Leylandii - Chainsaw Blunting & Clogging With Swarf

[Zirynx]

Just now, Steve Bullman said:

what oil are you using?

Ah, now I feel myself getting closer to confession time - I'm afraid this is all Screwfix's finest 

 

[Stubby]

Just now, Zirynx said:

Ah, now I feel myself getting closer to confession time - I'm afraid this is all Screwfix's finest 

 

Based on that ........What saw is it ?

[Mick Dempsey]

More importantly give us a picture of your saw.

 

Low quality oil shouldn’t matter, all chain oil is low quality.

 

[Zirynx]

16 minutes ago, Zirynx said:

Ah, now I feel myself getting closer to confession time - I'm afraid this is all Screwfix's finest 

 

That said, the previous half dozen trees I've taken down, it's performed, well, sufficiently and without any particular or obvious cause for concern - I guess I've been ignorantly getting on with the jobs in hand. But this tree has certainly presented a very different challenge and experience.

Edited May 28, 2018 by Zirynx
Typo.

[Zirynx]

13 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Based on that ........What saw is it ?

Sorry, meant both the saw and oil were Screwfix. I'll attempt to add a link below...

 

Screwfix Chainsaw

Screwfix oil

Replacement Chain

 

I ralise this will be a 'toy' to you folks! It was bought because I initially had one medium sized tree to remove and this seemed liked a cost effective tool to just get that job done. But then the job grew (doesn't it always!) and over the past few months I've used it to remove 6 or so trees out back. To be honest, with what it's already done, it doesn't owe me anything and I've even been considering getting a better saw, now that I've seen how much I've made use of it.

Edited May 28, 2018 by Zirynx
Added links.

[Steve Bullman]

What size were the other trees you removed compared to this one?

[Mick Dempsey]

Nothing wrong with that, I have a pillar drill and various other workshop equipment that my enginneery friends sneer at, but they do me proud.

 

It does sound like this tree was beyond thatsaw though.

Edited May 28, 2018 by Mick Dempsey

[Zirynx]

1 minute ago, Steve Bullman said:

What size were the other trees you removed compared to this one?

Mostly all smaller (wouldn't have attempted this initially!) but the last one, the weekend before last was quite a bit taller, but slightly narrower in diameter; probably only a couple of inches in it though. In fact, the bar was just about the diameter of the last tree, whereas this tree is a couple of inches broader. Completely different tree though and so easy to cut through compared to this one.

 

 

[Steve Bullman]

It could be that the saw just doesn't have enough grunt for it.

[Zirynx]

15 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

It could be that the saw just doesn't have enough grunt for it.

Yep, fully understand - everything has its limits and I knew this was likely to test the saw. But I guess I thought that a lack of grunt would manifest itself with a tendency to stall as the full width of the bar and chain was subsumed by the tree, which it didn't unless I started to apply pressure - and this is when I immediately felt the chain was blunt.

 

In your opinion, do you think the build up on the chain (which I've never see no effort) is to do with the saw / chain not being big enough for the job, insufficient oiling or the tree composition?

 

Thanks.