Was at Rural King yesterday and grabbed a 5 gal bucket of Rotella 15w-40, was thrown off a little because it was a yellow bucket instead of white and a different label than what T4 normally is. As i was checking out i realized it was T5 and not T4, but rang up as T4 at $59. We run 15w40 in our older farm equipment and dump trucks, so i'm now wondering if i should go back and get some more at the same price. Or if there isn't much of a difference i'll just stick with grabbing a bucket of T4 whenever i need it.
Any advantage in T5 over T4 15w40?
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If it's in a yellow bucket it must be really old stock, I think all Rotella that comes in buckets is now in a white bucket with a different style label depending on the type. Are you sure it's Rotella T5 and not an old Jug of Rotella T: Triple Protection before they rebranded it to Rotella T4
Its new, date code on the label is August 3rd 2021 and says T5 Syn Blend 15w40. But i've never seen a label like it before on Rotella oil, very plain and basic looking so i'm not sure whats up.
And yes being T5 its a synthetic blend so should be a bit more expensive, last i saw T5 in a store was $18 or 20/gal. I'm just curious if its any better than plain ole T4, if so i'll pick up a few more buckets. Otherwise i'll just stick with buying buckets of T4 when i need it. This is my first time ever buying T5 and there aren't many VOA or UOA's on it so not sure how it stacks up to T4.
And yes being T5 its a synthetic blend so should be a bit more expensive, last i saw T5 in a store was $18 or 20/gal. I'm just curious if its any better than plain ole T4, if so i'll pick up a few more buckets. Otherwise i'll just stick with buying buckets of T4 when i need it. This is my first time ever buying T5 and there aren't many VOA or UOA's on it so not sure how it stacks up to T4.
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I seen the same thing. They were out of all the other Rotella and 15W-40 period. I was wondering if they ran out of white buckets and had to use what was available.
Maybe there was a supply issue and they went back to yellow jugs, I was thinking they used yellow jugs in the past based on this picture I found with Google, I know it has to be old because it's "Rotella T" not Rotella T4. Also, I don't think I've seen 5 gallon pails of T5 before only T4 and T6, not that I go out of my way to look for 5 gallon pails, but I can't find anything online about 5 gallon pails of T5, and even on Rural King's website they only have gallon jugs.
I've never seen it in 5 gallon buckets either, only gallon and maybe 2.5gals. The bucket and label look like that though, i'll get a picture of it tomorrow. And this RK only had a couple buckets of Delvac and the Harvest King 15w40, but there was half a pallet of T5 Rotella. But it was in the T4 spot and i don't even think i saw a price tag for T5 5 gal, hell i don't even remember seeing small jugs of T5 on the shelf. Very odd
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