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That applies to your caliber of saw work, it's no advantage for service guys like me.

To each is own.

Arborist deal mostly with Trees higher in mineral content than a Feller.

For clean wood, Square is the Chit.

I’ve got a little but I mostly run Round for the reasons you mentioned.


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Cool. I know the guy. About a 45 minute ride for me. Thanks.
Just a shame that I have 2 close by that really are not up on their new stuff. I know more than they do. AND I don't know Jack. Lol
My closest 3 dealers are an hour trip no matter which way I go. That’s why I buy it by the roll and spin my own now. It’s not cheaper, but I can spin plenty in the time it takes me to drive there and back.
 

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I hear you Dustin. I get my chains on here. Just keep extras in the bank. I got no extra room right now for a spinner.
 

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If memory serves Madsens has Stihl chain and if they do they’ll have square chain.


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They will not sell to me on East Coast for some reason.
 

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I feel you are in the minority, most loggers around here have never even heard of a square ground chain.
Most the loggers here run square ground, and all have grinders, 90% run 32” bars and file up a bunch of chains! Some guys hand file in the field, but a lot of crews have a guy grind everyone’s chain.
 

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They will not sell to me on East Coast for some reason.

Stihl has dealer protection built in to the system, I’m not even supposed to buy from them since we have two dealers in town it’s supposed to be the dealer closest to you is the seller.


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The same story here - round is the only thing stocked. Two dealers I use give you a “go to hell” look when you ask about square, but one dealer will order it for you.
 

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I guess I'm lucky I have a good relationship with the guys I buy from, they will order whatever I want at anytime, that blows some of you guys have dealers that are such dicks.
 
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The same story here - round is the only thing stocked. Two dealers I use give you a “go to hell” look when you ask about square, but one dealer will order it for you.

That’s when you call and give them a part number ahead of time. To me round is a landing, firewood I won’t use the name we give them, or an arborists chain not a fallers chain it’s slow takes more power and it’s rough on the hands.


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I guess I'm lucky I have a good relationship with the guys I buy from, they will order whatever I want at anytime, that blows some of you guys have dealers that are such dicks.

Yep. My local Stihl dealer is not a rocket surgeon by any means. But if I take him a Stihl part number, he will order it. No questions asked. At first he would ask what saw it went on and go through his online catalog but he now knows this isn't my first rodeo.

He asked me a few months ago how I came into possession of the IPLs and SMs of so much Stihl equipment. My answer? I was a paratrooper in my former life. I know how to beg, steal, or borrow to get the job done...:dancer2:
 

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I guess I'm lucky I have a good relationship with the guys I buy from, they will order whatever I want at anytime, that blows some of you guys have dealers that are such dicks.
That's me I went from 2 great dealers to 1 *s-wordty one.
 

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how long square lasts seems to depend on how it's ground/filed.

Stihl square grind seems to vary, thus I've got different results over the years trying to figure out how long it lasts vs stihl's round ground RS.

I will repeat something that @tree monkey told me. And it'll make you think. Here it is: Scott, "Square lasts longer, but round ground cuts better and longer when it's dull."

Rolls of stihl chain which I've ordered, used, tested, sold...

33RS - .050 3/8 round ground full chisel full comp
35RS - .058 3/8 round ground full chisel full comp
36RS - .063 3/8 round ground full chisel full copm

33RSK - .050 3/8 round ground full chisel full comp - klassic RS cutter design.

33RSL - .050 3/8 Square ground full chisel full comp (can be hard to find)
36RSL - .063 3/8 Square ground full chisel full comp (can be hard to find)

33RSLH - .050 3/8 Square ground full chisel semi skip (can be hard to find)
36RSLH - .063 3/8 Square ground full chisel semi skip (can be hard to find)

33RSF -.050 3/8 round ground full chisel full SKIP
36RSF - .063 3/8 round ground full chisel full SKIP (think I got this from canada)

33RSLF - .050 3/8 Square ground full chisel full SKIP
36RSLF - .063 3/8 Square ground full chisel full SKIP

46RS - .063 .404 round ground full chisel full comp
46RSLF - .063 .404 Square ground full chisel full SKIP

33RM 36RM 46RM - rapid micro aka round ground semi chisel full comp
33RMF 36RMF 46RMF - rapid micro aka round ground semi chisel full skip (can be hard to find)

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Tree Monkey was spot on.
 

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D8535DC8-B93B-4B9E-A812-5A9E951D0023.jpeg Anyone here used or ever heard the Stihl 36RS3 chain? Got one for testing
 
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