i for one am tired of slinging petrolium based oil all over the place. i am keenly interested in finding a good alternative to petrol bar oil. chainsaw bar oil is a total loss lubricant which means that all of it ends up going on the ground, the wood, the sawdust, your clothing, your skin, etc. for the sake of the environment and my health i have resolved that my next bar oil purchase will be something biodegradable i.e. veggie based. hopefully i will find something more economical than the $15 per gal stihl brand bio oil. i am still in the process of searching for suitable products on the net. one interesting thing i found is a thread on an online discussion board for professional arborists. i have not read all of it yet but there is at least one guy on there who says that he has used nothing but vegetable oil in his saws for years. check it out here:
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