This chain has performed extremely well. The day after I got the chains I was sawing up some red oak trunks that were about 36 inch diameter. Having to cut from both sides to get through the trunk, it pulled perfectly straight and kept a good sharp edge for a long time. I was cutting nonstop for about 2 hours and was still using the same chain. The chain worked great while cross cutting the grains. Since the trunk was so thick I quartered the pieces by cutting with the grains. The chain didnt seem to like cutting with grains that much but it still did good. Cross cutting not a problem at all.