I get that. I sent a bunch of semi down to Georgia with a saw yesterday, told him to use it on dirty wood. If I cut a lot of nasty wood off a pile, I'd run 404 semi, it last long time.
Rather buy x-cut for the price, and it's way smoother out of the box.
yes, every year and I usually check the chimney twice a year. Although since I went to the insulated stainless chimney I doubt that it's nessisary to inspect it twice a year. Since it's my only heat source for the house I try to keep it in good repair.
Have you tried the chain yet ? in clean wood IMO it’s faster than X - cut , X - cut was the fastest in .325 till I tried 23RS Pro , the cutter profile not like regular RS , The C83 is the fastest outta the box 3/8 pitch, Then if all else fails, bring the big stuff, LolI usually use the rs amateur.
I prefer the x-cut myself, fastest and smoothest out of the box I've ran, and holds an edge just as well as RS after being filed.
I always clean and inspect from the inside of mine and obviously clean the chimney every year. I've never pulled the shrouds to check for cracks though.
No, the biggest saw I have right now is 85cc, no reason to run 404. A while ai did buy a new 24x063 stihl lightweight bar, I still haven't ran it, it will be happening soon though. I normally run all 050, except on a couple real small saws that are set up for 043 picco/ lp.
Yea , I wanta see those square grinders setup in that sweet barn , 👍
