395xp 36"?

[davidwyby]

So kind of a question, kind of a WTS/WTB/WTT. My 395 came with a 32". Canon Super Bar. ***EDIT: 30”!*** I got a 24" or so on my 266xp project. Balances a lot better than the 30" on the 395, and the 30" still comes up short sometimes when I need long. I'm thinking about ditching the 30" for 36". Oooh, maybe a LW bar...?

Thoughts? Thanks!

 

[cus_deluxe]

@Redbull661

 

[Cat 525]

395 will handle it fine! If you want try a skip tooth! 36 is the minimum I use on mine! Good luck

 

[Dub11]

Go for a 42 if you buy new. 36 is child's play for that beast.

 

[dustinwilt68]

Oiler will do a 42" no prob, as for power, you choose the right saw!

 

[davidwyby]

Course I forgot to mention this saw will probably end up ported.

Also I have about 4 chains for the 32”. 2 skip and 2 full. It doesn’t like to pull the full 32” in pine that dried up in the desert full of hard pitch. It will do it but it feels and sounds terrible.

I like the sound of 42”.

 

[Cat 525]

They are awesome ported!

 

[huskyboy]

Something is wrong with that 395 if it struggles with a 32”. I just ran a brand new one recently not broken in that ran a 32” full comp like a raped ape. Maybe yours is tired and needs a rebuild?

 

[srcarr52]

Something is wrong with that 395 if it struggles with a 32”. I just ran a brand new one recently not broken in that ran a 32” full comp like a raped ape. Maybe yours is tired and needs a rebuild?

I second this.

I haven’t run a stock one in a long time but I know my ported ones run 36”, 3/8 bars with 8 pins fine!

 

[JT78]

I run a 42 3/8 skip with an 8 pin on my ported 395 and it pulls it and oils it well in everything I've put it in.

 

[JT78]

Hit some trash in the tree towards the end that dulled the chain.

 

[Dub11]

Course I forgot to mention this saw will probably end up ported.

Also I have about 4 chains for the 32”. 2 skip and 2 full. It doesn’t like to pull the full 32” in pine that dried up in the desert full of hard pitch. It will do it but it feels and sounds terrible.

View attachment 180716 I like the sound of 42”.

Send that bad boy to @Stump Shot for some help.

If you're running in to big old nasties maybe give .404 a look.

 

[davidwyby]

Thanks for all the input gents! @Redbull661 I’m set on 42” if I jump up. I went through the saw last year, thread here somewhere. Decent compression but maybe carb or something isn’t right. She’s old for sure. I don’t have anything to compare it too. Well, except for running some ported saws at the NY GTG last year...I remember being impressed but memory for feel ain’t that good.

 

[davidwyby]

http://opeforum.com/threads/old-395xp-at-what-point-do-you-do-heavy-maint-light-rebuild.11877/

 

[huskyboy]

This is a stock one on its first tank of fuel with 32” full comp buried in white pine. I’m sure a broken in one is stronger.

 

[davidwyby]

This is a stock one on its first tank of fuel with 32” full comp buried in white pine. I’m sure a broken in one is stronger.

Yeah, looks like mine needs work. Didn’t I run yours ported?

 

[davidwyby]

Has anyone seen LW 42”? I don’t see any online.

 

[huskyboy]

Yeah, looks like mine needs work. Didn’t I run yours ported?

Yes randy ported that one, this is a different saw

 

[davidwyby]

I could tear into the 395 again and check some stuff and port it. I was happy with making the most of the junky AM p&c in my 2159. I am always short on time though and I’m sure @Stump Shot could do better with vastly more experience.

 

[davidwyby]

Yes randy ported that one, this is a different saw

I remember it was mean.