Joab
I'll think of something.
I usually buy chain and rims for my saws from my Carlton chain dealer -- there are local Stihl and Oregon dealers I could buy this kind of stuff from, but I've been happy with Carlton and the price is better.
I had always assumed that the rims I was getting were Carlton, but I recently noticed that they are only occasionally marked "Carlton". Most of them have no brand markings that I see -- unlike Oregon or Stihl rims that seem to always indicate the brand.
So are Carlton rims always marked with the name or some other way so that I can tell if that's what I've got? Or does the lack of "Carlton" alone mean they're something else? (And does Carlton really make their own rims, or are they reselling rims made by a variety of manufactures like they do with some of their bars?)
I haven't had any trouble with the unmarked rims, but I'd consider going to my Oregon dealer instead and paying an extra 3 or 4 dollars per rim so that I always know what I'm getting if there's no way to identify that these are really from Carlton. Any info would be appreciated. And if you've got an opinion on Carlton vs Oregon vs Stihl vs other rims, I wouldn't mind hearing it.
I had always assumed that the rims I was getting were Carlton, but I recently noticed that they are only occasionally marked "Carlton". Most of them have no brand markings that I see -- unlike Oregon or Stihl rims that seem to always indicate the brand.
So are Carlton rims always marked with the name or some other way so that I can tell if that's what I've got? Or does the lack of "Carlton" alone mean they're something else? (And does Carlton really make their own rims, or are they reselling rims made by a variety of manufactures like they do with some of their bars?)
I haven't had any trouble with the unmarked rims, but I'd consider going to my Oregon dealer instead and paying an extra 3 or 4 dollars per rim so that I always know what I'm getting if there's no way to identify that these are really from Carlton. Any info would be appreciated. And if you've got an opinion on Carlton vs Oregon vs Stihl vs other rims, I wouldn't mind hearing it.