Cliff Posted October 22, 2014 Report Posted October 22, 2014 I have some logs that have been around for a while. Last week I started sawing 'em up. I like to use my chainsaw to split the wood so there's a fair bit of sawing. Anyway I was sharpening my chains from dead dull and burning it seemed like three times a day each. I gave up and went looking for an alternative. I found a Stihl Duro carbide tipped chain that is supposed to solve this problem. My local dealer wants both my legs and my first born for one of them but I lucked out and got a 28 inch Stihl chain on the fleabay for a C note. Put it on my saw today but it's been raining so it;ll be a couple days before I see if it was money well spent. My dealer said one guy who bought one uses it regularly and hasn't sharpened it in three years. We'll see.
lew Posted October 23, 2014 Report Posted October 23, 2014 Never could afford one, but then my little saw doesn't get much of a workout. I read somewhere that sawing "cut end to cut end" on a log dulls the blade more quickly.
Cliff Posted October 23, 2014 Author Report Posted October 23, 2014 ripping with a chain saw is a thing I regularly do. I break down huge logs that way to get lumber for my shop's use. When I'm doing it a lot I grind the teeth perpendicular to the blade and not with the Fleam type angle of a cross cut blade tooth pattern. My last rip blade wore out and broke and I haven't converted another yet. But I rather suspect that no blade tooth pattern would saw this stuff. I get scoring like I was cutting rocks on the blades I was using. ERGO the desperate measure. Oh the things I'll do to labor over a pile of wood.
Cliff Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Posted October 29, 2014 Well the results are in That chain is almost unstoppable. Worth the cost.
Larry Buskirk Posted October 30, 2014 Report Posted October 30, 2014 Cliff, Try an MS 880 with the 59" bar & chain. It's kind of like hanging onto an 8.3 HP boat motor, without a boat. I've been told that I can be heard better than 1/4 mile away.
Cliff Posted October 31, 2014 Author Report Posted October 31, 2014 I'm running a Sthil 440 magnum wit a 28" bar, It's plenty of saw for my needs.
Larry Buskirk Posted November 1, 2014 Report Posted November 1, 2014 I've got a few Stihl's (4) from the little MS 192T (Puppy) to the MS 880 (Big Dog) . I also have a few different bar/chain combos for each. I've rip cut a 42" White Oak with the 880 using a 47" bar/chain combo. With the 47" bar/chain combo the 880 weighs 83 lbs. (Insert Tim the Toolman grunt here)
John Morris Posted November 1, 2014 Report Posted November 1, 2014 I've got a few Stihl's (4) from the little MS 192T (Puppy) to the MS 880 (Big Dog) . I also have a few different bar/chain combos for each. I've rip cut a 42" White Oak with the 880 using a 47" bar/chain combo. With the 47" bar/chain combo the 880 weighs 83 lbs. (Insert Tim the Toolman grunt here) Larry, we need to invent a "Tim the Toolman Taylor" grunt emoticon on our site, how can we do that! I am investigating now, you got me on a tangent today my friend, sheesh, don't take much!
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