We really need to figure out a better way to maintain our saws. The biggest issue we run into on the job is, as always, dull saws that cut crooked all the way to hell. I was wondering what your recommendations are concerning the new strategies we are trying, and what strategies you’ve found the most successful.
1. We picked up an Oregon grinder due to the inconsistent sharpening quality. Our only experience with them was decades ago, and it was agreed to be lackluster…but perhaps that’s down to operator error. have you seen good results from a chain sharped by a grinder vs traditional methods?
2. We are considering keeping extra chains on the trucks, not sure if it’s worth while though. It would have saved our butts a few times in recent memory. And I suppose if we could have changed a chain out, we would have, rather than suffer. But if the grinder helps us as much as we are hoping, maybe it’s an unnecessary additional thing to keep track of in each truck.
3. Do you have one person on the crew that is responsible for inspecting saws, sharpening, etc? I imagine the benefit would be consistency and specialization. Or do you use assign individual saws to each crew member? Saws are used communally, but assigning saws maybe helps introduce more accountability. It also helps that everyone gains experience in saw maintenance, even though there may be more inconsistency between saws.
We recently had our chief maintenance guru leave for an unknown period of time, and boy, do you feel it when one crew member is so specialized that it creates a huge operational hole in their absence.
3. Right now we operate all husky, except a MS 200T and 201T. Our most used husky’s are getting on in years and are experiencing more and more mechanical issues. I am intrigued by the idea of adding some Echos to our collection, rather than new husky’s. In general what has your experience been with running the newer husky models hard on daily crews vs echo?
1. We picked up an Oregon grinder due to the inconsistent sharpening quality. Our only experience with them was decades ago, and it was agreed to be lackluster…but perhaps that’s down to operator error. have you seen good results from a chain sharped by a grinder vs traditional methods?
2. We are considering keeping extra chains on the trucks, not sure if it’s worth while though. It would have saved our butts a few times in recent memory. And I suppose if we could have changed a chain out, we would have, rather than suffer. But if the grinder helps us as much as we are hoping, maybe it’s an unnecessary additional thing to keep track of in each truck.
3. Do you have one person on the crew that is responsible for inspecting saws, sharpening, etc? I imagine the benefit would be consistency and specialization. Or do you use assign individual saws to each crew member? Saws are used communally, but assigning saws maybe helps introduce more accountability. It also helps that everyone gains experience in saw maintenance, even though there may be more inconsistency between saws.
We recently had our chief maintenance guru leave for an unknown period of time, and boy, do you feel it when one crew member is so specialized that it creates a huge operational hole in their absence.
3. Right now we operate all husky, except a MS 200T and 201T. Our most used husky’s are getting on in years and are experiencing more and more mechanical issues. I am intrigued by the idea of adding some Echos to our collection, rather than new husky’s. In general what has your experience been with running the newer husky models hard on daily crews vs echo?