Anyone got a line on a full wrap for this 281? I need to do a lot of felling soon...
Where's WYK been, and what trouble is he making?
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You always have to be mindful with hydraulics.
Got a new bar since I was recently gifted a few loops of 58 gauge chain. Just a little 84 linker. I noticed it was a bit heavier than my stihl laminated 84 so weighed it. It was only 50 euro, so decided to give it a try even though the previous one peened within a season.
Here a better pic of the bar. I was told there's a new hardening method, so wanted to see if there would be a difference in wear.
What do you suppose is up with the hole inboard of the sprocket?
Uh, makes it easier to hang it on the shop wall?
This bar is four ounces heavier than a power match bar, BTW.
The arrows on it must be so you know which end to point away from you.
This bar is four ounces heavier than a power match bar, BTW.
The arrows on it must be so you know which end to point away from you.
Handy. I always have trouble with that.
Speed holes, fer drag racing? or maybe fer cooling?
Mostly I imagine its real good at getting hung up on something.
My thought exactly.
Nah. Ya need quite a bit larger hole to get caught up on anything. I have the same one on the 30" bar. It just plugs with saw dust. It's only maybe 1/3".
bitzer
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On the powermatch bars when the little plugs pop out they bind up with chips in the cut. The hole is postioned in about the same spot as your bar there and is about the same size. the other is nearer the mount holes. I was told the holes are where they mount the bars for machining. The plugs pop out when the bar has been flexed too much. I've stolen plugs out of old bars to put in newer ones cuz it gets really annoying when they bind.
Ah. I've never notice a bind.
1270d
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We always put a slug in those holes when the plugs fall out. Press a bolt into the hole, then cut it off flush. Grind if necessary. Its pretty annoying when six little wood chips in that hole cause your bar to bind. They are used to hold the bars during manufacturing.
Interesting. I have two of them on my 30" R2 bar. Never had a bind issue far as I could tell.
Starting work on some of the storm trees this week. This oak is typical of the oaks that have come down. The post near one of the boughs is 3 feet high.
You'll not be short on firewood.
how close to killarney are ya? thems some real nice oaks in there...
Killarney is on the other side of Cork/Kerry from me. I'm at the foot of the Comeraghs, between it and the River Suir, across from Slieve Na Mon. I'm on a thousand year old estate, so it's big and the trees are huge.
http://www.pbase.com/wyk/gurteen_de_la_poer
http://www.pbase.com/wyk/gurteen_de_la_poer
so a day trip then, mighty fine hikin in there
Working on reducing the oak blow downs.
