Guys,
I've been reading this forum for about ten months to one year. Every time I would google certain questions about competing chainsaws, this forum would always 'pop up.' Thanks to you, I've bought many new chainsaws for our new tree business my son and I started last year. (More on that later.)
Anyway, I'm new and this is obviously my first post...so here goes.
I would greatly appreciate your expertise on chain to run and a sharpener that will meet my needs since obviously the chain is literally where the rubber meets the road. One can have all the horsepower in the world in his saw, but if his chain is dull, time is needlessly wasted. (time can equal money.) Therefore, I know I need to get a good understanding on chain and a sharpener to meet my needs. I'm tired of paying $5.00 per chain to have one 'professionally' sharpened and I don't like the time in the evening sharpening chains.
FYI, I'm the type of person that if the quality justifies the cost, I have no problem paying extra.
But, I am also known, and have said, that I'm so frugal that I can stretch the copper off a penny! For example: I paid in August of 2008, $860.00 for a brand new MS 660 Magnum out the door with 32" bar. (Yes, from a certified Stihl dealer.)
Anyway,
We run basically 3/8 50 gauge chain. We have a couple of saws that run .325. We own Stihl (first purchase) 200t, 460, 660, Husqvarna 338xpt 'California Edition, 372xp, and a Dolmar 5100s (thanks to you guys.) Therefore, we run OEM chisel for that particular brand.
We live in the NW corner of Arkansas in the Ozarks. Conditions: Dirty and humid with red and white oak, hickory, hackberry, elm, and maple, 18" to about 40" is common.
I e-mailed 046 and he said that the Northern gets good reviews.
Trying to be efficient...
Thanks Sincerely in Advance,
Yasha
I've been reading this forum for about ten months to one year. Every time I would google certain questions about competing chainsaws, this forum would always 'pop up.' Thanks to you, I've bought many new chainsaws for our new tree business my son and I started last year. (More on that later.)
Anyway, I'm new and this is obviously my first post...so here goes.
I would greatly appreciate your expertise on chain to run and a sharpener that will meet my needs since obviously the chain is literally where the rubber meets the road. One can have all the horsepower in the world in his saw, but if his chain is dull, time is needlessly wasted. (time can equal money.) Therefore, I know I need to get a good understanding on chain and a sharpener to meet my needs. I'm tired of paying $5.00 per chain to have one 'professionally' sharpened and I don't like the time in the evening sharpening chains.
FYI, I'm the type of person that if the quality justifies the cost, I have no problem paying extra.
But, I am also known, and have said, that I'm so frugal that I can stretch the copper off a penny! For example: I paid in August of 2008, $860.00 for a brand new MS 660 Magnum out the door with 32" bar. (Yes, from a certified Stihl dealer.)
Anyway,
We run basically 3/8 50 gauge chain. We have a couple of saws that run .325. We own Stihl (first purchase) 200t, 460, 660, Husqvarna 338xpt 'California Edition, 372xp, and a Dolmar 5100s (thanks to you guys.) Therefore, we run OEM chisel for that particular brand.
We live in the NW corner of Arkansas in the Ozarks. Conditions: Dirty and humid with red and white oak, hickory, hackberry, elm, and maple, 18" to about 40" is common.
I e-mailed 046 and he said that the Northern gets good reviews.
Trying to be efficient...
Thanks Sincerely in Advance,
Yasha