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If your tree surgeon used bio chain oil it shouldn't really be an issue as it should be biodegradable in soil and water,
but that's like saying a squirt of chip oil in the smoker is fine?
 
If your tree surgeon used bio chain oil it shouldn't really be an issue as it should be biodegradable in soil and water, non-toxic for human or the environment. Look for EU Ecolabel certification on the oil container - makes it simple to know that the product is both environmentally friendly and good quality.
It wound be Stan and I know he would use the cheapest he could find 😂
 
If your tree surgeon used bio chain oil it shouldn't really be an issue as it should be biodegradable in soil and water, non-toxic for human or the environment. .

In Finland we started to use bio oil in chain saw, but it was noticed that it makes cancer danger in fumes.
 
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I like using pine needles as the main fuel. I clean the smoker once a year, to clean off the tar, but it's never really a problem as far as I'm concerned.
Paper animal feed and potato sacks make a good starter fuel.
 
How much do you think?

My chainsaw oil feed is designed to have just about the right amount of chain-oil to need topping-up at the same time as the fuel runs out. A litre of oil doesn't last long when you demolish a big tree.
 
My point. Is there likely to be more chainsaw oil in a pile of chipping than in a pile of pine needles?

The amount of oil in shavings will be negligible and many of the volatile parts will be gone through evaporation by the time they're used in a smoker.....chainsawing creates a lot of heat which is partly what the oil is for in any case.
 
I’ve just started cutting all my cardboard packaging into strips & roll it up tightly with a bit of masking tape to hold it. Roll it so it just drops into the smoker
 
By what I'm reading in this thread we are all either foraging for smoker fuel or recycling eg Egg cartons... Using what is around us rather than buying from the beekeeping suppliers.
I wonder what the wider consensus would be?
Do you buy smoker fuel, are you recycling wood to make alsorts of hive equipment, the more we can do such things the better.
Same goes for growing our own food at home as much as we can.
This is at the for front of my mind more so than ever, David is a right pain in the ass isn't he.:confused:
 
By what I'm reading in this thread we are all either foraging for smoker fuel or recycling eg Egg cartons... Using what is around us rather than buying from the beekeeping suppliers.
I wonder what the wider consensus would be?
Do you buy smoker fuel, are you recycling wood to make alsorts of hive equipment, the more we can do such things the better.
Same goes for growing our own food at home as much as we can.
This is at the for front of my mind more so than ever, David is a right pain in the ass isn't he.:confused:

Smoker fuel is a no brainier but we need to support our beekeeping kit suppliers, surely? There are plenty of small local firms that need us to buy from them. You had a good start from Hedgerow Honey who you said did you a really good deal to get you started. Do you still buy from them? I hope so. Ceri has given you a flying start with his queens. When it’s time for more new blood I hope he is your first port of call.
Anyway, I can’t grow polystyrene 😉
 
Smoker fuel is a no brainier but we need to support our beekeeping kit suppliers, surely? There are plenty of small local firms that need us to buy from them. You had a good start from Hedgerow Honey who you said did you a really good deal to get you started. Do you still buy from them? I hope so. Ceri has given you a flying start with his queens. When it’s time for more new blood I hope he is your first port of call.
Anyway, I can’t grow polystyrene 😉
Yes
And yes
 

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