I'm new to this forum and also to the chainsaw game.Having recently moved to the country, I found myself needing a saw to keep my fireplace supplied with fuel.I first bought a Shindaiwa 415 and it worked well until I broke it.I replaced that with an Echo 370 and it was too small so I bought a Shindaiwa 488 along with a log-splitter from a good friend of mine [great deal!].It now appears that I'm getting hooked on saws since I couldn't pass up that 038.Anyway,someone who repiied to my thread on the yardsale 038 super pro suggested I use a full skip chain and I have no idea what that is,can someone explain it to me?Thanks again, Big Dan
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Probably the best thing to do is send away for Bailey's catalog...and maybe Madsen's while you're at it. They show some good pictures of different types of chain. Also, the search feature on AS has a wealth of information on chain. And Oregon has a website that will probably tell you more than you'll ever want to know about different kinds of chain and it's care.
Skip chain doesn't have as many cutters on it as regular chain. If you're going to be spending time with your bar buried in wood full skip is the way to go. It cleans out the cut better...especially on long bars.
You could have done a search....
But for what it is worth, I tend to run a bunch of skip on my saws.
full skip has the teeth farther apart than full comp. Do the chain search.
My 260 with 18" bar works very well with full skip. It allows me to keep the rpm up when cutting larger stuff. More grabby during limbing.
The 460 runs either full skip, or full comp depending on what I feel like at the time. It will pull 24" bar full skip buried in green wood. With full comp it wanted to bog out a bit.
For most guys a full comp is fine. Don't make the chain to hungry, and it works fine. With full skip the gage can be dropped a bit, as the saw will have the power to pull it.
-Pat
But for what it is worth, I tend to run a bunch of skip on my saws.
full skip has the teeth farther apart than full comp. Do the chain search.
My 260 with 18" bar works very well with full skip. It allows me to keep the rpm up when cutting larger stuff. More grabby during limbing.
The 460 runs either full skip, or full comp depending on what I feel like at the time. It will pull 24" bar full skip buried in green wood. With full comp it wanted to bog out a bit.
For most guys a full comp is fine. Don't make the chain to hungry, and it works fine. With full skip the gage can be dropped a bit, as the saw will have the power to pull it.
-Pat
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