Too Freaking Long!

[sedanman]

When I bought my MS361, the dealer was required to sell it with a bar and chain (that's Stihls rule) I chose a 28" set-up. I already had a new 16" set-up at home and my 064 had a 20" on it. I now run the 16" on the 361 with the option of the 20" .The 064 usually wears the 20" with the option of the 28".

 

[John Ellison]

Boots and bars

I was thinking about the long vs short bar question and realized that it has a lot to do with what kind of boots your wearing.
For a production cutter if you are lacing up cork boots in the morning you will probably have a long bar on your saw. Say a min of 28''. You will also be walking the log of most trees that you fell. Some places this is the easiest way to go from here to there. With this style of cutting you have to run a long bar to keep from bending over so much. This cutter is going to want a slightly nose heavy saw, because all the work (limbing) is at foot level and below. And there are the already mentioned reasons of steep ground, brush and swell butts.
Those of us that work in city park like conditions dont need to wear corks and the ground is brush free and flat like a table top, so the cutting style is to work the tree up by walking along side of it. A much shorter bar with a neutral balance is what most prefer.
I have never run into loggers anywhere except the west coast that wear caulk boots. Are there any out there?

John

 

[rahtreelimbs]

I was thinking about the long vs short bar question and realized that it has a lot to do with what kind of boots your wearing.
For a production cutter if you are lacing up cork boots in the morning you will probably have a long bar on your saw. Say a min of 28''. You will also be walking the log of most trees that you fell. Some places this is the easiest way to go from here to there. With this style of cutting you have to run a long bar to keep from bending over so much. This cutter is going to want a slightly nose heavy saw, because all the work (limbing) is at foot level and below. And there are the already mentioned reasons of steep ground, brush and swell butts.
Those of us that work in city park like conditions dont need to wear corks and the ground is brush free and flat like a table top, so the cutting style is to work the tree up by walking along side of it. A much shorter bar with a neutral balance is what most prefer.
I have never run into loggers anywhere except the west coast that wear caulk boots. Are there any out there?

John

I base my choice solely on whether I have briefs or boxers on. With the varying length of my bar I want to be covered!!!

 

[Bill G]

my friends dad has the perfect setup. A 55 Rancher with a 36 inch bar. Very nicely balanced, and an absolute screamer! LOL

Are you related to OSA ? Does anyone else see the resemblence ?

Bill

 

[056kid]

I was joking about the setup,balance, and power if u couldnt tell, I wouldnt put any thing more than a 20 on a 55. The thing about my friends dad is true

 

[Bill G]

I was joking about the setup,balance, and power if u couldnt tell, I wouldnt put any thing more than a 20 on a 55. The thing about my friends dad is true

So you are saying your freinds father has a 36" bar on a Husky 55. I would really like to see that since I know of no manufacturer that produces a bar of that length for the medium Husky saws. The 55 takes the Oregon A095/K095/Z095 mount which fits up to the 262 and many other mid-range saws. The D009 fits the larger Husky saws but the slot is .033 larger and the oil holes are off for the 55.

Bill

 

[NeTree]

A 36" Windsor will fit with a few seconds of dremel time.

Wanna see it?

 

[Al Smith]

Have Dremel,will travel.

 

[Bill G]

Yes I do. What Windsor bar mount ? Now the 026 with a 42" yes they do fit but that is because they have the same mount.

Bill

 

[Bill G]

On the same note who posted the pic of the little top handle with the big bar ? If memory serves me correct it was an Echo on a tailgate of a truck

Bill

 

[NeTree]

Bill, I'll toss it on and snap a shot tomorrow. It's the large husky mount, 3/8"x .050. The 55 didn't pull it too bad, but I run skip over 24" anyways.

It was one of those "Oh crap, what to do" type situations.



Al, the cordless dremel is a thing of beauty, ain't it?

 

[glens]

On the same note who posted the pic of the little top handle with the big bar ? If memory serves me correct it was an Echo on a tailgate of a truck

Bill

I believe it was Jeff Sikkema and a Solo, but good luck trying to find anything on site anymore.

Glen

 

[chainsaw-57]

actually cuts

We made exhibition cuts with this saw at County Fairs and Steam and Engine Shows this year.

So many saws, so little time. Larry

 

[Chopwood]

I usually run a 13 inch carving bar with 1/4 inch chain on my 3120 and a 60 incher with 3/4 inch chain and a helper handle on my 036 (but I worked the muffler so it has enough power)

 

[Jack Russell]

You West Coast Guys Are Good On Chain Saws-But you are lost when it comes to muscedine wine Ben though he was drinking muscedine wine. I have the nobe that is a number one wine grape.We had home made wine every year for years.People that tasted of it would ask for more.

Tony is from white lighting country. If he had been drinking that I can understand why he saw a crane holding the tree. A few drinks of that will make the ugles woman in the world look BEAUTiFULL.

In my part of the state East of Raleigh in NC Is where th King of moonshine-stump hold-white lighting all the same lived. A friend of mine. Percy Flowers, his none tax moonshine was the best.

This was the loggers favorite drink. They called it a mans drink. It would put hair on your chest.

As the loggers would say it takes a man to hold moonshine if Tony can do that He is a Man.

As for me I did not Pass the test. My first and only drink. It took my breath I though I was about to leave this world It had not been cut.200 prof.

Wine is for these young men to drink with their dinner. It is not a Mans Drink

Jack

 

[056kid]

I feel with ya on that moon shine, there is alot of it here in central virginia.

 

[Mange]

We made exhibition cuts with this saw at County Fairs and Steam and Engine Shows this year.

So many saws, so little time. Larry

The Husqvarna, is that a 44 Praktica?
Nice saws anyway.

 

[ray benson]

Jeff's solo 633 56" GB bar
http://arborist.lawnsite.com/attachment_2800.php
The site search function is not working as well as before the site upgrade.

 

[Bill G]

Ray and Glen,

That is the picture I was thinking of.

Bill

 

[chainsaw-57]

Mange,

The Husky is a "61" with a Ring Bar. It can be turned to eight different mounting positions. By having this many adjustments you have eight "wear" points instead of two.

Larry