Bar education

[I Know Something]

I'm curious. With Stihl's yellow and green indicators on its bars.

#1. What is the difference between the low kickback and high kickback bars.

#2. Are the bars and chains interchangeable? I'm assuming they are. Just looking for confirmation mostly and any other information you can give me.

Thank you.

 

[HP Ultra]

Yellow guide bar:
big sprocket at the tip. Straight parallel shaped. Perfect choice for felling

Green guide bar:
Smaller sprocket at the tip. Slightly steep i.e. not parallel shaped.
Good choice for delimbing.

saws with high torque may demand the bigger sprocket


You can run the same chain on both, if the length is matching.

 

[I Know Something]

Thanks for the info. I picked up a green bar. And after reading that. I wonder if my 99cc saw shouldn't have the yellow one instead? What's your thoughts?

 

[Deets066]

Thanks for the info. I picked up a green bar. And after reading that. I wonder if my 99cc saw shouldn't have the yellow one instead? What's your thoughts?

It’ll be fine, run it

 

[I Know Something]

It’ll be fine, run it

Trying to. Lol. I'm having trouble getting it to sit flat against the saw to get the side cover on. Fun times!

 

[Slacker]

I'll add a newbie question on...

My MS250 bar will not fit my MS362 or MS261C.

Which bar is D025?
The "homeowner" bar or the pro saw bar?

 

[Warped5]

Stay out of the bars that cater to midgets.

Next!

 

[I Know Something]

Stay out of the bars that cater to midgets.

Next!

 

[Onan18]

I'll add a newbie question on...

My MS250 bar will not fit my MS362 or MS261C.

Which bar is D025?
The "homeowner" bar or the pro saw bar?

D025 is the Stihl 3003 mount, fits 024 to 066. The MS250 is the 3005 "Mini mount" fits most of the smaller saws.

 

[Backtroller]

I wouldn’t worry so much about homowner vs pro bars. The Green vs Yellow Stihl chain is the greater difference, mainly in regards to kick back.