What size bar will the rancher 55 handle?

[Mike mike]

Yes you can You can open up a port And get the baffle out of the inside of the muffler in the part of the muffler and tune the carburetor look inside the exhaust port and the intake port on the cylinder If there's any burrs clean them out there's any gunk clean it out I'm running an 18-in bar skip tooth with more than enough power to go full bar in the log in red oak and cherry

 

[irhunter]

I received a rancher 55 for christmas.

The manual says between 13 and 24" bar are recommended.

Wow. The FSM I have for the 55 says, max of 20".

I would think, max of 20" .325".......but, better with 18" .325".

Roy

 

[Mike mike]

Yes you can You can open up a port And get the baffle out of the inside of the muffler in theView attachment 952877 part of the muffler and tune the carburetor look inside the exhaust port and the intake port on the cylinder If there's any burrs clean them out there's any gunk clean it out I'm running an 18-in bar skip tooth with more than enough power to go full bar in the log in red oak and cherry

18"3/8 050. Chain most effective

 

[grizz55chev]

14 yr old thread, pretty sure most if not all these previous posters have moved on. You can go to Google and type in your question, and go down the rabbit hole, lots of good reading.

 

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I received a rancher 55 for christmas. Not the saw I was planning on but after reading some the reviews here seems as though it will work for my needs.

The manual says between 13 and 24" bar are recommended. Seems like too small a saw for a 24" bar. My saw came with a 15" .325" pitch. I'd like to replace the bar and chain with a 20" bar and keep the existing drive sprocket. Was wondreing if this saw will have enough power with a 20" bar or should I only go to 18"? One thread here talked of somebody using a 20" bar 3/8's pitch and not having any problems with it. Would .325" be more agressive and less powerful because of the extra teeth. Or work better because of the extra teeth?

I also have an old Homelite XL-12 with a 16" bar. Was going to make this my limbing saw and the 55 my felling/bucking saw. Should I be looking at keeping the 55 as a limber and put a longer bar on the homelite?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks,
G

Thats a 15" with plenty. If you go beond that - its not plenty. At 18" a 72cc would be plenty.

 

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2006 resurrection,

 

[BrettS]

14 yr old thread, pretty sure most if not all these previous posters have moved on. You can go to Google and type in your question, and go down the rabbit hole, lots of good reading.

Yet you still chose to comment.

 

[grizz55chev]

Yet you still chose to comment.

I saw that he was a new guy, might not have realized that it was a dormant post. I was new here a while back, always appreciated a helping hand, right?