Harvest King / Five Point / Yellow Bucket Trans-Hyd Oil

andy r · Apr 8, 2014

I have been using Five Point (farm store distributor oil) transmission/hydraulic oil for years and have had good luck with it in a wet brake/clutch tractor. Local farm store is getting higher priced every year. Another common farm store in Iowa sells Harvest King which is advertized to be a premium oil. It also is labled for all common tractor manufactures for tractors with wet brakes. It runs an easy $10 cheaper per pail over the Five Point. Finely, is anyone using the yellow bucket transmission/hydraulic oil??? It is running about $20 a bucket cheaper than than the Five Point. Are all of these transmission/hyd. oils OK?????? Are they as good as Inernational Harvestor Hy-tran???? What about using a cheaper oil and changing it more often? Just looking for thoughts/opinions/experiences before I make any changes. Thanks

JDB · Apr 8, 2014

I work for an oil blending manufacturer. The yellow bucket hydraulic oils are cheap low standard fluids. The exception being what coes from the Deere dealer. The yellow bucket stuff may be fine in a parade or show tractor that is never really used.

greygoat · Apr 9, 2014

A cheaper oil, and change it more often ?
OR, a better oil and change it less often ?

mkirsch · Apr 9, 2014

What would the point of using the cheaper oil and changing it more often be?

Depending on your definition of "more often" the cost of using the cheaper oil may be the same or even MORE than using the good oil.

If good oil is $60 a bucket, and the cheaper stuff is $50, and you change the cheaper stuff 2X as often, you're shooting yourself in the foot. Even at $40 for yellow bucket oil, you're spending MORE on oil than you would with good stuff!

Harvest King / Five Point / Yellow Bucket Trans-Hyd Oil

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