When is skip better than full comp?

[Woodslasher]

Question for the 'Old Timers' (I'll let you guys decide who you are!):

When was skip chain introduced? Was there ever a similar, skip pattern in the older, 'scratcher tooth' chains?

https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/scratcher-chain.271236/

Thanks.

Philbert

I don't know when it was introduced, but I have a roll of .404 skip chain from the mid eighties so it's been around for at least that long.

 

[Maintenance Chief]

Heres a listing for it in a pretty old McCulloch catalog.

 

[Woodslasher]

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Heres a listing for it in a pretty old McCulloch catalog.

Looking at the bar in the bottom of the first pic it looks like it's off of a Mini-Mac, so maybe late 70's?

 

[DC1072]

Just a little follow up. I ran skip square ground on my 572 28 inch bar. Cutting some gum actually a lot of gum trees. It cut it like butter and it was fast
My Saw is stock.

 

[Lightning Performance]

When is skip better than full comp?

After you rip half the cutters off of your loop

 

[DC1072]

When is skip better than full comp?

After you rip half the cutters off of your loop

Nope all my cutters are still there in good shape dull from the dirt but good shape

 

[Chainmale]

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Heres a listing for it in a pretty old McCulloch catalog.

Alot of different pitch options back then eh

 

[kneedeepinsaws]

Just a little follow up. I ran skip square ground on my 572 28 inch bar. Cutting some gum actually a lot of gum trees. It cut it like butter and it was fast
My Saw is stock.

I too am running full skip on my 572, 28” utilizing an 8 pin only cause it’s full skip. Cuts just as fast as full comp it “seems” and less teeth to sharpen.

 

[DC1072]

I too am running full skip on my 572, 28” utilizing an 8 pin only cause it’s full skip. Cuts just as fast as full comp it “seems” and less teeth to sharpen.

Yes I believe mines a seven pin stock saw

 

[DC1072]

Unfortunately I was cutting dirty wood that was pushed over by an excavator but that Square ground chain cut beautiful I made about two tanks of gas and a chain had to be sharpene
Stihl chain