Oregon Chains on a stihl bar

[liamjordan]

yeah load of rubbish 3 chains or whatever it is, granddad told me, a bars worn out when the chain wont go round anymore ahahaa

[Magnus]

I always pour some on the bar of my bigger saws, is this what you mean by pre oiling mate?

 

Nope.

 

Get a bag with some bar oil in it and let chain soak in it a day or so.

That helps a lot and lobe until bar oil from saw gets in to correct place.

[Magnus]

If you rotate chains and replace rims, you get a lot out of it.

After you run say 4-5 chains on a Power match bar, it hardly looks used.

Then new rim, bar tip and chains and another go at it.

 

This way a full timer hardwood logger here use two bars/year!

Significant difference in cost efficiency.

[ad15]

i got through 3 chains in 9 cuts on my 362,,, they were all brand new oregon,,, all threre jumped the bar within 3 cuts each,,,

even got steve to check i wasnt under tensioning my chains...

 

have gone back to stihl and no issue since...

 

i'm not saying oregon chains are poop,, but my saw didnt seem to like em,,

[burrell_]

i had oregon chain on my new solo saw tryed 2 new chain witch where both given to me with the saw i didnt think alot to the chain and thought i brought a rubish saw. went to my stihl dealer told him iv brought a solo tophandle saw and wished i had saved my money to buy my 2nd 200 (he took a look at the saw) put a stihl chain on it and what a saw it made it twice the saw it was

[Les Cork]

i had oregon chain on my new solo saw tryed 2 new chain witch where both given to me with the saw i didnt think alot to the chain and thought i brought a rubish saw. went to my stihl dealer told him iv brought a solo tophandle saw and wished i had saved my money to buy my 2nd 200 (he took a look at the saw) put a stihl chain on it and what a saw it made it twice the saw it was

 

Not surprised ! you got 91VG a guarded chain meant for domestic users with low performance and reduced kick back features, you then tried Picco Stihl chain. Next time ask an Oregon dealer for 91VXL and then tell the forum how you got on.

[burrell_]

yeh thats the one 91VG had that on the packet.

i might try that one out mate thanks for the tip

[Magnus]

This is what I mean when I say compare same type.

 

If you don't compare similar chains or bars it is impossible to get any idea that is fair.

 

It is like comparing bikes.

One with pedals instead of engine and the other is a 1100cc road racer.

What is best?