Bio-Degradeable Bar Oil?

[Wirenut2266]

Hello Fellas: Been a longtime lurker, have gained lots of knowledge, finally have a question. I know some may get irked, but yes another oil thread...... Being we art out and about with mother nature throwing bar oil everywhere, do any of you have/use the Bio stuff? Here in southern Minnesota, I haven't seen any yet at dealers/stores, but feel maybe I should start using. On the Net, it states most will completely dissolve in 21 days or less, have better lube stat's since it is Canola based, not Petro based, use 20% less overall consumpion???? I dunno, sounds good, but hard to find, maybe hard to beleive? A gallon of Stihl here is about $6 and just a quick search on net found the Bio stuff to be around $14+. Curious minds need to know, I feel I will probably start purchasing to help Ma-Nature out.....Thanks for input......

 

[BostonBull]

do a search on this topic, you'll answer all questions you have.......and then some.

 

[COLD_IRON]

I'm sure Gary will be along shortly to answer all your Oil questions.

 

[wildbio]

i've had very good results with it. yes pricey but i do use less (not enough to make up for the price difference though). I figure it's worth it for other reasons.
as mentioned do a search on "biodegradable"
here's one result:
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=56231

 

[walrus9]

Motion Lotion Biodegradable Canola Bar & Chain Oil $15 a gallon

http://www.baileysonline.com/itemdetail.asp?item=17071&catID=

 

[GASoline71]

I'm sure Gary will be along shortly to answer all your Oil questions.

No he won't!

Gary

 

[Husky137]

Never heard of the stuff....





:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[COLD_IRON]

No he won't!

Gary

HAHAHA!

Thanks for the link Walrus, I'll have to check into that bio stuff for "special" applications.

 

[RAYINTOMBALL]

Canola oil! Hell I fry my fish in canola oil. That's just me.

 

[wildbio]

relevant info:
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/pubs/html/98511316/98511316.html

 

[2dogs]

Stihl BioPlus is all I run. I am not a full time cutter so 5 gallons is lasting me more than a month right now. The cleanup is much easier with BioPlus, it doesn't stain clothes as readily as petro oil. The lubrication/chain life is as good or better. The main reason I use it is I work in several different watersheds and running bio oil is a good selling point and is better for the environment than conventional oil. A friend of mine runs only drain oil. He refuses to buy bar oil when he can get it for free. He will never work for me. All of us who work together run BioPlus.

BTW I would run any bio oil, it just happens that I run Stihl.

 

[joesawer]

Ummm, I believe dino bar oil is biodegradable.

 

[SawTroll]

i've had very good results with it. yes pricey but i do use less (not enough to make up for the price difference though). I figure it's worth it for other reasons.
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Yes!

 

[SawTroll]

Stihl BioPlus is all I run. I am not a full time cutter so 5 gallons is lasting me more than a month right now. The cleanup is much easier with BioPlus, it doesn't stain clothes as readily as petro oil. The lubrication/chain life is as good or better. The main reason I use it is I work in several different watersheds and running bio oil is a good selling point and is better for the environment than conventional oil. A friend of mine runs only drain oil. He refuses to buy bar oil when he can get it for free. He will never work for me. All of us who work together run BioPlus.

BTW I would run any bio oil, it just happens that I run Stihl.

I use Husky Veg-Oil allmost exclusively - same result.


...and it makes marginal oilers less marginal, because less is needed to do the job, and more is put out!

 

[2dogs]

Ummm, I believe dino bar oil is biodegradable.

Yes but not in real time. Bio oil biodegrades in less than a month, about 21days in good conditions.

 

[Mad Professor]

I use the pricier Stihl bio-degradable in my milling saws because I use the dust to mulch my blueberries and other food crops. I was concerned at first as it's thinner but it holds up well on the mill which is about as though as it gets on bars/chains.

I assume the dust produced is also less harmful to the operator, that is if you inhale some.