Full vs Skip chain

[Tucker943]

I have like many others here, been a logger and a residential tree rat. Plus a little line clearance, not much. I seem to feel that logging was a whole lot more saw work. When I logged, it was all tree length skidding and the spar was stripped down to 6" wood. Saw log or 2 or 3, after that, tie/pallet/pulp with the rest of the tree. In my experience, chasing a bell saw around and stripping those trees with a chainsaw to skid them with a jd 648, meant A LOT of chainsaw work. Truth be told, I think I got a lot more chainsaw education doing that then tree work taught me.

 

[cory]

Totally agree. Logging is where you learn to run a saw and cut a tree, through and through.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Also where you learn to live or die.

 

[Tucker943]

I have wondered many times which is more dangerous, climbing trees or logging. I still haven't decided.

 

[cory]

Afaik, statistically, logging is more dangerous.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I rock a lot of chain cutting brush and thinning trees in granite boulders this time of year. But then I am not an urban cutter If I am just thinning trees that are not in boulders, rarely rock a chain. If I am doing just a tree removal on good ground, I use hella less gas, oil and chain and have to sharpen less. Many less cuts indeed!

 

[Al Smith]

I can't say I've wrecked that many on rocks .However I just came in from the garage having raided the magic refridgerater which is always full of Budwieser .

Having done so I tarried a bit at my collection hanging on nails of chain loops of which I counted nine which have detected metal . The remedy of same is obviously shorter loops providing I didn't wreck too many cutters .--or rough stock for race chains depending .

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Felling trees out here is the same way Al. A lot of this county had cattle on it with all the fencing to go with it. Not to forget the miners that strapped butt loads of metal to trees
Best story I heard was a guy that kept bringing his chain in to be sharpened, all pissy because he would no sooner put it in the wood, it would not cut. Accused the repair shop of not being able to sharpen chain. Guys told him he was hitting metal.. he did not believe them and after a few tries, demanded a new chain spun. Took new chain and called in again saying he was sold garbage. He was prompted to never to come back or call again.
He came by the shop one day with humble pie and a revolver dating back to around the 49er days apologising profusely. He found it when he was splitting the wood...

 

[NeTree]

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[squisher]

I have wondered many times which is more dangerous, climbing trees or logging. I still haven't decided.

Logging imo. I feel lucky to have escaped the woods unscathed. Highleading is brutally dangerous.

 

[Al Smith]

Oh the chit you can find grown in trees would fill every page of this forum .Butch would have to buy more "air time " if we named them all .

It's still amazing how your best cutting chain can find the smallest amount of tramp steel and wreck itself in about 2 milliseconds .Really kinda sucks with a half life .

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Truth !

 

[cory]

I agree. And fact is, logging experience has let me drop trees that residential tree-rat only guys were looking at as climbers, cranes, and bucket trees.

Big time! As my former boss liked to say, "price it to climb, then crash it"

 

[MasterBlaster]

logging experience has let me drop trees that residential tree-rat only guys were looking at as climbers, cranes, and bucket trees.

You must have a lotta wussy treeguys in your area, lol.

Loggers have no say so in residential treework, IMO. And vice versa for arborists in the woods, but not quite as bad.

 

[NeTree]

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[MasterBlaster]

Yep. Milk squirted out my nose, too.

 

[brendonv]

So along with a pile of motocross parts, the UPS man brought me a skip tooth Oregon chain complements of Paul.

Thanks Paul, looking forward to try it out on Monday.

 

[Tucker943]

All packages are good packages unless its certified mail!

 

[brendonv]

I noticed no difference in cutting with the full skip chain.

I ordered a roll this morning, from madsens. Much cheaper than Baileys FYI.

 

[treesandsurf]

Is that for your climbing saws Brendon?

jp

 

[GASoline71]

Before I stopped cuttin' as much as I used to... I was tryin' out full comp on bars out to 25" in the softwoods. Cuts like buddah with a sharp ass chain. I think my 044 is still wearin' a 25" Stihl ES bar with full comp on it.

I used to be a "full skip or nothin'" kind of guy... until one of my good buds from NorCal changed my mind. I've never had a true "climbing saw" so I used to pack an 028 with a 20" bar into the tree tops. What a PITA. LOL

I used to have full skip on that. But once I changed to full comp on the 25" and under bars... I noticed the saws cut way more efficient.

But on my longer bars... 28" and longer, I use full skip.

Gary

 

[MasterBlaster]

Just more cutters to file, brother.

I can do w/o...

 

[GASoline71]

"Tis true my friend! But in the softwoods out here... it works pretty slick.

Gary

 

[MasterBlaster]

Good to read you, Friend.

 

[GASoline71]

You too mang!

Gary