FROM THE WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP: Take care when choosing chainsaw chains

Kondinin Researcher, Josh Giumelli, looks at chainsaw chains.

It can be hard enough selecting the best chainsaw for your needs, but chain selection is a whole other kettle of fish. The wrong choice can see slow cutting speed and frequent re-sharpens, but the right chain can make the chips really fly. Credit: Ben White.

It can be hard enough selecting the best chainsaw for your needs, but chain selection is a whole other kettle of fish. The wrong choice can see slow cutting speed and frequent re-sharpens, but the right chain can make the chips really fly. Credit: Ben White.

As with most indispensable farm tools, chainsaws and their accessories continue to be developed and refined by manufacturers. You only have to look as far as the development of battery-powered chainsaws...

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

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