Dolmar PS-7300 with 30" bar

[AddisonM30]

Good Morning,
I am looking at purchasing a Dolmar PS-7300 and it has a 30 inch bar for $450. I want to make sure that this saw can run this size bar adequately. My dad and I cut firewood to burn with and we need a bigger saw for some of our oaks on the property. I have good experience with Dolmar saws in the past. I am just worried that this saw won't be able to run this size bar. Currently we run a Homelite XL-901 with a 24 inch bar but that saw is not the most reliable. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[hwrdpromac7900]

It should be fine as long as engine in good shape.

 

[Wood Doctor]

My Makita 6401 with a big bore top end had no trouble cutting with either a 32" bar or a 36" now and then:
I believe it's about the same size as your Dolmar PS-7300. Great saws in my book. I still have mine and it still runs rock solid.

 

[EchoShindaiwaMakitaDolmar]

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[Marley5]

I worked for a Dolmar dealer " part-time " in the late 70's and can say with confidence, one of the best saws of all-time.
BUT with any saw you have to consider the mechanical condition of the saw.
Personally I'd buy something new and not take a chance on a saw that's no longer in existence.

 

[pioneerguy600]

30 inch bar in hardwood is 90 cc and above territory for me, most importantly is the saws ability to oil the bar and chain adequately and oak dust /chips soak up oil much more than even hard maple. The oil pumps on my 064 and 066 can do a good enough job of oiling 30 - 36" bars in hardwood but my 044 and 046 saws in the mid 70 cc range cannot. I cannot say a Dolkita 7300 can or can not oil enough for a 30" in oak buying and expecting a saw to due the duty you require.but that would e the deciding factor for me before

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

7300 I would use a full skip chain on 30" hardwoods.

Local I think used a 7300 with a 36" milling. Pic when in for work.

I ran a 32" standard chain here on 7900 and oiled fine and pulled fine. But bigger cc.

 

[pioneerguy600]

My Makita 6401 with a big bore top end had no trouble cutting with either a 32" bar or a 36" now and then:
View attachment 1235982I believe it's about the same size as your Dolmar PS-7300. Great saws in my book. I still have mine and it still runs rock solid.

That bar looks mighty dry to my old eyes, oak is the worst wood I cut for soaking up all the oil my saws can put out. When I go out to cut oak I just go up at least one number model of saw just for the extra oiling capacity.

 

[Wood Doctor]

That bar looks mighty dry to my old eyes, oak is the worst wood I cut for soaking up all the oil my saws can put out. When I go out to cut oak I just go up at least one number model of saw just for the extra oiling capacity.

It was a used bar that I picked up at a GTG. It looks worn but I have used it quite often, even on an Alaskan saw mill, and it works flawlessly. That Makita 6401 has a big bore kit on board that I installed. So, it has about the same grunt as a Stihl MS460. As I recall, that big round in the Pic in post #3 is a red elm, not quite as tough as oak, but it was a challenge and made great firewood once it dried.

 

[AddisonM30]

Thank you all for the feedback. I did go ahead and purchased the saw. I thought it was a good deal and included a new chain. I will let you know how it works when I use it.

 

[pioneerguy600]

It was a used bar that I picked up at a GTG. It looks worn but I have used it quite often, even on an Alaskan saw mill, and it works flawlessly. That Makita 6401 has a big bore kit on board that I installed. So, it has about the same grunt as a Stihl MS460. As I recall, that big round in the Pic in post #3 is a red elm, not quite as tough as oak, but it was a challenge and made great firewood once it dried.

When I said dry I meant that it did not look like it was getting enough oil, any bar of mine has a rhyme of oily sawdust all around the upper and lower bar edges. By increasing the bore size of a chainsaw it does not mean it will oil more, what my main concern with these long bar on a smaller chainsaw chassis is that it can supply enough oil to the bar and chain. I often see ridiculously small saws with overly long bars and a big set of felling dogs bolted on that was never designed as a felling saw, the chain most often seizes up tight if the saw runs in any wood for a few minutes.