Bumper Spikes

[Arbonaut]

We call them Bumper Spikes you call them Felling Dawgs. What are they? Do you need one or two? Even with a saw mainly for limbing, I like two. That way one side of your chain isn't seeing more pressure than the other. Chain cutting crooked? Consider puttin' on a matching outer Bumper Spike.
The way the clutch cover is made on a Stihl is cool. There is a hex shaped recess for the bolts and they stick out through the outer spike like a stud. Good engineering. How is the other makes' clutch cover made?

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[Jredsjeep]

so many choices to choose from, i hope there are not any hanging chads in the votes.......

 

[Stihl Wielder]

twin spikes (big west coast spikes when I'm running anything with a 28" bar - up), like you said doesn't make the saw want to 'twist' when pulling through the wood.

 

[turnkey4099]

two but only because they are nice for felling. One of them is always in grabbing position on the angle cuts.

Saw cutting crooked? It ain't the fault of the dogs!

Harry K

 

[Arbonaut]

two but only because they are nice for felling. One of them is always in grabbing position on the angle cuts.

Saw cutting crooked? It ain't the fault of the dogs!Harry K

Yeah you're right. Angle cuts are already crooked.

 

[Arbonaut]

so many choices to choose from, i hope there are not any hanging chads in the votes.......

I'll let someone else combat that wombat.

 

[Whitespider]

Real men throw bumper spikes away and grind the depth gauges clean off…

 

[stihlaficionado]

The Stihls want two
The Husky's seem to prefer one

 

[Arbonaut]

Real men throw bumper spikes away and grind the depth gauges clean off…

I forgot to put the real man option in the poll. Dusting Shakers, now. Wapner at 5:00 central.

The Stihls want twoThe Husky's seem to prefer one

Yeah, SA. I just wish the Stihl product management understood that. I was at Erb equipment in Fenton, Missouri awhile back to buy a backhoe, and it was the first place i'd seen equipping any less than MS660 with a full set of Dawgs. It's real well wooded down there and maybe their customers demand it. But around here even a MS460 comes with one puny insid spike and that's it. Just doesn't cut it on my saws.

Why does Huskys run better with one spike?

 

[Whitespider]

Kick it back and smile a little man... I was just havin' a bit 'o' fun.

 

[Arbonaut]

Kick it back and smile a little man... I was just havin' a bit 'o' fun.

I know you was. I'm also havin' fun. I wish they woulda let the Don't Buy Junk threads keep rollin'. I was in stitches.

 

[chucker]

two(2) of your "bumper spikes" work best for beginers... ive always known them as "rookie teeth" for them that needed them the first few days of a pending survival !! lol

 

[TonyK]

I have heard them called on this board "Dull chain compensation devices." I have two on my saw. I like them and the look sooo cool.

 

[Arbonaut]

I have heard them called on this board "Dull chain compensation devices." I have two on my saw. I like them and the look sooo cool.

Makes the saw balance upright better with long bar, too.

 

[savageactor7]

Just a home owner wood cutter here...took ours off over 20 years ago and never missed 'em.

 

[sunfish]

I only prefer them for felling and only one dawg per saw and not them giant ones. :msp_wink:

 

[lambs]

I've got only the single bucking dog on my 261, but wish I could find the one for the clutch cover. I don't want to go to the 362 size, but would love to have equal leverage on both sides. I don't usually cut with a dulling chain, but in the cut I will push the saw a little to keep the rpms where I want them. And the saw does like to turn a bit when I do that.

 

[openloop]

Other than the negligible weight penalty is there any downside to having two felling dogs?

 

[Arbonaut]

Other than the negligible weight penalty is there any downside to having two felling dogs?

Nope. It helps to rock the weight into the cut squarely, too. I like what lambs said about moderating the saw power. Dogging in tight helps with that pivot. When you get in big stuff having the spikes to push against serves as a guide to help you follow that cut you made on the other side of the log.

If I want to drop a tree two and a half times the bar, I don't see how you'd get by without it. That's like painting a car without masking tape.

 

[ft. churchill]

It's like the tire size on your 4x4 truck. More bigger is more better.