[AT] Chainsaw - 2 years without shrpening?

[carl gogol]

Steve-
Tell me your secret to keeping a chain for 2 years without sharpening it!  I 
find if I file every two tanks of fuel I can usually get about 4-5 filings 
before needing to get the chain ground professionally.  Now, I am cutting a 
lot of junk cherry, buckthorn and honeysuckle to the ground level (so I 
don't dig stumps) and this is really hard on the chains - no matter how 
careful I am.  Any standing ash or willow is a lot of fun to saw with the 
Stihl 290, but they are just occasional treats and the blade does last a lot 
longer in comparison.  Is your wood just so much cleaner or is there a real 
secret that no one tells me?
Carl Gogol - Manlius, NY
Tasty grazing in the Oran valley of Central NY
AC D14, 914H
JD 5320 MFWD
Kubota F-2400, B7300HST
Simplicity 7116H
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Offiler" <soffiler at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <

>I am running a Stihl 290 also.    I
> went to work with the anti-kick chain, and using reasonable care, it's
> still on there and cutting like a champ while the other brand-new
> chain is still in the package, .  It's sometimes hard to keep the
> chain out of the dirt with this kind of work but I'm not exactly a
> beginner.  Let's see, it's coming up on two years old or is it three?
> Nah, two years.  The original, anti-kick, "inferior" chain has never
> even been sharpened!  I am totally serious.  /at