I have been cleaning up a bunch of storm damage on my property and Have been running the chainsaws a lot. After going thru almost 2 quarts of bar oil, I asked myself If I would spray 2 quarts of motor oil all over the ground on my property. Well I am sure you know the answer.
I looked into non toxic alternatives and have settled on using Plain canola oil, Stihl Bio Plus bar oil, and NV Earth oil. Canola oil is cheap, the other two not so much. Its also not easy to find. Most dealers do not stock this stuff.
The guy I bought my Used saw from actually originally put this idea into my head since he said he felt many of his health issues are from years of breathing in the mist of oil off the bar.
I believe that both the Stihl Bio Bar oil and NV oil is Vegetable oil based With Tactifiyers added in.
So I feel better about dumping oil all over my property now that it will biodegrade rapidly and cause much less of a possible health effect. The bio oil smells better IMHO, and it washes out of my clothes much easier.
Then I thought about how the EPA is cracking down on 2 strokes. Is the problem really a modern relatively clean, lean burning 2 stroke engine, or is it the gallons of bar oil carried into the forest and never carried out?
I am not an extreme hugger, but I do think about these things.
I looked into non toxic alternatives and have settled on using Plain canola oil, Stihl Bio Plus bar oil, and NV Earth oil. Canola oil is cheap, the other two not so much. Its also not easy to find. Most dealers do not stock this stuff.
The guy I bought my Used saw from actually originally put this idea into my head since he said he felt many of his health issues are from years of breathing in the mist of oil off the bar.
I believe that both the Stihl Bio Bar oil and NV oil is Vegetable oil based With Tactifiyers added in.
So I feel better about dumping oil all over my property now that it will biodegrade rapidly and cause much less of a possible health effect. The bio oil smells better IMHO, and it washes out of my clothes much easier.
Then I thought about how the EPA is cracking down on 2 strokes. Is the problem really a modern relatively clean, lean burning 2 stroke engine, or is it the gallons of bar oil carried into the forest and never carried out?
I am not an extreme hugger, but I do think about these things.