk just don't realize that just about everything you buy has some multi-level marketing in it. So what. Though I do not use Amsoil exclusively, I dare you to get Chevron, Exxon Mobil,BP, or any other mega-oil company to give you a strait answer about the composition of their products. Just try to get the holy grail of motor oil advertizing; Mobil to give you a strait answer about anything. Amsoil will. Schaeffer will, Texas Refinery will. It's been several years since I went throught the whole headache of running analysis on various oils in my equipment to see which ones were truely capable of greatly extending drain intervals without any negative effects on my equipment. What an eye opener that turned out to be. The arguement over high-end lubricants and in paticular Amsoil will never end. If you don't think their worth the money just do not use them and really, if you are not willing to spend a good bit of time doing oil analysis of various oils and let that be your guide to establish trends you probably should not spend the money on them anyway. I know of several OTR fleets that took the time to do so and they saw how much money they were wasting by not using high-quality long drain oils like Amsoil and Schaeffer. Instead of 20K intervals their running 60-80K intervals with great oil analysis. In my agri equipment it has saved me a ton not to mention the time to service and dispose of the waste oil. I am a believer.

 

[Marauderer]

Another oil thread with the same results. Oil selection is a very personal thing and a lot of folks feel their selection is the best. I have used Amsoil since 1985. I could have got into it at the beginning but thought it was snake oil because of their MLM structure. I used it in my Volvo 745 Wagon with the 2.8LTurbo Diesel for 312K mi and when I sold it the original Turbo was still spooling up. That motor averaged 30 mpg for the whole 312K.. I changed oil every 20-30K mi. Yes, I had the 1 micron bypass filter and the motor was still tight. Put 200K mi. on an 88 suburban with the 6.2 NA Diesel in it.

Do your own research and buy the oil that you like and believe in and you will be happy.