STOP Destroying Chainsaw Chains w This Pro Hack

Been moving logs this way forever. Get over it and sharpen your chain, not rocket science.

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So what you're saying is, don't involve yourself long term with a dirty log.

carbide chains?

This is something i worked out years a go .

About logs and tractors. Can you share some experience with tractors? We will need to get something to haul trees to a mill, and other things that one ends up using it for.

Have an air tank and blow gun handy if it happens a lot.

I was cutting a dead and downed white pine for firewood that was probably pushing 40". It had no bark and was too big to cut part way through and roll it over, and it was laying on a gravel road in the Siskiyou Mtns of SW Oregon. I ended up going through as far I could without hitting the gravel, then used several wedges to split the round the rest of the way off. I could barely move the rounds a few feet to my splitter, but it kept my house warm all winter.

New chainsaw user here (Stihl MS 170). I enjoy watching your videos. Lots of fun and very imformative as well. Thanks, from Canada.

how has this never crossed my mind!

nice video and explanatiion , another way to see if you are finishing the cut near the ground is a big light!expecially near stones...

BRILLIANT lesson! 👏🏾 💯

Rip a 6in shallow bark cut longways.. then ax off a plunge hole
I'm thinking 10 or 2 o'clock
Dig the pulling dirt out tips
Enjoy the vids
Newbie here

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Thanks Wilson

Fantastic tips, and some I forgot 😊
Some old timers poured oil on dirty logs. I guess this was done at the end of the day. So they didn't have to sharpen or carry the oil anymore 🤔

how about, don't use a 36" bar to saw 12-16" logs; that way, if you DO mess up your chain, there's a lot less teeth to sharpen

There's something about the woods on the west coast that makes one feel relaxed and at peace. And all while working!

Great video also avoid cutting dirty wood when dirt is frozen in bark

One of my favorite video! Wilson for President!

Nice job mr . Wilson 😊 stay safe buddy. The new Jersey logman

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I do believe you mentioned it but do forestry, lumberjacks use a special type of chain on the saws ? Different from the landscaper /Gardner/ homeowner ?

881 doing its job by a skilled sawyer. I'm enjoying and learning from these guys. I usually cut down big juniper trees here in N. AZ. ...

This is great. I've been making the dirt cuts on the exit when possible, but your technique is much more sensible and all around practical
THANKS

If at all possible, just wait for some rain to wash off the dirt. In my area we get 50+ inches yearly, so doesn’t take long.

This is one of the reasons the big old-time sawmills floated their sawlogs in a millpond for a few weeks before sawing them into lumber.
I would imagine that there are circumstances in which a pressure washer could be practically employed ahead of the blade or band in a mill situation...

These videos have right balance of information and humour. Great to watch and listen too.
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Some dirty rotten _ dunnit a-gain!

It looks like you have a skip tooth/ripping chain on your saw instead of a cross cutting set up. Interesting. As a bowl turner, the chainsaw shop I went to said I needed a ripping chain since that was most of what I was doing with my saw. One other point, for some reason black walnut dulls all of my tools more than any other wood. Not sure why. English/Persian walnut, not sure about, it is not as common around here in Oregon....

You do a great job explaining your techniques and rationale with an entertaining and amusing way.
I enjoy your video and forestry skills.

You are hilarious!!

Good tips!

Great video with great explanations. A guy could work a long time in the woods before he figured that out on his own.

Pretty smart, have you heard about widia chains?

Very informative and funny. Thank you.😂

brilliant!

i carry a file with me, ill just dull my chain xD

Great vid.

I cut into a 3’ fir on the weekend. Clean outer bark, but 6 “ in hit a Nail, definitely slowed up my cut

This video is extremely helpful for me. When a tree falls in my forest, it is instantly covered in mud. Thanks and thumbs up.

Good stuff!
Thank you.

This is easily your most sexual video.

related: at post-tornado clean-up, fiberglass insulation shards, (and dirt, and pieces of glass, and, and, and... ) are often embedded in the bark. Most often on (what was) the SW side when the tree was standing, the direction where most tornadoes travel from. My unsophisticated solution was to have 6 chains per saw, 4 saws, then sharpen what I ruined, during the 'lunch' break. It seems like your hints would be a better solution, since there was usually a 'clean' side of the tree. I didn't ruin 24 chains at any outing, but preferred to use the same subset of them until they were goners.

So obvious, but never occurred to me. You just saved me tons of time and sharpening. Thank you!

A big stiff wire brush is another good alternative too.

Damn that's a sharp blade!

😅 wish all I had to buck up was pine! Whenever I get some pine (rare) I really enjoy it. Of course it gets used for the outdoor fire pit and not my wood stove lol