Bigger setup for CS milling

[SawAddictedFarmer]

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[EFSM]

I don't do chain saw milling, but I use my own build of portable bandsaw. I have a simple rule: don't have too many cutting teeth in the cut. For wide cuts (39" in my case) I grind back the tips of 3 in 4 teeth (saws mainly supplied as 1.5 or 1.75" pitch) so that I have one cutter in 6 or 7 inches of saw. This gives easy, accurate cutting. A saw for small logs (say 20" or so) cuts freely with 3" effective pitch.

Does this bandsaw have powered head advance or is it manual? How fast will it cut with that few teeth?