Raker ID help please....

[Shipper50]

I put a chain on my Dolmar 5100 and the raker's look different than the chain I took off. Could someone tell me what this chain is and how aggressive it should be?

Thanks
Shipper

 

[fabguy01]

from what i can see it looks like they are bent over and rounded off, if that is right then thats the new style of saftey chain

 

[Gooserider]

Hard to tell from that angle photo, but I would agree possibly safety chain on the rakers, looks like a full chisel design on the cutters.

Where did you purchase it, and what is the make / part number?

If it came from a "Big Box" store, it's almost 100% certain that it's a safety chain, as that's all they sell.

If you've run it, you own it, but if you haven't, you might consider taking it back and getting a pro-grade chain.

Gooserider

 

[Shipper50]

Hard to tell from that angle photo, but I would agree possibly safety chain on the rakers, looks like a full chisel design on the cutters.

Where did you purchase it, and what is the make / part number?

If it came from a "Big Box" store, it's almost 100% certain that it's a safety chain, as that's all they sell.

If you've run it, you own it, but if you haven't, you might consider taking it back and getting a pro-grade chain.

Gooserider

Its a used chain from a buddy, I will have to ask him about it when I talk to him again. Wasn't sure when I saw the rakers were bent over like that.

Shipper

 

[DiscoInferno]

It does look like Oregon Vanguard (full-chisel low-kickback), although everybody might be making that style of raker now for all I know. FWIW, I think it cuts fine.

 

[aandabooks]

That's the chain that came on my 5100. Rebadged Oregon Vanguard. A little time with a die grinder will fix it right up. I just ground all of the side layovers off of mine. Cuts fine now. Happy with it when new but after first sharpening, I was less than impressed.

 

[Bubbavh]

That's the chain that came on my 5100. Rebadged Oregon Vanguard. A little time with a die grinder will fix it right up. I just ground all of the side layovers off of mine. Cuts fine now. Happy with it when new but after first sharpening, I was less than impressed.

rakers needed dressing after first sharpening... ground them down pretty good so it would cut better and went out a got a good (non safety) chain to be my main "clean wood chain"

Now I use that original chain for "dirty wood"