SawTroll, are you going to try the new STIHL .325 Narrow Kerf chains on your orange saws, when it becomes available?I certainly would have wanted to try Vanguard as well, if "green" chain was an option. It just isn't though.
Philbert
SawTroll, are you going to try the new STIHL .325 Narrow Kerf chains on your orange saws, when it becomes available?I certainly would have wanted to try Vanguard as well, if "green" chain was an option. It just isn't though.
SawTroll, are you going to try the new STIHL .325 Narrow Kerf chains on your orange saws, when it becomes available?
Philbert
Stihl has that chain in RM and RS yellow chain. Gauge is 0.050".
I looked trough the German Stihl catalog (the US one refuses to load at the moment), and couldn't find any mention of .325 Narrow Kerf chain. Regular RS and RM in .050 (23RM and 23RS) is of course (still) available on some markets (as is .058, at least if you insist).
Nothing new with this, but those (regular .325) .050 options have nothing to do with Narrow Kerf . The kerf will be just as wide as with .063, as the top of the cutters are the same - it is just the drive tangs that are narrowed down.
For smaller saws it surely would be intersting if a .325 chisel version that actually is Narrow Kerf turned up, and I believe that is what @Philbert referred to.
I looked trough the German Stihl catalog (the US one refuses to load at the moment), and couldn't find any mention of .325 Narrow Kerf chain. Regular RS and RM in .050 (23RM and 23RS) is of course (still) available on some markets (as is .058, at least if you insist).
Nothing new with this, but those (regular .325) .050 options have nothing to do with Narrow Kerf . The kerf will be just as wide as with .063, as the top of the cutters are the same - it is just the drive tangs that are narrowed down.
For smaller saws it surely would be intersting if a .325 chisel version that actually is Narrow Kerf turned up, and I believe that is what @Philbert referred to.
I looked trough the German Stihl catalog . . . and couldn't find any mention of .325 Narrow Kerf chain.
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Stihl USA catalog/website is much like teats on a bull. Just like Stihl dealers that don't want to sell you yellow chain with a new saw.........
P.S. Mr. Troll, can you get Stihl 3/8 picco PMX milling chain from a Stihl dealer?
Logosol had/has a monopoly on it in USA. There was one place that went under, had PMX at 1/2 price of Logosol/Baileys. Baileys seems O.K. with selling a 16" loop @$45 USD
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The term 'safety chain' or 'green label' was severely damaged when early designs were clumsy, slow, poor chains with low performance. Today 'safety' chain is a different beast, has changed fornthe better, it cuts fast & performs well. Most types of cutting, its not much different to 'yellow' chain. But try to convince anyone of this is VERY difficult. Especially the new to saws guy with a ms180 he thinks is a competition hotsaw that needs 'more aggressive' chain.
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I remember being forced to watch a Stihl update video in lieu of going to a school. The guys in the video were wearng thick gloves while they were servicing a carb. Was given a stern look by the dealership owner when I started laughing and joking.Did they tell you to wear kevlar gloves when sharpening a chain too?
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