I have yet to wear out any milling chain, but the cutters are shorter on the smaller chains, so it stands to reason that their life will be shorter, too.How long do the smaller chains last when compared to the larger?
Didn't know that, thanks for the info, not that I can afford Granberg chain.I see Granberg sells .325 ripping chain on their site.
YesIs the low pro/ pico you mention 3/8-.375 low pro?
The smallest kerf will cut the fastest.
Lo-pro/picco will give the fastest cut times. The downside is the trouble and/or cost of the special rim and special sprocket nose.
0.325 is the next fastest, but there is no 0.325 ripping chain, so you have to buy a roll of Carlton semi-chisel non-safety chain, make your own loops, and regrind the cutters to 10 degrees.
3/8 is next on the list. Ripping chains and bars and rims are readily available, but speed is lacking.
I wouldn't even consider 404, though we have a few members who use it and are happy with it.
9 pin 325 rim is readily available..325" .050 with an 8 or 9 pin (or 10 pin if it would still have sufficient power) on a 42" bar, still using the 3120.
9 pin 325 rim is readily available.
All the big bars will be 0.063". Not a problem, since the gage has nothing to do with the kerf. Aggie uses Carlton K3 chain, I believe (325 x 0.063", semi-chisel, non-safety).
What's wrong with a sprocket nose ? You won't find a 42" bar with a 325 sprocket nose, but 325 tips are readily available for you to swap in.
A roller nose would be ideal, but they just don't make 'em any more, at least not on this side of the pond.
I don't know who makes the Logosol bars or chain, but I'm sure it is rebranded.Who's chain do they sell? Is it rebranded or something they make?
They sell "Logosol Picco" bars, again who makes them?
I use a 395 on a Logosol M7.
Started out with Logosol's .325, .050 gage, but after breaking half a dozen, I went to .375, .063 gage. Much better success, although I have broken one of those.
I would be interested to know how or why any of those chains (esp the 375/063) broke.
What size and type of wood are you cutting?
Did anything else happen just before when they broke?
The stuff I'm cutting is most likely much harder and bigger than what you're cutting and I can't imagine breaking a chain. I wonder if it has something to do with lack of sufficient chain lube?
I ran lo-pro all summer on a 36" 066BB, no breakage. I would guess those two lo-pro chains saw 200 tanks of fuel.It's not like they broke one right after another; probably went through at least 6-8 tanks of fuel before a breakage.
Depending on the brand, 0.063" gage is not necessarily thicker or stronger than 0.050". I forget which brand is the exception, I want to say Stihl chain is the one that is thicker. Carlton is the same thickness/strength regardless of gage.But .050 gage is fairly thin...... the .063 gage seems to hold up (except that one time).
I ran lo-pro all summer on a 36" 066BB, no breakage. I would guess those two lo-pro chains saw 200 tanks of fuel.
Depending on the brand, 0.063" gage is not necessarily thicker or stronger than 0.050". I forget which brand is the exception, I want to say Stihl chain is the one that is thicker. Carlton is the same thickness/strength regardless of gage.
The lo-pro that I use is 0.050".
Aggie has run 325 x 0.063" for years with 120cc saws. I'm with BobL, something else caused your chains to break.
I'm pretty sure mtngun is referring to the tie straps not the drive links.
OK, I looked it up.Huh ? Not sure what you mean by this.
A .050 gage chain means that the drive link is .050" thick; same for the .063 gage, .063" thick.
The drive links can't be both .050" and .063"
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