oil for MX6000

[Trash Panda]

Care to tell us what oil you are referring to?

Dan

In the interest of not having a hydraulic oil thread devolve into a motor oil discussion, let’s save that for another day and another thread.

 

[ruger1980]

The ONLY “performance data” ..I NEED…is How my Kubota does with it…. which is FINE.

But the reports of those who use cheap stuff either never come back to report….or when they do…it’s not necessarily comparative. Just because someone pours cheap stuff in and no failure occurs over the next few days or weeks, etc…. does NOT Equate to “just as good as the SUDT2”

Use what you like, Hokie. It’s Your machine. But I don’t care to tell others that You are OK with THEM taking a risk on THEIR machine.

(And also,…I’m truly not looking to argue … but you commented that SUDT was introduced in ‘99…. however my M4700DT was first purchased in ‘96 ….and Kubota specifies that the factory-fill was SUDT. Just FYI.)

I can attest that my L4310 has not seen Kubota oils since it's first oil change and then it was probably UDT or the old SUDT not the latest formulation. It has 3k hrs. and has not had an issue or faltered using Mobil 424 and TS Premium.
I am not saying that Super UDT2 is not a premium product but it is not absolutely necessary for your machine to perform and last. If it were then the same oil would be required in all markets and that is just not the case.

 

[TheOldHokie]

Sorry I mistook your quote including Rotella T6, which is a group 3, as what you are using. Also you would not need a ginned up group 3 as there are group 3 oils that meet the specs of many group 4 oils.

I dont know what ginned up is.

With the advent of Shells push into gas to liquids (GTL) base oil production the line between Grouop III and Group V got pretty fuzzy. Shell PurePlus is clearly not a PAO but its not a petroleum distillate either. Its a combinatorial process similar to the way PaO is produced but with a different feedstock.. Property wise its on par with many PAO base oils and costs less to produce. Which is why the industry has turned to it as an alternative to PAO.

With the exception of a few hardheads most of the BITOG dinezens have come to acknowledge that.

Dan