So its well into that time of year again, this year I managed to get a little bench sharpener from a garage sale for $5, its sort of like a compund mitre saw but tiny and has an abrasive disc.
With the proper sharpener I can get two decent sized loads of wood out of one chain rather than have to swap halfway through.
The saw itself, has been pushed very very hard this year, compression is down a bit from what I remember, but so far we have hauled in 9 loads of wood (approz 700kg a load) I gave it another proper service after 2 loads this year and noticed that I had flogged it hard enough the carbon on the piston appeared to be flaking off, there has never been a shortage of oil in the fuel but its had some decent runs at wide open throttle.
The little sharpener I got takes so little off the chain and leaves a razors edge, it needs to be shortened but will probably get another year out of the shortened chain.
I have to haul another load tomorrow and we'll see the size of what I pull in
