best gauge for 1/4 2511 ?

[oakwood]

hello everyone i'm going to buy an echo 2511 to do some pruning and i was thinking of buying it with a pitch of 1/4. for the gauge i have the choice between 0.43 and 0.50, what do you recommend ?

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

If running regular size 1/4" 050. If mini micro 1/4" 043.

No clue what you got going because you didnt say which 1/4".


All my mini micro 043. All my full size 1/4" for other bars 050. Some older 050 1/4 that came in on saws compared to micro mini.

 

[Mad3400]

I like to run the .050.

The .043 seems to be less durable and tend blow out the nose sprockets regularly.

Mad3400

 

[oakwood]

Thank you for your replies !

 

[Sidecarflip]

Nice thing about Echo bars is the sprocket noses are all greaseable, something I do before every use.

 

[Franny K]

Use the one your drive sprocket is for. In Stihl the 0.050 is code 1 and the 0.043 is code 7. The sprocket for my 361p is for the 0.050 stuff.

 

[epo]

Use the one your drive sprocket is for. In Stihl the 0.050 is code 1 and the 0.043 is code 7. The sprocket for my 361p is for the 0.050 stuff.

Here it is worth adding that the Stihl 1/4 .043'' is a Picco chain (71 PM3/3670).
Hence the differences in Stihl sprockets.
Oregon 1/4 0.043'' (24 AP) is also a Low Profile chain.
Chinese OEMs also manufacture full-size 1/4 chain with a gauge of .043''.