I just bought a new stihl chain today local for $23. Baileys wants $25 for the woodland pro shipped to the house. I think I will stay with the Stihl chain.
I like the lp chain for limbing, less grabby. that said if your saw has a .325 sprocket and bar it ani't gonna work. the distance between drive links will be different. I thinkI was thinking about buying an oregon 20lp chain for my MS270. I was wondering if it is better then the stihl .325 chain or not.
Only Stihl chains for me from now on. I used to use Oregon chains on my old saw, and would have to sharpen after a days wood cutting.
It has now been two years since I bought my 440. I got 2 chains with the saw, and I still have not yet sharpened either one of them. That is two years worth of cutting firewood on two chains. I need to get them both touched up a bit but they both still cut better than a sharp Oregon did for me.:greenchainsaw:
My dealer just sold me some oregon lpx chain, he said the cutters are harder than the regular lp chain. I have been using it this week, and it seems to hold an edge a bit better than the old lp chain. Not sure about price comparison though.
Also the cutters have a pretty blue colour to them (nice!):greenchainsaw:
i think i am just going to stick with the stihl chains now.
Photog95- i think either you dont have to cut that much firewood or your chains somehow get sharpened when you dont know it. If i had two chains that i didnt have to sharpen after cutting wood for two year i would be on my knees praising who ever the hell made that chain.
I use a short box Ford Ranger and cut about 20 loads in that every year. By most peoples standards it probably isn't that much. You are more than welcome to come on down and inspect the chains for yourself. You can see that they have never been touched. I will also show you the bill of sale for the saw when I bought it in April of 2007.
Now the Oregon chains didn't hold an edge for me at all. I did sharpen them myself and never claimed to be an expert at the art of saw chain grinding but they felt sharp when I started but would not last trough a full day of cutting.
I've got no reason to BS on this. I hold no stock in the company and I am no longer a 16 year old punk bragging about my fast honda accord with fart can exhaust and V-tec decals. If you don't wish to beleive me it is your choiceand I will not hold that decision against you
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