Chris-PA
Where the Wild Things Are
There are many claims made here including that a saw "holds" 12k when it only hits it briefly during the cut - and also hits 8k for just as long. Brad's controlled and progressively increasing load videos are good demonstrations of what the saw really does. The actual speed of fastest cutting will be something less than max rpm, but may be above the hp peak because the cut speed is highly dependent on chain speed. You cannot just make the saw cut faster by pushing harder, just as you cannot make a wood plane cut faster by pushing harder on it - you must make more passes.
I'm delighted when one of my saws pulls 10.5k through a practical cut with real-world wood and chain, but some of them will do significantly better than that in real-world cutting. They are not things I sell, they are tools I use for firewood.
In general, you make your criticisms with a rather wide brush. I'm not at all sure who you were originally targeting with your comment, but if you'd actually say who you meant you would not end up including people you didn't intend (like apparently Brad in this case).
