Justin Taylor
ArboristSite Guru
I was trying to cut some wet oak with a brand new Stihl yellow chain it was barely cutting, 20 in bar and it was fully in the wood, Would a full skip be faster?
Scott county but it cut just fine in pine but I’ve never cut into large chunks of oak so I don’t know how fast it should be cutting atWhere you at in MN? I got plenty of bars and chains you could swap around and find what you like. Got a loop of full skip on a 28" light bar on my 440 right now. I'm just across the border from the twin cities.
But in short, no it will still not be faster on a 25" bar, especially in hardwood. If the saw was "barely cutting" there's an issue somewhere. Depth gauges, poor grind from the factory, sand in the bark, etc.
Farmertec 440BTW what saw are you running?
I was trying to cut some wet oak with a brand new Stihl yellow chain it was barely cutting, 20 in bar and it was fully in the wood, Would a full skip be faster?
t1Full skip almost never cuts faster than full comp. Sometimes it works better because it clears chips better, but really only on bars 28" and up.
.040 rakers ????
Jeeses Chrrrist.
.025 is PLENTY
There has to be 1001 threads on filing, raker height, angles, and so forth on arboristsite.
In the interest of pointing it out, I will challenge anybody with rakers that low to a competition. Bring it on.
We will set it up, and race it.
My point is that there is a limited amount of power you can put on a 3/8 chain. File the rakers completely off and replace the power head with a Ford 390. I wonder why the chain snapped off??
Me too. It's surely not due to that Ford engine..040 rakers ????
Jeeses Chrrrist.
.025 is PLENTY
There has to be 1001 threads on filing, raker height, angles, and so forth on arboristsite.
In the interest of pointing it out, I will challenge anybody with rakers that low to a competition. Bring it on.
We will set it up, and race it.
My point is that there is a limited amount of power you can put on a 3/8 chain. File the rakers completely off and replace the power head with a Ford 390. I wonder why the chain snapped off??
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