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Oregon® saw chain satisfies the requirements of both the commercial firewood
cutter and the occasional chain saw user who cuts wood at home.
Please visit our cutting chain information page to find the saw chain that
best suits your cutting needs.
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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 |  |
| Ash, red oak, white oak, beech, birch, hickory, hard maple, pecan, dogwood | High | Yes | Yes | No | No | Excellent |   |
| 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 | |
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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 |  |
| Southern yellow pine, Douglas
fir |
High | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Good but smoky |
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| 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 |  |
| Tamarack, larch | Medium | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | Fair | |
| Spruce | Low | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | Poor -- but good for kindling |
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