Full comp or skip on a 24" bar?

[IchWarriorMkII]

For a 361?

What about a 460?

 

[Peacock]

361-skip

460-either or

 

[GASoline71]

Yes...

Gary

 

[wdchuck]

Have run both chains on that bar on a MS360, and MS460, cuts fine.

 

[Timberhauler]

Don't know about the 360 with a 24......But I'd use full

 

[GASoline71]

Got skip on the 24"(25") bar on my 361... no problemo!

Gary

 

[Diesel JD]

Probably be better than comp on my 390 and 24" bar then too eh?

 

[Lakeside53]

361 - Skip... If you're using it for big wood and not just for reach.
460 -either.

 

[Diesel JD]

Mostly fro reach Andy, I rarely bury the bar. But the wood I cut is some kinda hard. Some of it is so tough that I've bent the handles on my hydraulic power assist jack splitter and driving a standard wedge into it is near impossible. I'll have to get some skip or semi-skip and see how that works. Which brings up the next q. Does anyone use semi-skip chains?

 

[Lakeside53]

Hard or not, unless your saw is bogging down, there's no point in running skip (for your application).

 

[sawinredneck]

I try, and I try, but I just can't get my chain to skip! What am I doing wrong?

 

[Lakeside53]

I try, and I try, but I just can't get my chain to skip! What am I doing wrong?

Put it on backwards - it will skip all day.

 

[sawinredneck]

Should I just grind off every other tooth and leave the raker?

 

[Lakeside53]

Should I just grind off every other tooth and leave the raker?

your choice, but the more you grind off eveything, the smoother it gets!

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

The full comp will cut slightly faster and smother. That said, we run skip on all our 3/8 chain saws (except the LP of course). We cut in mostly residential areas and hit stuff in trees all the time, we also have ground crews without much experience running the saws. Both these factors mean a lot of sharpening. Skip is easier and faster to sharpen.

 

[fishhuntcutwood]

361 - Skip... If you're using it for big wood and not just for reach.
460 -either.

Yep, but you knew I'd say that.
Jeff

 

[Lakeside53]

Yep, but you knew I'd say that.
Jeff

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