Pbo8/Methylated crop oil

[Chocolate Cow]

Can methylated crop oil be substituted for Pbo8 when mixing fly spray for cattle? Am I comparing apples to oranges?

 

[Lucky_P]

I'll bite.
I know apples/oranges, but I am totally unfamiliar with either of the other two. Care to enlighten?

 

[True Grit Farms]

I use PBO8 as a carrier for my homemade pour on fly sprays. PBO8 is also used in Ultra Boss and Ultra Saber as a carrier. You can copy the Boss and Sabre ingredients and mix it yourself for a 1/3 of what it cost at Jeffers.

 

[Chocolate Cow]

Lucky, Pbo8 is Piperonyl Butoxide. It's a synergist for pyrethrins or synthetic pyrethroids. Methylated crop (seed) oil is a synergist for crop chemicals used to enhance the effectiveness of the chemical against targeted weeds. I am asking about the use of methylated crop oil as a substitute for the Pbo8 due to availability and cost. Pbo8 is approximately $25 a pint. Methylated crop oil is $25 for 2.5 gallons and is vegetable based. Methylated crop oil is applied at the rate of 1 pint to the acre so the usage between it and Pbo8 may not be much different.

 

[Lucky_P]

Ah. thanks.
Piperonyl butoxide I was familiar with... the Pbo8 moniker was not.