Today I dropped a 14" to 16" dead locust - not sure if black or honey - but it was the driest hardest dang wood I've every cut. I noticed how slow my chain was to cut it even though it was in fairly good shape earlier when I bucked up the the big cherry splits you see in there with it.
After a couple logs I glanced at my chips and saw it was about 50% chips and 50% dust and my chain felt really dull in the cut. I can go back and get a few more of these standing-dead locusts but wondering how quickly to expect it to dull my chain? My hand sharpening is generally adequate but wondering if I should get my dealer to machine sharpen it or put on my new spare? Will these chains quickly dull too?
After a couple logs I glanced at my chips and saw it was about 50% chips and 50% dust and my chain felt really dull in the cut. I can go back and get a few more of these standing-dead locusts but wondering how quickly to expect it to dull my chain? My hand sharpening is generally adequate but wondering if I should get my dealer to machine sharpen it or put on my new spare? Will these chains quickly dull too?
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