Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

Both are much harder than earlier Oregon(they also made the husky chains), the new husky chain is made by husky, very smooth cutting right out of the box. I like the husky x-cut chains a lot.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Is .68g 1/2 inch pitch?

What the hecks so funny now Chipper?!?!

 

[Vtrombly]

You'll burn your house down.

I intermix it with hardwood no issues when you have a hardwood fire going and you fire a couple softwood blocks in here or there.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Both are much harder than earlier Oregon(they also made the husky chains), the new husky chain is made by husky, very smooth cutting right out of the box. I like the husky x-cut chains a lot.

I would probably Stihl have to change angles on the cutter plates before I even slapped a new loop on the saw. Smooth out of the box or not. However, I may be wrong on this. I won't know until I try them, but I've never run a new loop of factory grind square tuned chisel that was what I consider sharp! Regardless of brand of chain.

 

[chipper1]

What the hecks so funny now Chipper?!?!

Maybe it's picco(LP), or maybe it's a Canadian thing lol.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Maybe it's picco(LP), or maybe it's a Canadian thing lol.

If you say so! I'll take your word for it!

 

[North by Northwest]

Both are much harder than earlier Oregon(they also made the husky chains), the new husky chain is made by husky, very smooth cutting right out of the box. I like the husky x-cut chains a lot.

The Oregon EXL & Husky chains (made by Oregon) are extremely durable metallurgy composites as advised by Brett. They use OCS-01 Chromium & Silicon impregnated alloys which hardens the chisel point & lubricated the side plates of the chain for outstanding wear characteristics. The same technology is also available on the new Oregon versa-cut cut bars . A great combination on gnarly hardwood , especially in the colder weather !

 

[chipper1]

I would probably Stihl have to change angles on the cutter plates before I even slapped a new loop on the saw. Smooth out of the box or not. However, I may be wrong on this. I won't know until I try them, but I've never run factory square tuned chisel that was what I consider sharp!

It would run a bit slower than your square as your side plate angle is more aggressive than what I run mine at(just a few degrees of forward lean), and the x-cut chain out of the box will keep up with my work grinds. I can change the angles and output the x-cut chain, but it won't hold up as well as the x-cut chain then. I still mainly use round as it's effective and I'm not usually just cutting like you, or I may think differently about it.
Check this out, it's a white pine that has a branch grown from one spar to another, it's probably 4.5" thick. At this point in the tree I cant reach all the way around it, found out when my lanyard got stuck lol.

It's right at the top of this pic, around 35' up.
Anyone want some white pine, @Sawyer Rob .

 

[Kodiak Kid]

The Oregon EXL & Husky chains (made by Oregon) are extremely durable metallurgy composites as advised by Brett. They use OCS-01 Chromium & Silicon impregnated alloys which hardens the chisel point & lubricated the side plates of the chain for outstanding wear characteristics. The same technology is also available on the new Oregon versa-cut cut bars . A great combination on gnarly hardwood , especially in the colder weather !

Solid info! Thankyou, I'll look into it! How are the cutters on the grinder as far as burning? Last time I ran Oregon. The cutters were very easy to burn on the Silvey?

Also, what's a 100' spool of semi skip cost?

 

[North by Northwest]

Maybe it's picco(LP), or maybe it's a Canadian thing lol.

Never met a low profile Canuck Brett ?

 

[Kodiak Kid]

It would run a bit slower than your square as your side plate angle is more aggressive than what I run mine at(just a few degrees of forward lean), and the x-cut chain out of the box will keep up with my work grinds. I can change the angles and output the x-cut chain, but it won't hold up as well as the x-cut chain then. I still mainly use round as it's effective and I'm not usually just cutting like you, or I may think differently about it.
Check this out, it's a white pine that has a branch grown from one spar to another, it's probably 4.5" thick. At this point in the tree I cant reach all the way around it, found out when my lanyard got stuck lol.
View attachment 1017202
It's right at the top of this pic, around 35' up.
Anyone want some white pine, @Sawyer Rob .
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More info! Thankyou! Info is good!

 

[mountainguyed67]

no issues when you have a hardwood fire going and you fire a couple softwood blocks in here or there.

Many burn entirely softwoods with no problems.

 

[North by Northwest]

Solid info! Thankyou, I'll look into it! How are the cutters on the grinder as far as burning? Last time I ran Oregon. The cutters were very easy to burn on the Silvey?

Also, what's a 100' spool of semi skip cost?

The Pioneers Carelton is no longer manufactured over here , I have a loop from the 70's . The Oregon EXL I bought 3 yrs ago was on sale for $250 USD. then . The ripping chain I just buy from Stens or Oregon & square file or grind as needed runs around $78 - $120 for my 36" & 48" ripping bar chains accordingly , which have lasted a few yrs each , so far lol. P.S. buy good grinding stones & easy on the grinding rate & all is good , also buy premium goofy files for the EXL chain brother !

 

[Kodiak Kid]

It would run a bit slower than your square as your side plate angle is more aggressive than what I run mine at(just a few degrees of forward lean), and the x-cut chain out of the box will keep up with my work grinds. I can change the angles and output the x-cut chain, but it won't hold up as well as the x-cut chain then. I still mainly use round as it's effective and I'm not usually just cutting like you, or I may think differently about it.
Check this out, it's a white pine that has a branch grown from one spar to another, it's probably 4.5" thick. At this point in the tree I cant reach all the way around it, found out when my lanyard got stuck lol.
View attachment 1017202
It's right at the top of this pic, around 35' up.
Anyone want some white pine, @Sawyer Rob .
View attachment 1017205

Thats a pretty cool picture of that limb married to the other spar!

Yes, I steepen both the top and the side plate angles quite a bit more than the factory grind. Very fast in conifer! Almost too fast in smaller wood! I've been known to accidentally saw a 12" pecker pole completely off the stump before it commits! Maybe once or twice! All I can say about that is, RUN DAMIT RUN!!!

 

[chipper1]

Thats a pretty cool picture of that limb married to the other spar!

Yes, I steepen both the top and the side plate angles quite a bit more than the factory grind. Very fast in conifer! Almost too fast in smaller wood! I've been known to accidentally saw a 12" pecker pole completely off the stump before it commits! Maybe once or twice!

Yes, but it changes things a bit as I was going to drop them separately, I'm thinking there going down together now. Should know more once I get them stripped down a bit more.
All the factory square I've ran was slow, EXL or x-cut chain would probably give them a spanking.
One thing I really like about the x-cut chain is that its fast(not aggressive square fast) and smooth right out of the box, it saves a lot of time tuning for saw/species.
I've done that once or twice when cutting softer wood, I let another spar on that tree in the picture go a little quicker than I planned, I don't cut softwoods much lol.
It's probably a bit under 12" though, certainly no bigger than 11.5".
This pic of that spar/limb gives a bit better idea of the size of the tree, its a nasty bugger.

Solid info! Thankyou, I'll look into it! How are the cutters on the grinder as far as burning? Last time I ran Oregon. The cutters were very easy to burn on the Silvey?

Also, what's a 100' spool of semi skip cost?

I don't see any semi-skip, only full skip in the EXJ.
https://loggerchain.net/products/10...full-skip-powercut-saw-chain-3-8-050-100-feetLook, if you buy 30 rolls you'll get $5 off a roll .

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Yes, but it changes things a bit as I was going to drop them separately, I'm thinking there going down together now. Should know more once I get them stripped down a bit more.
All the factory square I've ran was slow, EXL or x-cut chain would probably give them a spanking.
One thing I really like about the x-cut chain is that its fast(not aggressive square fast) and smooth right out of the box, it saves a lot of time tuning for saw/species.
I've done that once or twice when cutting softer wood, I let another spar on that tree in the picture go a little quicker than I planned, I don't cut softwoods much lol.
It's probably a bit under 12" though, certainly no bigger than 11.5".
This pic of that spar/limb gives a bit better idea of the size of the tree, its a nasty bugger.
View attachment 1017208

I don't see any semi-skip, only full skip in the EXJ.
https://loggerchain.net/products/10...full-skip-powercut-saw-chain-3-8-050-100-feetLook, if you buy 30 rolls you'll get $5 off a roll .
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Plenty big enough to kill, and that's all that matters right? I always say that a 6" tree will kill a person just as dead as a 6' tree will!

 

[Bill G]

Ok, roger. Thanks for the heads up. Im no politician or a preacher, so those guys over there can have at it amongst them selves! I can come up with way more interesting things to debate over than Politics or Religion!

All you are missing is some rude folks that get their jollies from insulting others.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

All you are miising is some rude folks that get their jollies from insulting others.

I can only imagine!

 

[Bill G]

............I don't see any semi-skip, only full skip in the EXJ.
https://loggerchain.net/products/10...full-skip-powercut-saw-chain-3-8-050-100-feetLook, if you buy 30 rolls you'll get $5 off a roll .

I am still looking for 5 reels of 72EXL. It is sad that pre-made loops on Amazon are cheaper

 

[Bill G]

I can only imagine!

One in particular would have spent weeks pointing out the simple typo I made in my message you quoted.