which bar lengths for stihl 362?

[333mules]

Hey guys,

I have an OLD 028 that has cut probably more wood than Noah, and have kind of been waiting for it to die,

My plans have been to replace it with a 361, which has now turned into a 362.

anyways, in the event that the saw dies sooner than later, I wanted to decide which bar lengths I want to get with my 362.

I was originally thinking to just get a 20" and that would be good for most stuff.

Then I was thinking that since the 16" bar on my 028 is good for most stuff, that maybe I should split the difference, and go with an 18" bar and then get a 24" bar for the big stuff.

So what do you think?

16"
18"
20"
24"

or what combination do you think would be ideal ??????

Thanks!

 

[333mules]

I'm running a big bore kit with av gas 25 inch bar this thing eats the wood.

 

[bruiser1]

On my 362 I'm running I'm running a 20 and a 25 3/8 0.050 full skip RSF. With my experience I do believe the 20 is probably the sweet spot it does pretty good with the 25 also. probably Max would be a 28 at the most definitely full skip but call me even then it'll probably struggle but then again all depends on what kind of wood and how big. Just my two