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When I head out milling, I take at least 4 saws, each with different bar length/pitch etc. Then each of those saws might have couple different chains, one for milling and one skip tooth for bucking for example. Not wanting to spend time in the woods hand filing chain, I take several loops of each kind into the woods. When one gets dull, I just swap it out. So I might have say 6 different spare chains with me. I used to coil them up and throw them into the bottom of the tool box. I tried to keep them somewhat separate, but eventually with toting the box around, they ended up one large pile of spaghetti. Find a 28 inch loop of .375/.050 mixed in with a 20 inch loop of .325/.063 mixed in with a 36 inch loop of .375/.063!!! Also didn't like my nice sharp chains banging into one another, for the same reason you don't throw files just anywhere in your box. Tried putting them in labeled plastic bags, but after I tried that I realized how silly keeping sharp chain in even thick plastic bags was, they just tore apart eventually. So made these quick and dirty little boxes out of cheap 1/4 inch luan plywood. Each is marked for one of the saw/chain combos I carry, so when I need to change out a chain it's painless, just need to grab the right box. To put in the box I just stretch the chain out, then curl it up in a kindof flat ball. I know this might seem a little anal... but believe me it keeps things organized, and thus saves time. Anything, even little things, that save time when out in the woods milling are worth it to me.
In bottom of tool box
In bottom of tool box
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