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Post by jselden78 on Mar 31, 2023 21:44:19 GMT -5
Well I know I haven't posted much in a long time but I seem to be back in the saws for a little bit only difference is I'm not restoring I'm using. I tried to search this on the net before I cam here and between the Pendleton Midnight and the questions my wife has about today, along with the questions the kids have about today and trying to get them to bed, I couldn't concentrate through Billy Ray's 30 minute video. (Love that guy though, I'd give anything to be able to fly him here and have him work with me in this storm clean up.) Anyway, I've gotta get some saw chain in the morning and not just a little. I've gotta get a good bit to go back with so I am going to a good little shop not far from here and I have him talked into opening a bit early for me tomorrow so I can get back to ground zero in Rolling Fork and Silver City with all the bars, chains, mix oil and bar oil. So what is the advantage to the skip tooth chain? It creates less drag I understand but, how much difference do you see in hardwood vs softwood with that. I would think there would be some difference. Yea we need to be quick as we can with some of this clean up but if you have never cut in this tornado twisted wood, its a little different that most anything else. Sorry to have buried that question in so much rambling, I just am really loving what I'm doing right now. The company I work for is even giving me some paid "volunteer" time to do this because we have some employees that live in that very area.
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Post by undee70ss on Mar 31, 2023 21:51:14 GMT -5
skip chain helps if using to small of a saw and to long of a bar on bigger wood. Skip isn't any good for limbing, so keep that in mind. I only use full comp
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Post by jselden78 on Mar 31, 2023 21:58:47 GMT -5
Thanks, thats the thing about this storm clean up. Might be cleaning up small branches at one site then an hour later you might be having to cut into a 50" diameter live or red oak twisted by 180mph winds. So it sounds like you might could sum up skip chain as a performance chain?
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Post by undee70ss on Mar 31, 2023 22:17:39 GMT -5
Thanks, thats the thing about this storm clean up. Might be cleaning up small branches at one site then an hour later you might be having to cut into a 50" diameter live or red oak twisted by 180mph winds. So it sounds like you might could sum up skip chain as a performance chain? Skip chain is only helpful in BIG wood, I would not use it for limbing at all a it tends to whip the limb when trying to cut it. |
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Post by blythkd on Apr 1, 2023 20:58:23 GMT -5
We typically run 20" 360's for general firewood cutting and went to semi-skip several years ago. So we do everything from limbing to cutting up large butts and really don't notice any difference other than chain sharpening goes quicker. That's the main reason we've stuck with it. I probably wouldn't go full skip unless it was on a big saw with a long bar.
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Post by jselden78 on Apr 1, 2023 23:04:47 GMT -5
Turns out the shop I went to this morning only had enough skip chain for 1 20” bar anyway. I got it and put it on one of my SXLAO and I really couldn’t tell much difference until I got into some big twisted red oak. It seemed to want to bind more in that. Otherwise, I didn’t see much difference. From the way it sounds, I would probably only see it on a big saw with a long bar. Speaking of, I’m kinda looking for a shorter bar for one of my C-72. I’d kinda like to go with a 28” or even 24”. It cuts fine with the 32” on it now but I’m curious how it would do with one a little shorter.
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