As a southern California fuel and lubricant supplier, we’ve worked with Chevron products from the very beginning. When our founder Harold ‘Greg’ Gregory first started working as a fuel supplier in the early 1960’s, we partnered with Standard Oil Distributorship. In 1984, they changed their name to Chevron Corporation, and we established Greg’s Petroleum Service.
As a loyal Chevron partner, we’ve watched the development of the company and its products. One of the most exciting developments was the DELO® line of oil products. The development of these products goes all the way back to 1935 when the first compounded diesel engine oil was first marketed. By 1941, the RPM Delo Special Motor Oil with extended drain capabilities was developed, and the Diesel Engine Lubricating Oil (DELO) trademark was filed. This product was instrumental during WWII for submarine engine maintenance.
Over the years, Chevron has invested great time and effort into the DELO® line of oil products, and millions now trust it. It’s one of our top sellers and a brand we always recommend to our customers. But how will it work for your business? We’ve gathered a few of the testimonials from a variety of different businesses that use Chevron products to share with you.
Ramler Trucking: Joey Voller has been the parts manager for over 20 years at Ramler Trucking located in Albany, MN. They are a regional business operating since 1954 specializing in local and long-distance hauling. They have a large fleet of refrigerated trailers, tanker trailers, and flatbeds. Most of their work is regional, but they occasionally deliver as far as Florida! They also offer maintenance and servicing for highway vehicles, which is Joey’s specialty. As the parts manager, Voller’s philosophy is simple. He wants the equipment to work properly, so the customer doesn’t have to come back. That’s why he trusts DELO® products. Voller often has his hands in the engines they service, and he’s noticed the DELO® difference. He shared that “if you drop the oil pan on an engine running Chevron Delo engine oils, the inside is going to be a lot cleaner; the oil pans are cleaner. With quite a few other oil brands there’d almost be a real dirty, slimy sludge when we removed the valve cover.” He credits the DELO® 400 XLE 15W-40 for extended engine life on the trucks he services, claiming that “we’ve seen extended engine life and we attribute it to the DELO 400 XLE 15W- 40 that we use. We do oil drains at about, on average 20,000 mile intervals.”
Landwehr Construction: Mike Kerfeld is the fleet manager at Landwehr Construction, a St. Cloud, MN-based construction company. They’re a large-scale company, offering various construction services in multiple states. They have over 250 pieces of equipment, including dozers, backhoes, crawler cranes, AT-cranes, and skid loaders. Every job is unique, which means that the equipment they use is always being tested in different circumstances. Kerfeld switched the company over to Delo 400 XLE 10W-30 and Delo 400 XLE 15W-40 synthetic products because of their versatility. They could use the Delo products in all their machinery and keep their lubricant supplies on the job site for easy access. Kerfeld credits the switch for helping them extend their oil drain intervals. He says, “We’ve been watching some of our oil drain intervals, even on some of the heavier used yellow iron, some of that stuff we run at 200 to 400 hours and…the samples showed us the DELO 400 XLE 10W-30 synthetic technology helped.” The extended drain intervals were a big help for the company and their large scale of work. Kerfeld says that ‘with our scope of work, I’d like to able to use the same product as much as I can year-round.”
Madsen Farms: Travis Madsen is the owner and operator of Madsen Farms in New Underwood, SD. He started the farm in 2000 and now has a staff of 20. They do everything from planting, equipment maintenance, and even crop dusting! As the owner and operator, Madsen comes from five generations of farming and knows the community and family it takes to make a farm run. The Madsen farm has nearly 34,000 acres. They grow sunflowers, milo, winter wheat, alfalfa, and millet. They also operate a feed store, gravel pit, and pellet mill. Most of their crop is used for pet food! As a farming company, they have a wide variety of equipment needs, including 20 tractors, 10 combines, and nearly 30 semi-trucks. During spring planting season, nearly every piece of equipment is in use, so Madsen relies heavily on keeping his equipment in good working order. He says, “We use Delo 400 SDE 15 W-40 in everything. Everything uses one oil, and that is Delo. In the past, we’ve used other oils, and our machinery would need to be topped up all the time. When we do an oil change, we see that our engine, our main bearings are all clean. We just don’t have trouble with it at all.”
Harlow’s Bus and Trucking: General Manager Jerry Schaff runs the fleet for Harlow’s Bus and Trucking based in Bismarck, ND. They are a multifaceted business. They act as school bus contractors, run a motorcoach division that offers high-end tours across the country, and operate a bus and commercial dealership. One of the biggest challenges they face is operating in freezing winter temperatures. When Schaff was considering switching to Delo products, he used their fleet to test how the oil would perform in cold temperatures. He said, “We did some research – I like analytics – and I was very impressed. Delo 400 XSP 5W-40 is one of the few oils that is good for extreme cold weather and extreme heat. [It has now] become my oil of choice. It’s what I use on my own fleet and what I recommend to my customers both as a dealer and in our maintenance shops.”
Many of our customers are businesses just like these. They have a wide variety of lubricant needs, and they’ve found that DELO® products are always up to the task. As a Chevron Lubricant supplier, we know that their products are superior and will keep your equipment in good working order. If you’re ready to make the switch and try some DELO® products, call our order team today!