Today's foresters and tree care specialists should demand toxicologically safe, environmentally friendly products. They need no longer allow petroleum-based chain saw oil lubricants on the job today -- or should they, because they are not environmentally or toxicologically safe! Canola oil based chain saw oil, now readily available, is safe, less costly and more effective to use.

Why is the canola oil based lube less costly? Because the base vegetable oil adheres better to steel, naturally -- it doesn't fling off as fast - resulting in a 50% savings in oil. Furthermore, because of the naturally higher lubricity of canola oil over petroleum, the bar and chain also will last twice as long. (See footnote, below.)

Goco's canola oil based bar and chain lubricants biodegrade rapidly by action of micro-organisms in the soil and water. Compare that to petroleum lubes that persist in the environment, affecting all living things adversely.

Note also that according to OSHA, all lightly refined petroleum oils used on the job must have cancer warning labels on them. Retailers can sell these products without warning labels because they are covered under the laws of the Consumer Safety Administration. However, buying petroleum-based chain saw oil (and for that matter any lightly refined lube, including hydraulic fluids) as consumer products for use on the job, is risky business because it violates the laws of OSHA.

Aside from being a known carcinogen, medical records also show that the lightly refined petroleum lubes cause discomforting exzema and oil acne; and petroleum misting causes irritation of the respiratory tract from prolonged exposure.

Goco's safe chain saw oil is designed for high-speed, deep wood cutting operations, which is confirmed from many years of use abroad and more recently, here in North America. In several of the advanced European nations, over 80% of all bar and chain oil used is canola oil based. In Austria, petroleum chain saw oil was banned totally. Little wonder!

¨ Reference: Report No. Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada, General Field Note No.: 35, July 1993