14" abrasive cutting blade

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For those of you who have 14" chop saws.  I recently purchased a Milwaukee and it came with 1 blade.  Its  time for a new blade  & I would like to buy a couple of extra blades.  Have you found a particular brand name of blades to last longer than others?  Thanks in advance,JRF
Reply:I worked in a sign shop as the awning fabricator for 6 years, and the wheels we usedwould last 2 to 1 over other brands. (3/32" wide)  The brand is P'FERD (running horse brand) form germany,  the only place i ever found them is Jack Moore associates in Worcester, MA.  I would make a couple thousand cuts a day on 16 guage tubing, and they would last three months or so.
Reply:rbucc,  I can get P'FERD disks from one of my local supplier, but I never got anywhere close to that amount of cut time.  Hell, I can't get three months from a carbide saw.   Unless I have been buying the wrong disks I don't think any abrasive disk would last 2000 cuts much less 2000 a day for 3 months.  Hell you are talking 180,000 cuts.  That seems to be a little unbelievable.  As far as abrasive disks of any type go you usually get what you pay for.  I have had best luck with Norton, or Walter abrasives.  Sait has also been a good disk in my experience.I'm a Lover, Fighter, Wild horse Rider, and a pretty good welding man......
Reply:hammack, did I mention I was cutting 1"x1" 16 ga galv. tubing?  We converted to a Hitachi drycut saw and the blade wouldn't even last a month at $180 per blade.If you bind a carbide blade it is very dangerous.  The abrasive is much more forgiving though. Oh, sorry I got off the subject.......any ways if the abrasive blade is treated right I have had it last that long (I am very frugal) and used every bit I could.  Also sorry to be misleading we didn't make 2000 cuts every day.  That would be amazing if it lasted that long!