Ripping chain brand recommendations?

[Rosss]

I am considering a 48"-50" bar for milling and can only find it for 3/8 with a .063 gauge. I have been using Laser ripping chain on my 36" bar and really like it, but can only get it in .050 and .058.

So looking for recommendations for 3/8 ripping chain. What are you using that you like? Any brands you haven't liked?

thanks

 

[SeMoTony]

I am considering a 48"-50" bar for milling and can only find it for 3/8 with a .063 gauge. I have been using Laser ripping chain on my 36" bar and really like it, but can only get it in .050 and .058.

So looking for recommendations for 3/8 ripping chain. What are you using that you like? Any brands you haven't liked?

thanks

Any and every chain I have ever bought new needs to be sharpened to the specs that works well with the power head that is gonna pull it around the bar and thru the wood I am going to mill. One size isn't correct for all combos. I have that 3/8" .063 ripping chain in Carlton that I have not been happy with. In 42" and longer bars I have been satisfied with square chisel skip chain like the 60" bar in my avatar that just wiggled around a tite corner for the table top under my arm. I have a 72" forester bar ( just in case) because there was a much fancier table top under the one I have. It was chipped up because I couldn't find a bar soon enough. The power head is ms-460 muff modded. A ported 661-c is faster, requires less patience. Uses a little more fuel while I enjoy.
Stay safe while you enjoy

 

[The Singing Arborist]

I use 3/8 and .050 ripping chain from granberg and have really enjoyed it...definately works better for me than the regular cross cutting chains i started with. I dont have any experience with otherchains though.

 

[Bostonstrongboy1965]

Granberg is the way to go. I always error on the side of more power. For anything longer than 48", I use at least 100cc. For my 56" bar, I run a Stihl 090AV. What I have found is when the saw is underpowered for the cut, the chain suffers 1st, then the bar. In milling, both get very expensive. Also, the harder the wood, the more power you need. I never go past 3 cuts without re-sharpening in the field.

 

[BigOakAdot]

Yup like others said grandberg ripping. Expensive but went through a bullet and kept on chugging. I recommend it.