Salt Cedars with sand embedded in the bark = dull saw.

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For some sand in bark i would peel bark with axe in cut sometimes, rinse with hose but always seems to be some that persists.
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Sand is tough, uncrushable, look for like 18 cutting surfaces per grain.
Saw provides power to sand about 68mph/600 teeth per second, to essentially sandblast sharp knives of chain to be like trying to cut with back of spoon.
Not going to win coming straight at it w/o just going thru normal chains, if can tell where might be clean might try those cuts first etc.
Carbide like on stump grinder teeth does tolerate sand, but eventually gives in, even those teeth get sharpened.
 
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