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klinemar 
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Posted: 05 Feb 2023 at 9:24pm |
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Like everything else Chainsaw Chain has almost doubled in price. I checked locally and was shocked. Anywhere from $29 to $40 depending on number of drive links. I shopped online and bought Oregon Chain for my 20 inch bar saw for $20 including shipping. I may have to buy a reel of Chain and make my own in the future.
Edited by klinemar - 05 Feb 2023 at 9:25pm
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Dorix
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Posted: 06 Feb 2023 at 3:14pm |
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Not sure if this helps you but I go to the Jonsered dealer for saw chain. He cuts it to length and seems to be the best deal around here, even though I don't have a Jonsered.
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klinemar
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Posted: 06 Feb 2023 at 3:35pm |
I bought from Cutters Choice in Erie Pennsylvania. www.cutterschoice.com
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Dorix
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Posted: 06 Feb 2023 at 6:38pm |
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Thanks, I've been happy with the dealer, but I'll check them out next time I need saw chain.
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exSW
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Posted: 06 Feb 2023 at 7:03pm |
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Don't own a Stihl saw but all my saws run Stihl RS chain. It is consistently better. Lasts longer and doesn't stretch. Harder to sharpen but you don't do it as often.
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klinemar
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Posted: 06 Feb 2023 at 8:51pm |
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I've used Stihl,Carelton and Oregon Chain. Stihl is good chain and expensive. For the price and what I'm cutting dead Ash with many on the ground with dirt on them Carelton or Oregon do fine.
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DaveKamp
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Posted: 08 Feb 2023 at 6:25pm |
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The reason that saw chain has gotten so expensive, is because of bird flu. With the bird flu pandemic causing all our flocks to be destroyed, we can't get eggs, so there's no albumen available for making the hardened steel chain plates.
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SteveM C/IL
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Posted: 08 Feb 2023 at 9:03pm |
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I swear Dave Kamp ! You know everything about everything! I'm not being smart.I'm serious! How in the world did you get sooooo much education about so many different things? Subject doesn't matter. You have the inside skinny. Yes I'm a little jealous. My head couldn't hold all you know.
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iowallis
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Posted: 09 Feb 2023 at 8:47pm |
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Guess I got lucky. The local (I think all of them) Sears HomeTown is closing up and liquidating their inventory. I bought packages of chains and some bars for the size saws I have at about 60% or more off retail price. With the amount of sawing I normally do I am good for the next 15 years or so.
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HudCo
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Posted: 09 Feb 2023 at 10:22pm |
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we make up chain for most all of our customers we use oregon chain the only way you can make a few bucks and stay priced at what the hardware stores charge for a premade loop is only buy 100' rolls at the smallest
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DaveKamp
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Posted: 09 Feb 2023 at 10:51pm |
Steve said: "How in the world did you get sooooo much education about so many different things?"
I watched Monty Python... 
(You have to know these things when you are a king...)
Time for a lesson in Latin Grammar...
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SteveM C/IL
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Posted: 10 Feb 2023 at 12:33pm |
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That was a great show! Some of the best satire ever.....
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DaveKamp
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Posted: 11 Feb 2023 at 9:10pm |
But seriously, folks...
IF you have saws that all use the same spec chain, buying a roll and a press, and making them up yourself is a worthwhile thing.
If you have two, or three different types of chain going, then those rolls start really adding up in price, but the long-run value is still high.
IF a guy has three, mebbie four rolls of chain, a press, and a little space for a dedicated station, plus an electric sharpener, he can hang a sign out and, if the local area isn't western Kansas, he could make enough to offset the cost of his own chains.
Someday I might do that, but for the time being, I just have my electric sharpener, and every so often I get a call from a friend that has a fistful'a dull chains that need some lovin'...
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Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest.
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