Diesel ban

[Kev P]

I have been talking with a saw doctor and he mention that it is illagal to use diesel on blades whilst cutting wood.And carried on to say some saw mills he had been to they where swimming in the stuff.Might it ever come that we as firewood producers will be banned from using mineral based chain oil because of the risk of cancer to the person buying the logs?.

[hazzygawa]

no....

[Johny Walker]

in the old days we used red d when cutting pit props ,helped them thru the 5ft blade

[tommer9]

I have never heard that it is illegal. Not best practise, but certainly not illegal.

[delabodge]

have heard that an old bloke working for forestry commision in n,wales,,got bowel cancer from using second hand engine oil to lub his chains,,,,felling wind blown with a johnsred,? whether it was just a coinsedence????poor sod.

[renewablejohn]

My dad was a shipwright sawing up lignum vitae as ship propeller bearings he died aged 50 of a heart attack. Post Mortem reported lungs filled with powdery substance as if smoking 100 cigerettes per day. He had never smoked in his life and the powder was lignum vitae sawdust.

[delabodge]

phew me jesus just bought 5 planks of that,,thanks for warning mate,,,,

[liamjordan]

granddad uses old engine oil in the chainsaw, i tell him not to, but hes done it for the past 50 or so years and dont think hes gunna stop now

[treediver]

Go and buy him some bio oil to make up for all the gallons of shite hes been spraying everywhere for the last 50 years....besides used oil causes every type of cancer under the sun

[Brushcutter]

Our saw doctor told us that it was illegal to use diesel to a lubricant in saw milling. We now use plant oil's band saw emulsion. It's not really any good on our old Stenner 41 the search contiues for a better subsitue.