I live on a remote planet....at least you'd think so by the price of chainsaw chain here. Lol. I'm wondering where everybody here buys their chains. I'm looking at buying about 10 x 24"-3/8 and 10 x 18"-.325. I'm beginning to wonder if it might be worth while ordering a couple of rolls of bulk and buying a chain break and rivet tool. One way or the other, I know I'm going to get soaked on shipping getting it here to Edmonton Alberta, so I figure I might as well buy a bunch. If you were ordering a bulk shipment, where would you go (online) ?
Loggerchain.com is a place to start. They have very reasonable prices. Can't speak to shipping costs.
Be better off to find someone like Logger on your side of border. Getting stuff back and forth through customs has become a nightmare.
It's not really a nightmare. I just have to pay 5% sales tax the same as I do if I buy it here, plus a $9.95 brokerage fee if its shipped through the post office. The key is to keep the courier companies out of it. If you ship via UPS, Fed Ex, etc, the brokerage fees get stupid really fast. EDIT: It looks like they only ship within the US and US territories.
likely what I was running into then as I was buying about 50, 20ft loop bandsaw blades a month. this went on for several years then the shipping cost went ballistic, and my cost vs sell price was no longer viable. It became cheaper to buy 250 ft rolls stateside and weld them myself, even counting my labor time in the mix. Time and technology changes ( not to mention the internet) so that nice bread and butter deal went south. Used to keep several different sizes and types of chain on hand in 100 reels. That slowly faded with the up swing of the net as well. ( it is a convenience thing more so than pricing ) and chain drive link counts are a lot more uniform across the array of brands and bars now as well.
Me and a buddy have the same size saws and we were going through a lot of chains with some of the areas were both working in for a while. We were looking into buying a spinner and breaker to make our own chains off a reel but ended up deciding against it. We both buy through Baileys together when they do the 10 for $100 and have decided it really isn't worth screwing with the reels or sharpening too many times at that pricing. We usually keep and eye out for reduced shipping that happens a few times a year and stock up then.
Ive been running the baileys chains and I like them. I think the stihl RS chains are slightly better, but for what the baileys cost, you can't beat them.
Try Left Coast Supplies. They shipped to me last year, but try to avoid the couriers. That almost killed the deal. http://leftcoastsupplies.com/
They only offer up to 20" But the uspstart Chain from amazon 72dl 3/8×.50 full chisel has been great I've run it 2 year's now 11.00 shipped a loop here when you buy 5 My friend's run it now too After trying mine. Running 16 and 18 inch on my other saws. Around 30.00 a loop for stihl here local That's why we started buying online. I use aps barshop for my longer skip chain's
Bailey's here as well. The 10 for $100 is on-going for some and a special once in awhile for others. Husqvarna Chainsaws, Outdoor Power Equipment and Tree Care Supplies from Bailey's Pack Chain I guess the link does not get to the 10 pack specials, but it's under the chainsaw bars and chains.
I like the Carlton better than stihl RS. Seems like the Carlton doesn't stretch as much. I enjoy sharpening the Carlton more also. The extra chrome means little it seems. Other than being harder to file.
I see little stretch with either. The Oregon on the other hand seems to be made of rubber. Even at half life they just keep stretching. My 550XP doesn’t like loose chains at all and that’s the saw I use most. Maybe the extra rpm’s? Anyway the Oregon’s have a tendency of piling up chips under the chain creating a bind.
