bo dawg 553 #1 Posted 21 hours ago (edited) Is everyone using 10w30 oil in the engines out plowing snow? I didnt get my D-200 switched over yet and would like to get it out of the barn. Still has the straight 30w in it. Edited 21 hours ago by bo dawg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sqrlgtr 2,028 #2 Posted 21 hours ago I run straight 30w year round. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmor 8,467 #3 Posted 20 hours ago It would be best to have 10w30, better for the engine, starter and battery. Many use 30W year round since it is a PITA to change for a rather period of time but that doesn't make it correct. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 76,835 #4 Posted 20 hours ago Trina's 8 HP engines use HD30 all year. My big blocks 12 to 16 HP get switched over from HD30 to 10W30 for the winter. ❄️ 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 44,295 #5 Posted 20 hours ago 51 minutes ago, bo dawg said: Is everyone using 10w30 oil in the engines out plowing snow? I didnt get my D-200 switched over yet and would like to get it out of the barn. Still has the straight 30w in it. I don't switch oil. I switch tractors. Winter tractors use 10w30 and summer tractors use 30w. 4 1 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 8,526 #6 Posted 19 hours ago you probably have a 1:1 ratio of tractors to implements. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 11,046 #7 Posted 19 hours ago Just now, 8ntruck said: you probably have a 1:1 ratio of tractors to implements. Given the ideal storage conditions... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 19,620 #8 Posted 19 hours ago (edited) I do not switch oil either. Snow horses get 5w-30 synthetic .... Summer horses Rotella 30w Edited 19 hours ago by pfrederi 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sqrlgtr 2,028 #9 Posted 18 hours ago 2 hours ago, lynnmor said: It would be best to have 10w30, better for the engine, starter and battery. Many use 30W year round since it is a PITA to change for a rather period of time but that doesn't make it correct. We usually don't have real real cold like some of you guys have. Ya know the old saying in real estate location location location. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adsm08 4,119 #10 Posted 17 hours ago I run Motorcraft 10W-30 diesel year round. Mostly because I get it for free. I change my oil twice a year in both tractors and can scrape up four qts in partials each year from work. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bo dawg 553 #11 Posted 17 hours ago I agree changing the oil to 10w30 for winter would be best for engines but I was gona try to get it out of the barn to warm up and change the oil so i could plow but crap i would have to dig my way to the barn and then plow 3' drifts for almost 1/8 of a mile just to get to my primary drive way. So heck with that, I called a guy with a truck/plow to do it. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bo dawg 553 #12 Posted 16 hours ago 1 hour ago, sqrlgtr said: We usually don't have real real cold like some of you guys have. Ya know the old saying in real estate location location location. Yea it is in the teens here. 17 but feel like 1 degrees. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sqrlgtr 2,028 #13 Posted 16 hours ago (edited) 2 hours ago, bo dawg said: Yea it is in the teens here. 17 but feel like 1 degrees. 41° here Edited 14 hours ago by sqrlgtr 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCM 10,550 #14 Posted 16 hours ago I have used Valvoline 10W-30 in this 312-8 since new in 1989 year round. Never an issue. @bo dawg 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 76,835 #15 Posted 15 hours ago 23 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said: 41 here WWHHAATTT. At 4:30 this morning it was - 14⁰ ... but now it's MUCH warmer. 2 above. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adsm08 4,119 #16 Posted 15 hours ago 42 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: WWHHAATTT. At 4:30 this morning it was - 14⁰ ... but now it's MUCH warmer. 2 above. This afternoon at 4:00 my snot rockets were hitting the ground already frozen. I don't know what that is in degrees, but it's cold. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chaz54 97 #17 Posted 14 hours ago It was 5 degrees today, so I use 5W30. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 16,754 #18 Posted 11 hours ago 9 hours ago, Ed Kennell said: I don't switch oil. I switch tractors. Winter tractors use 10w30 and summer tractors use 30w. I like how you think sir! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bo dawg 553 #19 Posted 8 hours ago 7 hours ago, JCM said: I have used Valvoline 10W-30 in this 312-8 since new in 1989 year round. Never an issue. @bo dawg I would wonder if there was a difference in what you can get away from between single cylinder and twin cylinder oil grades. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCM 10,550 #20 Posted 6 hours ago 2 hours ago, bo dawg said: I would wonder if there was a difference in what you can get away from between single cylinder and twin cylinder oil grades. Bought this one in 2002. 1991 520-H. Same oil as the 312-8. Still own it. Twin cylinder. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 54,063 #21 Posted 1 hour ago Seems like my winter 19 hours ago, Ed Kennell said: I don't switch oil. I switch tractors. 9 hours ago, kpinnc said: I like how you think sir! Seems like in these minus temps & even plus temps the snow beast hydros & charge pumps are slow to get things moving. Wonder if it wouldn't pay to run to run 5w-30 in the Eaton 1100s. Engines (Onans) quick to warm so stay with 10w?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 19,620 #22 Posted 13 minutes ago I run ATF in my sunstrands cold does not seem to affect them not sure how Eatons would like it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
