disinfecting saws?

robinia

robinia

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Ontario, Canada
Hi everyone,
I'm fighting a few DED infections and getting really tired of tearing my saws all the way down to completely disinfect them. Is there any better/easier ways to disinfect without a total dismantling?
Thanks.
 
Do some research...everything that I have EVER read says that chainsaws are one of the least likely places for rougish fungiis to survive.

My career in trees started in Minneapolis in early/mid seventies when DED was spreading like wildfire. If it was light out saws were running seven days a week. If saws were a vector I know that DED would have spread much more.

Are you mandated to disinfect?

The research that I have read about disease sp\reading on pruning tools recommends a 10% bleach solution soak, not dip/wipe, for 7-10 minutes. The research has mostly come from vineyards/orchards where the spread of disease from one plant to another would be a bigger disaster than loosing a yard tree here and there.
 
I truly wonder if spraying Lysol or any sort of disinfectant really has any benefit other than being able to say that we used disinfectant. Everything that I have ever read says that this sort of application doesn't do any good...but it doesn't do any harm either.
 
Coming from a medical back ground Lysol makes some pretty serious disinfectants. Their IC label is an anti-microbial spray that will kill everything with in five minutes. I tend to go heavier on the bleach because it is cheaper.
 
when we used to climb palm tree's with spikes we were told to spray them with lysol and spray your handsaw with lysol. i still spray my handsaw and pole saw/pruner with lysol. chainsaws not so much because they dont have the same kind of surface area handsaws have that can grow harmfull microbes. if you climbed a coconut tree with crown disease and then climb a healthy one without disinfecting your spikes first you can spread the disease from one palm to another. hunting stand platforms are far more sanitary and safer then spikes.

my 2 cents :)
 
I'd like to see how effective spraying lysol is on 'disinfecting' cutting tools. Spread the pathogens on the tools, use them for cutting, spray them down and then take cultures to see if the pathogens are viable.
 
We just implemented a daily saw disinfection program using barb-i-cide. Barb-i-cide has an anti-rusting agent in it, so you can leave the saws in it overnight. Plus it's cheap.

We use a five gallon bucket, with a piece of fence over the top to help separate the handsaws. One person is responsible for ensuring that each saw is delivered to it's owner each morning. Each employee is responsible for putting his handsaw in the bucket each day.
 
Where are you in Canada. If your Ontario there is no control program.Prairies is a bit different?
I think the best you can do is power wash, then spray with diluted alcohol or bleach, if you want to prep a 5gal pail with bleach and water and run the saw in it. Ratio is approximately 1 cup to 1 gallon water.
The pawls on the puller will freeze and saw no starty!
 
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