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

	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
	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
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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