rcyung
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Post by rcyung on Sept 25, 2021 19:33:00 GMT -6
My son went to Maxim the other day to pick up some rotella T. None available. They say it’s been back ordered for months and maybe will never get any. Anyone know what is going on ? Is shell oil out of the oil business?
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Post by Albertabuck on Sept 25, 2021 20:32:28 GMT -6
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Post by rcyung on Sept 25, 2021 21:04:12 GMT -6
Ok thanks AB. I see can tire has other shell oils. The one we want is 15W40 rotella T4 in pails. Can tire says not available in store. Can’t afford to buy it there anyway. Maxim was about 20 bucks a pail less if I remember right.
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Post by Albertabuck on Sept 25, 2021 21:11:08 GMT -6
I've never compared the specs, so I don't know which version is in the Motomaster pails. I know when it was Esso XD3 several years back, it was one series back of what was current. I buy the MM oil for most of my older stuff, get it on sale for under $50 a pail, Esso or even UFA can't touch it. I have more faith in that stuff knowing who is making it then in what Walmart sells, though I have heard that could be Chevron. When Canadian tire puts it on sale is when to buy any of them oils, if you can catch the sale, quite often there are some good deals. Best of all I ever got was several years back when they discontinued the Mobile/Esso oil, got almost two dozen pails of 15 40 for 28 bucks a pail  |
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Post by daryl672 on Sept 25, 2021 22:00:24 GMT -6
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Post by rcyung on Sept 26, 2021 5:46:12 GMT -6
He went to Peavey Mart and cleaned them out. All they had were four 1 litre containers. Haven’t been in Walmart since 2012 but their website says unavailable.  |
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Post by SWMan on Sept 26, 2021 9:49:46 GMT -6
Seeing this a lot these days, stuff that is out of stock at places that common retails but still some inventory at lesser traveled stores. Just supplies running out or places can't re-stock fast enough to keep on the shelf.
If you need something in next year or more best to get that lined up asap, this is getting worse by the day.
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Post by Beerwiser on Sept 26, 2021 19:18:00 GMT -6
Went to princess auto today, they have rotella. No pails though. Asked the wife about walmart supply, they are short and availability sucks. If you find it, grab it.
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Post by rcyung on Sept 29, 2021 7:31:47 GMT -6
A little update on this. Apparently Case IH switched oil suppliers. Shell now makes their oil and in order to meet the demand has diverted their 15W40 to Case IH. This is from parts guys at the dealer.
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Post by Albertabuck on Sept 29, 2021 7:54:38 GMT -6
I highly doubt supplying Case took up all of Shell's production lol. They supply several branded products including as I mentioned Canadian Tire's Motomaster branded oil as well. For years they also were Deere's supplier, not sure if they still are or not, I don't keep up with it all anymore.
One way to see who or what source is behind rebranded oil is to search the MSDS records. They show original manufacturer and source.
It almost seems that your inability to source it is a local issue.
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Post by rcyung on Sept 29, 2021 8:05:35 GMT -6
Could be just a transitional period but we’ve decided to switch to the case ih stuff.
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