Bars too big for a saw

[Cat 525]

Don't wanna get Kevins head swelled up but I hung a 32 on his 562 to get one down the other day! And size matters!

 

[Cat 525]

My setup:

TM 066 - 24" 90% / 32" or 36" as needed
Ms461 - 20" 90% / 24" or 28" as needed
Ms460 - 20" 90% / 24" or 28" as needed
Ms360s - 18"
Dolmar 6100 - 20"
Ms261 - 18" .325
026s - 16" .325

I like a big powerhead and a shorter bar but I only cut firewood and some tree jobs - a mix of Cannons, Tsumuras, and Sugiharas. Have a few ES bars for backup.

How do you get enough oil outta them Stihls on the long bars?

 

[BangBang77]

How do you get enough oil outta them Stihls on the long bars?

 

[Cat 525]

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Bestest answer my friend! Ha ha!

 

[Skeans1]

Looks like a 562 or is it the 572?

It’s a 562 running a 32 after that patch I did a whole bunch of over rip oversized red alder with that setup.


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[BangBang77]

Bestest answer my friend! Ha ha!

Haha Tim.

I'm just glad I don't have to re-torque bolts in the woods...

 

[P.M.P.]

Bestest answer my friend! Ha ha!

Neighbor dips his in a bucket of oil each cut.

 

[BangBang77]

Neighbor dips his in a bucket of oil each cut.

David Allan Coe said it best - "If that ain't country, I'll kiss your a**"

 

[Fruecrue]

He’s still waiting for Walmart to develop them

 

[P.M.P.]

 

[huskihl]

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Lol

 

[Cat 525]

5 pages of tal k in bout how long or short it is! And gotta throw the lube and oil in there of course!

 

[BangBang77]

Copenhagen spit is my go-to lube.

 

[Egg Shooter]

I'm currently building up a 59 cc saws that barely carries the 28" factory installed on there but should oil it fine. The saws is being purpose built to buck 24-5" firewood only. Ragged edge kinda thing as a single task light weight screamer. Not sure how the chain sequence will shake out but it will.

What air filter you going to run? Id like to see pics of it when done.

 

[Dub11]

You trying to compensate for something?

Yeth

Seriously @Dub11 does that oiler on that johnny keep up with the lube?

Well of course it wets the bar. Its a Jonsered

 

[FergusonTO35]

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Thats what I used to do as a broke college student and my only saw was a Poulan 2150. Actually works quite well.

 

[FergusonTO35]

That's a low mileage unit. Iirc 60,000 ish.

If that car has a Quad 4 they are actually pretty quick.

 

[Dub11]

If that car has a Quad 4 they are actually pretty quick.

3.3 but watching the tach that goes by 10s makes it seem pretty quick.

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

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32" 2159 FTW!!!

Was there actually a time where folks would cruise around the countryside with luggage strapped on to that bootlid (you'd call it a trunklid) Wayne?

 

[lehman live edge slab]

I think for me once you get so many saws you can start setting up certain ones for different duty.
I've run a couple 362s new at parks teaching chainsaw safety and "stock" I wouldn't exceed 24" without going to full skip.
Empirical analysis is the way I approach what works best for the saw. I have a Pro Mac 60 I've tried 4 different combinations of bars and sprockets on ,for bucking larger stuff a 7 pin with a 24" full skip is great , but limbing up a tree the 8 pin and a 20" bar is outstanding.
Sometimes you just have to try it out .
One pet peev I have is seeing a 90cc + saw with a 20" bar though, I just think thats ridiculous unless it's a race saw.

You wouldn’t like me then I do plenty of cutting with a 20-24” on my 066