dirty wood & skip tooth chain

[milkie62]

I have some big hardwood and pine in the 30-36" range to cut up for my wood boiler.There is tiny stones and dirt in alot of the bark.I am using my Husky 394 with a 28" bar to cut these up.Unfortunately I go through alot of chains for dulling.Would a skip tooth be better in this situation to speed up sharpening times ? I have never used skip tooth chain before and was wondering if it will slow down my cutting speed ? Thank you.

 

[AKDoug]

It isn't going to cut your cutting speed down that much, if at all. It will be much quicker to sharpen due to the fewer teeth.

 

[bnmc98]

You're better off to learn to cut dirty wood. Find a relatively clean spot and bore into it then work the saw so that it pushes the chips out vs. drawing the bark through the cut. You will file a lot less. Skip tooth for the win with landing type work in my book

 

[northmanlogging]

Skip tooth is meant for this stuff, not to mention chip clearance on long bars, personally I notice faster cut times with long bars and a skip tooth chains, other way around with short bars and big power though.

 

[2dogs]

skip tooth semi-chisel is worth a try. I used to run that quite a bit and really liked it.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Skip is meant for long bars and not a big enough powerhead (power wise), like if I wanted to run a 36" bar on a 026 or something crazy like that.

 

[tnlogger]

Isn't there a skip tooth and then a semi skip? I've used what I think is semi skip , less teeththan full comp but more than full skip tooth right??

 

[treeslayer2003]

yes.......i have run both, don't see much difference.
welcome

 

[Joe46]

Skip is meant for long bars and not a big enough powerhead (power wise), like if I wanted to run a 36" bar on a 026 or something crazy like that.

Interesting.

 

[chucker]

! man, I cant wait till I try out my new 3/8" pitch full skip chain on the old wild thing using the 28" .50 gauge blade.. probably run me to death with fear of the beast..... ?? lets see I am sure it takes a 1/8 file right?? this should make it bight hard??

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Also works for LONG bars with any powerhead too.

IMO if you can run a full comp chain, it's better to do so as it will cut faster and the teeth sharpness lasts longer (more teeth to wear down)

Now I'm not an expert on chain by any means, so if anyone has other info please feel free to chim ein.

Interesting.

Yes.

Isn't there a skip tooth and then a semi skip? I've used what I think is semi skip , less teeththan full comp but more than full skip tooth right??

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

For dirty wood a semi chisel works well. It's what I mostly run. The full chisel will cut faster but it dosn't take much grit to dull it. Lot of the wood here is impregnated with silt in the bark. Blows off the rivers in the wind storms and sandblasts into the trees.

Carbide chain would last a while but it's SLOW cutting in logs and expensive. Like put a normal chain on backwards and cut, it's almost that bad.

 

[chucker]

"Carbide chain would last a while but it's SLOW cutting in logs. Like put a normal chain on backwards and cut, it's almost that bad." ! been there and done that! but don't tell anyone as it would make a dumb wood cutter look foolish? lol

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

You wouldn't believe how many times we gets saws in the shop that the owner is downright angry about..."This f-ing POS won't cut..." yup... chain on backward. Few times it was chains I sharpened. They felt about 2" tall when I flipped the chain around in front of them.

 

[SliverPicker]

No kidding?

 

[1270d]

You wouldn't believe how many times we gets saws in the shop that the owner is downright angry about..."This f-ing POS won't cut..." yup... chain on backward. Few times it was chains I sharpened. They felt about 2" tall when I flipped the chain around in front of them.

I have been at a shop when someone came in with a backward chain.

Also turn a chain inside out sometimes to mess with a co worker.

 

[2dogs]

Skip is meant for long bars and not a big enough powerhead (power wise), like if I wanted to run a 36" bar on a 026 or something crazy like that.

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