Total bars

sachsmo · Jan 16, 2010

Who sells these, I need a small mount Husky bar, for my new to me 120. I also like the Woodland pro at Baileys, but they only come in the larger mount.

Do they make an adaptor for the larger mount, to small Husky/Dolmar?

Harold W · Jan 16, 2010

Total Bars are sold by Tilton Equipment Co to their Dealers. Any saw shop that does bussiness with Tilton will be able to order you a Total bar. You could try email Tilton and see if they will tell you who your nearest dealer is.

zr900 · Jan 16, 2010

Tilton has a dealer finder on their website

sachsmo · Jan 16, 2010

Dealer found

Thanks,

I googled Total and found their Dealer locator. So happens there is a Dealer less than 5 mIles from me.

Are Total bars real expensive? they look very nice, almost stainless looking.

The Total Superbar might be the best looking bar out there.

http://www.tiltonequipment.com/html/chainsawaccessories_112.htm

Honkie · Jan 16, 2010

They are GREAT! We have run them on our rental saws for years with no problems. They are made by tsumura. Our 24 inchers cost around 40 dollars and our 16 inch bars are around 26 dollars.....maybe cheaper, I have to look at the invoice.

sachsmo · Jan 16, 2010

Good to hear, I will have to wait until Monday to check out the nearest Dealer. Hope they have the small Husky mount, 20 incher with 72 link. (keep loop size inventory to a minimum)

TommySaw · Jan 16, 2010

Total super bars are very nice and they make them in Husky small and large mount. I have a 16" on my 346, the only bad thing is they don't make a 16".325 .050 in the super bar only .058

other then that they seem great and the finish holds up nicely :clap:

sachsmo · Jan 17, 2010

Bump

Anyone else, good bad, or indifferent?

The Total Superbars look great, and one has said they hold their finish well.
I just hate the look of a bar that has only cut a few loads looking like crap.

My experience with Oregon bars is they have very cheap finishes that are prone to flake and chip easily.

Perhaps I'm wrong, but my dealer said the Dolmar bar on my 5100 is Oregon, it started flaking after the first few outings. The script has been gone for years.

tdi-rick · Jan 17, 2010

Tsumura make some of the best wearing bars available, and they are the best finished bars I've seen.

TommySaw · Jan 17, 2010

mobetter said:
Anyone else, good bad, or indifferent?

The Total Superbars look great, and one has said they hold their finish well.
I just hate the look of a bar that has only cut a few loads looking like crap.

My experience with Oregon bars is they have very cheap finishes that are prone to flake and chip easily.

Perhaps I'm wrong, but my dealer said the Dolmar bar on my 5100 is Oregon, it started flaking after the first few outings. The script has been gone for years.

I know what you mean about the Oregon paint jobs, they can't seem to make a tankfull of work without losing some. I have ~4 tanks on the Total Superbar and it looks brand new even the logo is unblemished

TRI955 · Jan 17, 2010

I love my Totals....well what you can see of them...

I try not to buy anything else anymore.

:cheers:

Mike

PB · Jan 17, 2010

I love the Total bars. They rails last a lot longer than other brands, and they just look good on Jonsered saws too. My dealer has a high price on his, paid $55 for a 24" bar which isn't too bad but you can find them cheaper.

TommySaw · Jan 17, 2010

PlantBiologist said:
I love the Total bars. They rails last a lot longer than other brands, and they just look good on Jonsered saws too. My dealer has a high price on his, paid $55 for a 24" bar which isn't too bad but you can find them cheaper.

you know you can get them with Jonsered on them :cheers:

mdavlee · Jan 17, 2010

I give $50 for a 24" and $60 for a 28". I didn't think that was too bad compared to oregon or stihl.

cpr · Jan 17, 2010

I hve yet to try one, but would like one for my 266.

The "Laser" bars sold by Cutter's Choice look like Tsumura bars.

http://cutterschoice.com/cgi-bin/st...s=new_us&category=Guide Bars&s_category_id=18

PB · Jan 17, 2010

cpr said:
I hve yet to try one, but would like one for my 266.

The "Laser" bars sold by Cutter's Choice look like Tsumura bars.

http://cutterschoice.com/cgi-bin/st...s=new_us&category=Guide Bars&s_category_id=18

If you order from them, you need to tell them that you want the Tsumura bars. They have switched over to the German made Carlton bars, but still stock some of the Tsumura.

VI sawguy · Jan 18, 2010

PlantBiologist said:
If you order from them, you need to tell them that you want the Tsumura bars. They have switched over to the German made Carlton bars, but still stock some of the Tsumura.

Yep, Last order we got in from them was half tsumura and half the german bars. The german bars appear to be very good bars but the tsumuras sure look nicer.

MCW · Jan 18, 2010

Honkie said:
They are GREAT! We have run them on our rental saws for years with no problems. They are made by tsumura. Our 24 inchers cost around 40 dollars and our 16 inch bars are around 26 dollars.....maybe cheaper, I have to look at the invoice.

Remember that apart from Tsumura, Total have also had rebadged German bars (as mentioned below) and also used rebadged GB Pro Tops (I have some in stock in 24").

tdi-rick said:
Tsumura make some of the best wearing bars available, and they are the best finished bars I've seen.

Yep. Best bars I've ever seen Rick as you know.

PlantBiologist said:
If you order from them, you need to tell them that you want the Tsumura bars. They have switched over to the German made Carlton bars, but still stock some of the Tsumura.

Same deal with the Australian Carlton importers. The Carlton bars under 20" are available in Carlton branded Tsumura (until stock run out) and it pays to specify when ordering from them. The longer Carltons are German made (probably the same as the Total bars) and the newer Carlton Pro Sprocket bars are made by Oregon and are the Power Match Plus bars, just rebranded. The Power Match Plus bars are also top quality.
It seems as though Total and Carlton may be closely linked with bar suppliers?

Justsaws · Jan 18, 2010

tdi-rick said:
Tsumura make some of the best wearing bars available, and they are the best finished bars I've seen.

I would agree with that. They do not seem to have many bad days in terms of quality control and the true-ness of the bars is unequaled. Tsumura hard tip bars are in my opinion the best hard tip currently available.

The German made Carlton bars are good but the ones that I have got are not in the same fit and finish category as the Tsumoras. Tsumoras are the current gold standard.

sachsmo · Jan 18, 2010

Super bars?

Are the Carlton bars badged as Superbars?

Total bars

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