Not sure where this really would fit, I've stopped using as much vegetable oil as possible, but it's in about damn near everything these days. Saw this article and thought, finally a good use for the oil we have in the pantry that will never be used for cooking again. How Spore-Infused Canola Oil Supports the Forest Ecosystem | Praecipio Got a few trees to cut down, may start thinning out my bar oil with the canola oil we have and transition to it completely, probably cheaper than the petroleum based stuff anyway.
Watch your Bar/Chain temps, cooking oils do catch fire and burn! The chains ain't that sensitive to lubrication, but the bar sprocket/return roller is, though I wouldn't think it would be sensitive to what type of oil it's getting, as long as it's getting something!
If ya know anyone with a Mercedes Benz Diesel or Detroit Diesel, save the used motor oil and use that for bar and chain lube! Both those engines "Soot" their oil, which is like adding graphite to your normal oil, one of the secrets of why they last so long! Some Isuze/Iseki diesels and older Kubota and Yanmar also soot their oil, worth saving a few gallons to use for other things later!
one episode of Homestead Rescue - I believe the AK family gang was in MO for the rescue work - a hippie type owner wanted Marty to run veggie oil in his chainsaw - the look on his face is one of the better of the entire show's run .....
Yep, vegetable oil seems a bit too light (low viscosity), for bar chain oil, imho. Always just used 30 weight motor oil, myself.
I wouldn't me,I use my burnt oil for pickling wood Really doubt you have the necessary viscosity to protect the bar and chain+ it'll smell like French fries?
When we were getting or cattle killed and butchered in the field by thieves, a year or so ago, they were using battery chain saws with veggie oil. It didn't mess up the meat that way. We finally caught them; they didn't like the outcome.
