Realistically, I don't use the saw much. I'm not processing firewood or the like. I currently have about 20 trees that I had knocked down with a dozer and will limb and chop for firewood but it may take me a year or 2 to go through them. They are all 4 - 8" at the base so nothing heavy. I do need to get a sharpener and learn to sharpen rather than just replacing chains.