GB bars has anyone run these?

JimBear · Jun 29, 2019

I was looking around for bars & stumbled across these & am looking for someone who has used them to get their thoughts on quality & price vs other options

https://www.harvesterbars.com/collections/gb-chainsaw

information.

$34.70
GB TITANIUM®PROTOP CHAINSAW BAR HV16-58PA

$34.70
GB TITANIUM®PROTOP CHAINSAW BAR SN16-50PA

$34.70
GB TITANIUM®PROTOP CHAINSAW BAR HV16-50PA

$37.77
GB TITANIUM®PROTOP CHAINSAW BAR HV18-58PA

$37.77
GB TITANIUM®PROTOP CHAINSAW BAR SN18-50PA

$37.77
GB TITANIUM®PROTOP CHAINSAW BAR HV18-50PA

$55.57
GB TITANIUM®PROTOP CHAINSAW BAR HV20-50PA

$55.57
GB TITANIUM®PROTOP CHAINSAW BAR HV20-58PA

$55.57
GB TITANIUM®PROTOP CHAINSAW BAR SN20-50PA

$58.80
GB TITANIUM®PROTOP CHAINSAW BAR HV24-58PA

$58.80
GB TITANIUM®PROTOP CHAINSAW BAR HV24-50PA

$60.41
GB TITANIUM®PROTOP CHAINSAW BAR SN25-50PA

$17.47
$19.95
GB PROTOP REPLACEABLE NOSE TIP GB11PTA

Wonkydonkey · Jun 29, 2019

Well left coast sup had /have a sail on. Very little left, if any thing. I believe @kfd518 has used some..maybe he could answer..
https://leftcoastsupplies.com/produ...plies/gb-forestry-bars/bars/?product_count=24

Cheers

Basher · Jun 29, 2019

I have a few and they are good bars but its easier for me to get Stihl PRO bars for the same price and available locally. The oil to bar rail holes need to be made bigger on the GB and Stihl ones I have, they were too stingy to adequately oil and bar longer than 16" the way they come. Otherwise they wear very well and seem to weigh about the same.

huskihl · Jun 29, 2019

The titanium are really good from what I've heard. Almost all their bars are pretty good, but they also have about the worst quality paint

Basher · Jun 29, 2019

Agreed,the paint don`t last long but that does not really bother me as looks don`t cut wood and an unpainted bar runs cooler....LOL

Cut4fun · Jun 29, 2019

Dont try and buy any from LCS. They been out of business for awhile now it seems.

Info I saved on them. http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/chain/gb-bars/

The smaller ones are foreign made with pretty crappy tips. China Taiwan or whatever.

I never could get the Ti ones in 050 but even the white pro tops do good for my needs.

Its a chainsaw bar who cares about paint wearing off. Sure as heck not me.

Cut4fun · Jun 29, 2019

Few of the pics when new I could find off hand.

huskihl · Jun 29, 2019

I don't care about the paint either. But others that read this forum do. Just allowing them to make an informed decision

deye223 · Jun 29, 2019

This one's on about it's 20th chain and still has plenty of life in it yet .

But mine are the old Australian made bars .

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Absolution · Jun 29, 2019

The orange TI bars as I remember right are one of the Aussie ones. I've got a 44" one I had bought from Left coast. I haven't used it much but it does look to be well constructed and designed, It carries oil very well. The bar doesn't flex much, even not considering its a long bar.

deye223 · Jun 29, 2019

I have worn out 4 of these ti bars and find them about the same as a tsumura bar .
Only done one gb tip and no tsumura but they are all 6 rivit be interesting to see how the 4 rivit tip go's when I get to it .

Absolution · Jun 29, 2019

deye223 said:
I have worn out 4 of these ti bars and find them about the same as a tsumura bar .
Only done one gb tip and no tsumura but they are all 6 rivit be interesting to see how the 4 rivit tip go's when I get to it .

When you say you wore out 4 and put them on the same level a tsumura what kind of use?

deye223 · Jun 29, 2019

Dropping and blocking firewood trees a lot of eucalyptus but mostly stingybark all dry before dropping .
Since 2012

thedude74 · Jun 29, 2019

I've have a 16" GB bar .325" that I ran for quite a while on a poulan pro. The saw is deceased but the bar is still in great shape. The steal seams to be harder than your typical Oregon bar. As Kevin mentioned the paint doesn't last long.

BK13 · Jun 29, 2019

huskihl said:
The titanium are really good from what I've heard. Almost all their bars are pretty good, but they also have about the worst quality paint

I'm sure it's a design feature. Bar gets lighter as it wears. LOL

mdavlee · Jun 29, 2019

Great bars. Seems they need dressed after about one chain is wore out on it and then it takes a long time to get another burr on it.

JimBear · Jun 29, 2019

Thanks for all of your input, I was browsing their site looking @ Carlton/Oregon chain & decided to see what they had for bars. The price didn’t seem out of line so I thought I would inquire with the brethren here for input. I’m pretty much a brand hoe so buying something that doesn’t say Stihl on it is a big step for me.

stihlman441 · Jun 29, 2019

I have used GB bars for approx 17 years and had put hundreds and hundreds of hrs on then the CN 40 Ti bars last forever,the old Australian made ones were the best.

sawmikaze · Jun 29, 2019

I had a few..only 1 of them on a 201T had a bad tip...I didn't *b-word..I paid around 15 bucks for it.

stihlman441 · Jun 29, 2019

The one on the left is the old style

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