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Oregon® saw chain satisfies the requirements of both the commercial firewood cutter and the occasional chainsaw user who cuts wood at home.
Please visit Oregon`s cutting chain information page to find the saw chain that best suits your cutting needs.

Ratings for Home Firewood


Hardwoods
 Relative amount
of heat		 Easy to burn Easy to split Does it have
heavy smoke		 Does it pop or throw sparks General rating and remarks Spliting Maul & wood pile
               
Ash, red oak, white oak, beech, birch, hickory, hard maple, pecan, dogwood High Yes Yes No No Excellent
A Man Cutting a Log
             
Soft maple, cherry, walnut Medium Yes Yes No No Good
             
Elm, sycamore,
gum		 Medium Medium No Medium No Fair - contains too much water when green
             
Aspen, basswood, cottonwood, yellow poplar Low Yes Yes Medium No Fair
               
Softwood Relative amount
of heat		 Easy to burn Easy to split Does it have
heavy smoke		 Does it pop or throw sparks General rating and remarks Chainsaw on Log with Oregon Bar
               
Southern yellow pine, Douglas fir
 High Yes Yes Yes No Good but smoky
  
             
Cypress, redwood Medium Medium Yes Medium No Fair
               
White cedar, western
red cedar, eastern red cedar		 Medium Yes Yes Medium Yes Good -- excellent for kindling  
               
Eastern white pine, western white pine,
sugar pine, ponderosa pine, true firs		 Low Medium Yes Medium No Fair - good kindling Spliting Maul
             
Tamarack, larch Medium Yes Yes Medium Yes Fair
               
Spruce Low Yes Yes Medium Yes Poor -- but good for kindling  

 

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