carbide saw chains

corey

does anyone have any experience with these? are they more resistant to dulling than steel tooth, say when you are flush cutting a stump and hit rot, dirt, etc.

newguy18

never used one but they are supposeed to hold an edge in adverse cutting conditions longer.

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Garry Brockley

Ive read a thread on these but can't remember where, but the basics of it were that there was no real difference dirt still blunted them, stones still bent and took teeth off, if the wood is a BIT messy then there is a small difference but nothing significant.
Basically keep the tip out the dirt and use old chains for this type of work.

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Bomensjaak

I think that these chains are meant to cut people out of cars (accidents)
They are also used by firefighters to cut through roofing and so on.

TREEMONKEY

i have used carbide chains before for firefighting and they cut nails cement metal. i think it would be nice for cutting stumps and logs that are filled with nails, cement, rocks, close lines, fence and ect. instead of dulling up 5 steel chains to cut up a nasty log filled full of garbage. the carbide will get through and save hours of sharpening.
But for everyday cutting they are expensive and not really practical. and saw pants will not work as well for protection these chains can be dangerous.

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newguy18

It would be nasty to have on of the tips go flying i'd imagine.

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corey

ive been kickin the idea around of getting one, just for flush cutting stumps. i figure, if firefighters use them for cutting asphalt shingles, they ought to hold up pretty well with dirt. i hate having to sharpen the chain 3-4 times when you have a big nasty stump you need to flush off before you stump grind it. i dont plan on using them for cutting roots out or anything.

Bomensjaak

I think they are expensive and they get blunt anyway. They will hold longer then a normal chain, but if that's worth the extra cost? And then you can't sharpen the teeth with a file (on the job) you have to grind them with a special grinding wheel on a machine. So.....

Therrin

so just how expensive are they?

20" chain = $$?

24" chain = $$?

I mean what's the difference that we're talkin here.

kimtree

Rapco inc carbide chain goes for $4.51 per d/l semi chisel and full chisel and a bit less for skip tooth for mills.i have one for my lucasmill and must say it cuts alot nicer than normal ripping chain but much slower,i did also have a semi chisel carbide chain for cutting crap but what tends to happen is that the chain stretch's so much from all the dirt etc that you end up having to take a link out and the bars life is much shorter,dont use it much as we grind stumps nowdays not like the old days dig em out

Bernard Keays

Is carbide the same or different to tungsten tip chain?

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kimtree

The same but you can get different hardness[tough carbide or hard carbide]also the company i buy from does a carbide impregnated chain,its not tipped with tungsten but a layer of carbide is applied to the top and side plate of the cutter,havent tried that one myself