You will think .325 chain works great untill you try 3/8 chain. If you change to 3/8 I would buy a windsor bar, you can get them on ebay for cheep.
I’ll take .325 chain on a 50cc saw any day over 3/8…ported or stock.
Get some 23RS Pro , never look back
Yep! I can’t make square ground chain run faster.
Not me! Are you cutting soft wood? Any good 50cc saw will run 3/8 chain well. I have a sock stihl 026 ,49cc that I run with 3/8 .40 rakers. The saw cuts 16 inch hard wood great!
23RS Pro faster , smaller kerf less drag , equals faster cutting time , all I cut is hardwood ,
I didn’t say they won’t run it well. They just cut faster with .325”. All I cut is hardwood…mostly oak, hickory, and maple.
What .325 are you runing? The .325 chain on the 026 even when super sharp was way slower than the 3/8 .
Is 23rs square ground?
Btw what saw are you running?
Nope, factory proprietary grind , the raker design also is less drag , and allows the full potential of the cutter design,
Must be a pain to file.
My favorite is 23rs Pro. My second favorite is my square ground full chisel Oregon. My saw(s) two ported 346’s and one 550xp. All of them are well north of 5.5hp. They all can handle 3/8’s, but as I said, they cut slower and there is no fun in that
Because it's lo pro.
What was the deference in cut time between .325 and 3/8?My favorite is 23rs Pro. My second favorite is my square ground full chisel Oregon. My saw(s) two ported 346’s and one 550xp. All of them are well north of 5.5hp. They all can handle 3/8’s, but as I said, they cut slower and there is no fun in that
Is it? I thought still called their low profile chain picco. Either way one files just the same as the other with the right size file in my experience.
I don’t remember times, but I want to say it is on the order of 10%.
No, lo pro is a version of 3/8 chain. 23RS Pro is a narrower kerf version of .325.
