Husqvarna chainsaw questions
Thanks for the clarification.
No problem. I really don't like that I felt a need to say anything but I work with chainsaws for a living. LOL. It just had to come out.
@Bill Crowell ....you must live out in the sticks somewhere if you can still get away with burning wood for heat in CA? Somebody from CA on another forum said the enviro :realcrazy: were dogging him to death for burning firewood as a main source of heat.
That sounds like he may not have a spark arrestor on his chimney. It's actually very trendy to burn firewood, especially in the city. I notice a lot of people buying those bundles of 5 logs at the supermarket. I would like to get more facts on that.
I am a wildland firefighter with the US Forest Service. I have been a Hotshot for the last few years but previously, and back to it in 2020, I have been on wildland fire engine modules. We do a lot of firefighting out here but a lot of fuels reduction projects and prescribed fire in the winter months when there isn't much fire weather. Chainsaws, pulaskis, various hoes, and shovels are standard tools (along with 1"-1.5" hose and a pump). We use different chain for different purposes. Brushing chains and chain for limbing, we use full comp for obvious reasons (small thickness you want to have a cutter on the wood at all times). I think it's been answered but full skip is good for larger cuts, bucking, and dirty wood.
Get a raker gauge and a filer. For in between maintenance get a round file of the right size and keep the chain tuned up and you will get more time in between full sharpening. Find the most beat up tooth and take an amount of licks out of it to make it look good. Do the same number of licks on each following tooth.
If you have a large property or just a few different needs I would set the smaller saw up for limbing and brushing with a full comp chain. Set the bigger saw up with a full skip, more aggressive chain and longer bar for those big logs.
Find out what bar you're going to use (sounds like you have figured that out) and read the bar. It has the information for the chain stamped on the power head end of the bar. Gauge, pitch and drive links are all there so then all you have to do is find out how aggressive you want to cut.
Now, do you guys want to talk about felling trees? Bitchcuts, humbolt, undercut? Leaners, catface, candlesticks? Know how to read limb weight? How about cutting trees with fire in the top to stop the ember wash? Doing that in the dark is scary but sometimes you gotta get under it!
