| The Dacha In Russia a dacha (да́ча in russky) was a retreat home, to get away from urban areas and connect to nature. |
The dacha is heavily invested in utilizing as many local and renewable resources for its construction and maintenance. We have found that waste vegetable oil is a major resource at this time in our culture and economy. Restaurants routinely pay to have this oil removed, and this presents an opportunity for people like us to help restaurants by taking the oil for free. We, of course, benefit from a free supply of fuel and energy. We have been using a veggie oil powered diesel Mercedes for commuting to the land and for gathering materials since we first set foot on our wonderful land. We have even made a brief informational video on the basics of a waste oil conversion (below). (jump to video) For more details on our conversion projects, click below:
As of this time, the dacha is utilizing a large 1 ton diesel pick-up truck and a small Kubota diesel tractor. Vegetable oil conversions are already planned for both. More time is needed to get the conversions completed before heavy construction begins.
We have been trying different types of waste veggie oil
in place of bar and chain oil for use in our chainsaw.
We are using our chainsaw to cut all of our bales and would prefer to
use a non-petroleum product whenever possible. When cutting straw you
need take care not to let the straw clog the oiler and dry out the blade.
Good straw is very dry so check your blade frequently to ensure it is
getting oiled properly. The waste oil is working well in the chainsaw,
but it is a bit thinner than bar oil so keep a close eye on it.
The conversion equipment you see in this video is from gogreenearly.com out of Denver, CO. |
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