Total bars

[sachsmo]

Tsumara still makes them, unless the one I just got is old stock.

I paid 50 bones for a 20"!




Darn Amish are always trying to keep the "English" down.

 

[thechainsawguy]

Tsumara still makes them, unless the one I just got is old stock.

I paid 50 bones for a 20"!




$50 sounds about right, I am becoming a dealer for them and those other prices were give away prices.

Anyone tried the lightweight bars they make, the light and tough ones. Dave.

 

[Honkie]

Wow,

you must get them at cost!

My 20" was a bit more than you get a 24" for.

Worth the extra few bucks in my book.

Yea, I have an account with Tilton/Total and get stuff through them for way less than retail.

 

[Freakingstang]

Tsumara still makes them, unless the one I just got is old stock.

I paid 50 bones for a 20"!




$50 sounds about right, I am becoming a dealer for them and those other prices were give away prices.

Anyone tried the lightweight bars they make, the light and tough ones. Dave.

Those prices (22 bucks for a 20" and 28 bucks for a 24") were 3-4 years ago at an Amish dealer and the whole reason I tried them out.....I stocked up on them as I knew the prices of other bars.....He sold more oregon bars for more money though.....go figure

 

[thechainsawguy]

Anyone in the US use the light and tough bars. Or seen them at all, they look a bit like the sugihara's.

 

[Vibes]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180459725709

Just bought this one. Was a little more than I wanted to spend but I needed another loop of chain so I figured what the heck.

I have to agree that the total bars where and finish is better than other bars. I like the Sugihara bars too, but that set-up with the blue and green and yellow spacers is sort of a pain and they just don't fit the saw as well as the Totals.

I have a brand new Total .325 bar that is both .058-.050 16 inch 66 dl. I haven't used it yet. I was wondering if anyone has tried one. I was wondering if the .050 chain would be to loose in the groove and if this would be a problem in the cut. I could go to .058 but I don't want to switch chain types again.

I'm putting this on my 2065 that currently is set-up for .058 and getting away from .058 alltogether. To many chains around. That gets confusing!

I also have a 16'' large Husky mount bar that is branded Norman Prince. It is a Total Super Bar under a diffarent name

 

[Vibes]

Just opened my NEW TOTAL BAR, that I talked about in the above link. The item was described as used. The description was totally wrong. The bar is NEW. Also with the bar is a new Total chain. Has anyone ever seen a Total Branded chain?

 

[ale]

Anyone in the US use the light and tough bars. Or seen them at all, they look a bit like the sugihara's.

Jonsered dealer told me Tilton is not going to import anymore of these bars....they got a small batch from Sweden and they all seem to have quality control issues. (something about plastic inserts not holding up) I think I talked him into snatching one for me....we'll see

 

[TommySaw]

I was on Carlton's site the other day and according to the info there they are still selling Tsumura bars badged as their premium line, if anyone can confirm it may help someone get ahold of one that can't get a Total.

 

[MCW]

I was on Carlton's site the other day and according to the info there they are still selling Tsumura bars badged as their premium line, if anyone can confirm it may help someone get ahold of one that can't get a Total.

The Australian importers have a reasonable amount of Carlton branded Tsumura bars left in stock but only in 20" or left in the Pro Sprocket Nose. All sprocket nosed sizes above that are the German made Carltons or the new Carlton branded Oregon bars.

 

[thechainsawguy]

Jonsered dealer told me Tilton is not going to import anymore of these bars....they got a small batch from Sweden and they all seem to have quality control issues. (something about plastic inserts not holding up) I think I talked him into snatching one for me....we'll see

I was just going to order a batch of the Tsumura Light bars. The fallers here said they lasted good, maybe the plastic inserts have improved, I don't know, but the rails lasted 3 times as long as the Oregon bars.

 

[tdi-rick]

[snip]
....they got a small batch from Sweden
[snip]

I'm sure it's just a typo, but Tsumura are made in Japan from Japanese SKS-51 tool steel.

 

[tdi-rick]

I was on Carlton's site the other day and according to the info there they are still selling Tsumura bars badged as their premium line, if anyone can confirm it may help someone get ahold of one that can't get a Total.

AFAIK the Tsumura bars were replaced by the German ones as Matt said, and once they run out they are being replaced by re-branded Oregon Power-Match bars, although IIRC Baileys have some Taiwanese made (Grey) Carlton bars too with an Oregon style single rivet nose.

 

[TommySaw]

The Australian importers have a reasonable amount of Carlton branded Tsumura bars left in stock but only in 20" or left in the Pro Sprocket Nose. All sprocket nosed sizes above that are the German made Carltons or the new Carlton branded Oregon bars.

AFAIK the Tsumura bars were replaced by the German ones as Matt said, and once they run out they are being replaced by re-branded Oregon Power-Match bars, although IIRC Baileys have some Taiwanese made (Grey) Carlton bars too with an Oregon style single rivet nose.

That's too bad, I might give'em a ring next week to confirm but it makes sense as far as being owned by Oregon but there's no comparing the two as far as quality is concerned.

 

[Troy G]

With all this talk about Tsumura bars I did a little digging and found a Laser marked Tsumura bar, a 20" 3/8 pitch .050 gauge large mount Husky for 58.20 Canadian.

 

[tdi-rick]

With all this talk about Tsumura bars I did a little digging and found a Laser marked Tsumura bar, a 20" 3/8 pitch .050 gauge large mount Husky for 58.20 Canadian.

Cutters Choice had a lot of Laser branded Tsumura bars till around six months or so ago, but they too went to the German/Carlton Sprocket nose bar (branded as Laser) so I'm guessing there is a Carlton tie in just as is with their chain.
Unfortunately for me, they won't ship outside NA.

 

[MCW]

That's too bad, I might give'em a ring next week to confirm but it makes sense as far as being owned by Oregon but there's no comparing the two as far as quality is concerned.

Tsumura top notch but nothing wrong with the Oregon Power Match Plus bars that Carlton are now using.

 

[Ed*L]

All this makes me glad I bought a few extra Stihl mount superbars last year. Should be good to go for a while, plus I can use the adapter to run them on my 2171 & 371.

Ed

 

[ale]

I finally got my hands on a Total/Tilton dealer catalog.

I know it's not easy finding out these part numbers for Total bars online and some dealers don't help as much as others...
I'll be happy to help anyone sort/find part #'s for whatever they need.

 

[thechainsawguy]

Does anyone have a new current price for a 32 inch Total light bar? Thanks Dave.