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Not mine ...saw it in eBay and was curious about itIts an oregon safety chain of the worst kind. Recycle it.
That chain isn’t on all new saws. Not all safety chain is bad, but like i said that one is the worst of the worst. And we’ll agree to disagree on the rest.They come on all new saws. They are a safety chain or reduced kickback chain. The extra guard link you see keeps the chain from taking as big of a bite when you use the tip of the bar reducing the amount of kickback. They cut just as well as a regular chain if you aren't cutting with the tip. When I worked for a Stihl dealer we always had a bunch in the chain room from guys who thought they were junk and wanted a regular chain on their new saw. I would use them cutting my firewood, never had an issue with them.
Might also be a buyer's call too. We had our buyers buying all sorts of goofy combinations, including selling a 500i 1/2 wrap with a 20" bar and green chain for $1500 and then a 500i with full wrap 28" bar and yellow chain for $1300...took them a couple of days to see why they were going to lose a few hundred dollars in sales if we left it like that.I haven't seen a STIHL Pro saw dressed in safety chain, but maybe that's the local dealer's call,
That’s just the thing people have no clue to file them down when/if they sharpen the chain…..with the raker grinding wheel it takes me few minutes to take them off….STIHL low kickback chain. Worked fine for me if properly sharpened.
Grinding off those bumpers is a waste of time for most people. Especially, if cutting firewood logs and limbs under 20” diameter, or so.
Slower for plunge cutting, if you do that a lot. OK for occasional plunge / bore cutting.
They actually excel on a pole saw, when cutting small diameter branches and limbs 10’ away: by filling in the gaps betwen the teeth, they reduce vibration down at the user’s end.
I have received a large number of free STIHL and (similar) Oregon chain loops like that over the years, from people who read posts like these.
‘Thank you’
Philbert
You mean rm2....lolOld school RS3.
The 2 may be correct, I’m not certain what it was called at that time. I was thinking it looked like a full chisel cutter, which is why I said RSYou mean rm2....lol