Tsc traveller 15/40 motor oil

What's everyone think about tsc traveller 15/40 motor oil

Just bought 2 - 5 gal pails of Mobil Delvac 15w40 from Walmart for $65 a pail and they delivered it to my front door for that price. Funny part of it is when I went to their web page to see if they had any they said they were out but my wife put it in her phone to place an order and got it.

Produced and distributed by Warren Oil same as many private label oils such as Walmart SuperTech, Mag1, Coastal, and many other private brands. I wouldn't be concerned using it.
Who makes Traveller oil

A friend has been using Traveller 15W-40 in all the diesel equipment (CIH 8220, JD 4430, pair of JD 5410's, several Kubota compact tractors and RTV's, a Ferris ZTR mower and a Duramax dump truck) at her pumpkin/christmas tree farm for years. Also in all the gas engines - JD 3020 and JD A, Ford F150, various air cooled engines in pressure washers, push mowers, emergency generator, etc.

I've helped maintain all this equipment 30+ years - have experienced no oil-related issues whatsoever. Also I use Traveller in my Onan diesel backup genset.

AFIAK Traveller oil is fine.

I use it along with Harvest King, and Fleet Farm whatever they call it in all my older diesels. Whichever store I happen to be near when needed get the business.

Interestingly I had this question too. We used to use Traveller 15w-40 HDDEO in all of our equipment, and to be fair have had no engine issues. However, in 2021 I purchased a 2001 RAM 2500 with the Cummins. A friend who also had a RAM diesel said he had always used Shell Rotella T4 15w-40. So I said Oooooookie dokie and that's what went in Clifford. But I had some left over, and our MF 285 was in need of an oil change. And here is where I will add, I was not happy with the engine oil pressures of the tractor. Once it got warmed up, whether bush hogging or plowing or discing, oil pressure dropped from at the high end of the green range (Im sorry its a color gauge that's the best I got) down to the 1/3 ish area of the green range, and when idled down was barely in the green. So I decided to try the Shell and see what happened. And with the Shell, the tractor can be overheating (broomsedge with holes in the grill, am i right?) And my oil pressure stays way above half, and gets down close to half when idled down. And for transparency sake, both were CK-4 rated, 15w-40,and conventional, and both instances used the same AGCO filter. And the low oil pressures are a common theme with all the equipment we use the Traveller in. The more reading I do, the more the Shell Rotella T4 stands out as one of if not the best rated and reputed oils out there, well worth a little extra $$ IMHO. And since its less than $10 more for a 5gal bucket of the Shell at RK than a 5gal bucket of the Traveller. I am no oil expert but that's just what I have seen in my case.

Thanks for the replies I had a neighbor asking me about it I told him this would be a good site to ask his questions about it.

Kind of a side question-What do people think about saving or using VINTAGE quarts of oil in the old paper cans w/metal tops? I have about 6 quarts I been saving for 15 years because my BIL could not sell them on swap meets. They are old Penns-oil and I want to use them in a old tractor to save money??

Idk. Does oil go stale the same way gasoline (and now diesel fuel)? It might also have gotten some water in it through condensation through the years.

Cleddy, need more information. How old is that oil. multi weight or single weight? What weight? Detergent or not? As far as the cans I would not be worried but I think it might be what older tractors called for in hydrolic system, single weight non detergent.

I have been using it in my MF180, MF 65, Kubota 22hp diesel in a woods mower. sometimes it gets used n gasoline engines in a pinch. NO OIL RELATED COMPLAINTS.

It is multigrade 10-40 Pennsoil detergent oil like we bought in the 70's. So it is not extremely old-just 50 years old. As far as I know oil does not spoil or go bad though it may separate or settle some. I used to buy this oil by the case back in the day but never thought to save it as an investment. Remember the spout you pushed through the top to pour it into engine???Cleddy

Oil oxidation is one of the driving contributors to needing to change your oil. It breaks down over time from heat and being exposed to oxygen in your engine crankcase. It will oxidize over time just sitting in a can also. If the can was 100% sealed from air it may be okay, but when it was filled there likely was some air in the can. Personally I wouldn't use it, additionally new oils are formulated with a lot of improvements over that older oil. To me it just wouldn't be worth the risk. Enjoy the look of the old can but wouldn't risk using it in an engine.

The biggest thing is to change it

Does anyone judge anyone oil by the specs printed on the container .
Then again , low $ oil is often poured into high $ containers .