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Permalink Reply by Ty Rowan on July 6, 2011 at 5:26pm

WARTHOG BLADE is pretty good we used it on my old department. that sucker will rip thru a roof like a hot knife thru butter!

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Permalink Reply by Oldman on July 6, 2011 at 5:43pm

I can't think of the brand off hand, but we use a chunked carbide blade on ours. It'll cut the roof off of a house, goes through vehicle hoods like butter, and I have cut guard rails with it. If it seems to be getting dull, simply flip the blade and keep cutting.

It isn't too good at cutting downed trees, and takes a little getting used to when making the initial cut on roof decking, and asphalt tends to stick to the carbide, but we've had ours for about 3 years and love them.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on July 6, 2011 at 11:52pm

Sean, using the forums to advertise for-profit goods or services is a violation of the FFN user agreement.

If you are a paid advertiser, feel free to purchase advertising space.
If you are not a paid advertiser, feel free to contact the Web Chief in order to become one.

If you're advertising your business or product here without paying for the ad space, you're stealing bandwidth to which you're not entitled.

Nothing personal, but we've seen it here before with everything from Reiki practicioners to underwear salesmen.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Collier on July 7, 2011 at 4:08pm

Chris, Check out Desert Diamond Industries. They make both diamond blades for cutting metal and masonry and carbide tipped blades for cutting a wood roof. When you talk to them make sure you were referred by me (Chris Collier from Brotherhood Instructors) and they will give you a significant discount. Tons of info available on their website.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Ritter on July 25, 2011 at 10:25am

Check out the link. TEEX - Texas Task Force 1 did a study in 2007. https://www.rkb.us/saver/download.cfm?id=4860. Our department just purchased a bunch of these, so we really don't have much expierience yet. I used the study data to make the decision.

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Permalink Reply by Gregory Borg on July 27, 2011 at 12:33pm

Sean? What did he post?

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Permalink Reply by Gregory Borg on July 27, 2011 at 12:36pm

Chris,
We have three truck companies on our department. They use carbide tipped chain saws for all roof work and cutting wood on scene. They keep their K-12 set up with a metal cutting abrasive blade to cut metal bars, locks, door hinges etc. That way there is no need to change blades on scene.

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