Bars too big for a saw

[Deets066]

Are all 362s the same?
The few I ran were lame for a 60cc saw.

Never ran one

 

[Deets066]

Just goin by what Mr Goat said

 

[RI Chevy]

You forgot about the air filter pics

No I didn't. ALL SET. TY

 

[davidwyby]

I'm no pro, but I like bars a little on the long side and light. Of course skip chain helps.
Mainly for reach and not having to walk around to the other side and cut again. But I won't bury a long bar in more wood than the engine can hang with. Plus if I cut half from each side it would look like a beaver chewed it off, ha!

I hate the heavy 30" Cannon Super Bar on my 395. 24" bar bucking with 395 is fun.

A lot of it depends on the wood. I have big soft pine, big hard sticky pine, big rotten whatever, or big hard euc...

playing with the 42" (got it mostly to try milling) the other day I discovered my saw didn't get all dusty cuz it was 3' from the log! Dusty rotten desert wood, that's actually kinda nice...

42" - when you're over here and the log you want to cut is on the other side of the pile...

 

[Czed]

Lame

 

[davidwyby]

Also...only time I've had kickback was short bar in big log...I'd just as soon have the bar tip out the other side...probably a good idea for newbs. Also helps a lot with chip clearance.

 

[davidwyby]

Thinking about bar length for on it's way to me first 70cc...I'm 6' and I think I want the bar just long enough to reach the ground at a slight angle.

 

[N8TE]

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Thinking about bar length for on it's way to me first 70cc...I'm 6' and I think I want the bar just long enough to reach the ground at a slight angle.

That's gonna be really long I think

 

[nixon]

Yep ! It’s nice to have the reach of a slightly longer bar . . .

 

[FergusonTO35]

Now you're talkin!

 

[davidwyby]

Th

That's gonna be really long I think

Pretty sure it's gonna be 28", might be a little much and end up 24". I don't have any 28" to try. Closest is 24" on 395. Saw may also get ported, and if so, on the torquey side.

 

[Lightning Performance]

Never ran one

The Awesomeness ​

You need a bone stocker to feel the awesome in there
They are pretty sad box stock. Takes a bit to get one cutting well.

 

[Ryan Browne]

Thinking about bar length for on it's way to me first 70cc...I'm 6' and I think I want the bar just long enough to reach the ground at a slight angle.

I'm 6'2" and a 28" is perfect for what you're talking about.

 

[Skeans1]

For a 60cc saw I personally would go no larger than 24" max.
For precisely the reasons you mentioned. If you need larger bar, go bigger saw. 70cc territory

What’s wrong with running a 32 on a 60cc saw? I’ve done it on the 562’s cutting timber.


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[PA Plumber]

Have gone through a lot of mix running a 32" bar on a 441. Full comp 3/8 050. Mostly Red Oak but have done it in soft woods too.
Yep, that's the set up in my avatar. Gentle hand and sharp chain.
Have since sold that saw to a friend, but do the same with a monkey modded 440.
Although the daily driver for my 72cc saws is a 24" bar.

 

[RI Chevy]

Nothing. If that's what you choose to do, go for it.
@Skeans1

 

[Lee H]

For a 60cc saw I personally would go no larger than 24" max.
For precisely the reasons you mentioned. If you need larger bar, go bigger saw. 70cc territory

What about 7 cube territory

 

[RI Chevy]

They go by feet not inches when you get to the big boys...lol

 

[P.M.P.]

The Husky 362 is AWESOME

 

[huskyboy]

What’s wrong with running a 32 on a 60cc saw? I’ve done it on the 562’s cutting timber.


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In hickory or sugar maple a 28” on a 562 is quite slow cutting. I’ve owned two ported 562’s and ran numerous stock ones. They were realistically 20” bar saws in hardwood and maybe a 24” if you file the chain conservatively. Bucking stationary logs is easy, but felling I like to have reserve torque. That said, maybe in softwood with a well set up chain they are capable of more I don’t doubt that. My feeling is this topic is just gonna start a big debate. To the OP just run what you feel works for you. Experiment and test.