Oil & Fuel HST Oil

[FSE]

Ok. I have a HST oil question. I know this is about as bad as the tire question but I was at Tractor Supply today looking around waiting for the salesman to order my rear blade and middle buster and I was looking at their oils. Is there oil at TSC that can be used as the UDT or what ever it is called in my BX2660 and would you recommend using oil from TSC? I know there is an oil thread but I like to ask in the Kubota section.

 

[rdsaustintx]

Use SUDT in a BX. Use the search button (about 3" above this window) to see why.

 

[FSE]

I have read the threads about choice and I believe that UDT will work better because of the weather here. It gets over 90 most of the summer and rarely gets much below freezing in the winter. I am just wondering if TSC has good HST oil or should I go with a name brand.

 

[bp fick]

TSC does stock the better Mystick fluid. JT-5 is what it is called, I believe. I wouldn't personally use their more generic products, but this one is the best they sell, I do believe. It is a Citgo product. The choice is yours.

 

[FSE]

No more than I use the tractor I won't be changing it that often maybe I should just go with the Kubota brand until the warranty goes out anyway.

 

[sw03]

you can use ANY fluid as long as it meets UDT spec.

 

[gwdixon]

Since any of my tractors' oil is changed when it is time to change the filter I use the TSC hydraulic PREMIUM oil. It is supposed to be a UDT-type product.

Off brands have been used for 20 years without a bit of problem. Even Sam's Club hydraulic oil can be used. It is a bit darker and more cloudy than the TSC oil which is why TSC is used now.

Shell motor oil is used for the engine and is also sold at TSC.

 

[bp fick]

Since any of my tractors' oil is changed when it is time to change the filter I use the TSC hydraulic PREMIUM oil. It is supposed to be a UDT-type product.

Off brands have been used for 20 years without a bit of problem. Even Sam's Club hydraulic oil can be used. It is a bit darker and more cloudy than the TSC oil which is why TSC is used now.

Shell motor oil is used for the engine and is also sold at TSC.

Questions? If you don't mind. Any performance difference? Any difference in HST whine? No loss of power going uphill? Warmup flow?

 

[gwdixon]

No difference that I can tell. No oil related repairs. An inference from your questions indicate you have may have found otherwise.

All four of my tractors had Kubota oils to begin with and they were replaced with TSC oils (Shell Rotella T motor).

Purists and dealers like to argue otherwise but if there were catastrophic failures due to any specific brand of oil it would be well publicized and be a constant topic here on TBN. Separating fact from opinion is always an underlying factor on Internet forums such as TBN.

Perhaps there are statistics somewhere that can verify that mechanical failure can be fully blamed on a specific oil but I have not seen anything of the sort. Even synthetic oils vs. dino oils don't seem to make a measurable difference.

My practice is to change oils and filters often to keep them fresh. "Works for me."

 

[TripleR]

No difference that I can tell. No oil related repairs. An inference from your questions indicate you have may have found otherwise.

All four of my tractors had Kubota oils to begin with and they were replaced with TSC oils (Shell Rotella T motor).

Purists and dealers like to argue otherwise but if there were catastrophic failures due to any specific brand of oil it would be well publicized and be a constant topic here on TBN. Separating fact from opinion is always an underlying factor on Internet forums such as TBN.

Perhaps there are statistics somewhere that can verify that mechanical failure can be fully blamed on a specific oil but I have not seen anything of the sort. Even synthetic oils vs. dino oils don't seem to make a measurable difference.

My practice is to change oils and filters often to keep them fresh. "Works for me."

This has been my experience. When I was still able to do my own service, I used Rotella in a couple of my tractors and ARCO in the other two as the dealer is a family member and it was close to our other farm.

I have to have my machinery serviced by others now and my Kubota gets Kubota oils as that is what they use.

My brothers are mechanics and both say "a good oil is a good oil no matter what the brand". Both have tried the high priced stuff and synthetic and saw no advantages unless it is used in racing applications.

Just my opinion; I was wrong once, but it has been so many years, I don't remember what it was about...