New use for Old saw chains

[RopeKnight]

Put em on backwards and turn your saw into a digger to clear the debris away for the stump cut!

I have done it plenty of times and the only issue I see the grit wearing things a bit more quickly.

[Rich2484]

Or the spur wearing away as the drive links are working backward

[Hedge hunter]

Put em on backwards and turn your saw into a digger to clear the debris away for the stump cut!

I have done it plenty of times and the only issue I see the grit wearing things a bit more quickly.

 

 

that sounds real clever.....

[Stubby]

Or the spur wearing away as the drive links are working backward

 

If it was a rim it would make no difference as you can put them on either way round so why would it affect a spur ? ( Respectfully Rich )

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Very good idea. That's a fast way of clearing the stones around root buttresses before stump grinding.

 

 

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[Eddy_t]

If it was a rim it would make no difference as you can put them on either way round so why would it affect a spur ? ( Respectfully Rich )

 

Drive link shape

 

 

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[Stubby]

Drive link shape

 

 

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Yea but you can put a rim on ether way round so it makes no difference . The shape in the rim is symmetrical as is a spur ... so why would it make a difference . If you put a rim on and run the saw for a bit . Then take the rim off turn it round and run the saw again Its the same as running the chain backwards ......

Edited September 14, 2013 by Stubby

[Daniël Bos]

Yea but you can put a rim on ether way round so it makes no difference . The shape in the rim is symmetrical as is a spur ... so why would it make a difference . If you put a rim on and run the saw for a bit . Then take the rim off turn it round and run the saw again Its the same as running the chain backwards ......

 

No it isn't...

Whichever way round you'd put the rim it still pushes the same bit of drive link.

When you turn the chain it pushes a bit of drive link that's not shaped for being pushed.

I reckon it would still be fine though, just keep a scrap chain plus rim combo.

[Stubby]

No it isn't...

Whichever way round you'd put the rim it still pushes the same bit of drive link.

When you turn the chain it pushes a bit of drive link that's not shaped for being pushed.

I reckon it would still be fine though, just keep a scrap chain plus rim combo.

 

Ok ... shot to bits

[fergusonforestry]

if its a knacked chain why does it need to be put on backwards