Plunge taken ..Ps 420 sc on its way .

[SawTroll]

My manual says the 420 comes with 325 chain. Mine came with 3/8lp. How does it work with 325?

What it comes with likely vary with the market?

 

[wildroamer]

Mine came with a baby bar. Looked like a toy chainsaw until I put a real one on it.

 

[KenJax Tree]

What real bar did you buy?

 

[wildroamer]

18" GB Arbor Tech. I can post a link if it's OK. Left Coast Supplies. Not a pro bar, but for ten bucks hard to go wrong, IMO.

 

[wildroamer]

The GB Arbor Tech range covers professional replacement nose bars for small chainsaws running 3/8″ Low Profile chain. They feature a one piece solid steel body; specially heat treated and tempered for high strength. Super tough, high tech alloy sprocket glides on precision Swiss bearings.


Bar Specifications:

• One-piece steel construction, no welds!
• Rails are induction-hardened and tempered.
• Steel bar body is tempered for strength.
• Professional sprocket glides on precision Swiss bearings.
• Replaceable Sprocket Nose
• Superior resistance to wear; extremely durable.
• Maximum bar life and greater value.
  

 

[CoreyB]

The GB Arbor Tech range covers professional replacement nose bars for small chainsaws running 3/8″ Low Profile chain. They feature a one piece solid steel body; specially heat treated and tempered for high strength. Super tough, high tech alloy sprocket glides on precision Swiss bearings.


Bar Specifications:

• One-piece steel construction, no welds!
• Rails are induction-hardened and tempered.
• Steel bar body is tempered for strength.
• Professional sprocket glides on precision Swiss bearings.
• Replaceable Sprocket Nose
• Superior resistance to wear; extremely durable.
• Maximum bar life and greater value.
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Is that a real 18" or closer to 16.5?
How well does it pull an 18"

 

[wildroamer]

It's a true 18". Pulls like a train.

 

[wildroamer]

 

[merc_man]

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Loks good with the orange gb bar.

I havnt tried my ps 420 yet. It was my dads. Ill get it out sme day i guess.

 

[Simondo]

One thing iv had in mind with the bar and chain situation is "Interchangeability" .
Have found that the bars from my Dolmar 111 ,115 on 3/8 and .325 will sub across to the small bar mount Husqvarna's that i have …i believe they use "More or less " the same patterns . The 420 should be able to take any of my bars and chains from the .325 range . Should make things less of pain and cost overall was in my mind.

 

[SawTroll]

It's a true 18". Pulls like a train.

Dl count?

 

[SawTroll]

One thing iv had in mind with the bar and chain situation is "Interchangeability" .
Have found that the bars from my Dolmar 111 ,115 on 3/8 and .325 will sub across to the small bar mount Husqvarna's that i have …i believe they use "More or less " the same patterns . The 420 should be able to take any of my bars and chains from the .325 range . Should make things less of pain and cost overall was in my mind.

You are right about the 111 and 115 (and many other Dolmars of that generation). The original mount was K153, but that mount mostly is covered by the K095 bars by now - they are really close.

The 420 use the K041, that doesn't interchange directly with the K095 (oiling system is different, everything else the same). Combo bars for K095 and K041 exist though, and at least the Cannon also cover the A074 (Stihl 3005).

 

[Simondo]

You are right about the 111 and 115 (and many other Dolmars of that generation). The original mount was K153, but that mount mostly is covered by the K095 bars by now - they are really close.

The 420 use the K041, that doesn't interchange directly with the K095 (oiling system is different, everything else the same). Combo bars for K095 and K041 exist though, and at least the Cannon also cover the A074 (Stihl 3005).

Aww Nuts !! best laid plans …..ect .
Got a few of the Norwegian ?Sandvik bars of 15 in .325 i was hoping to use.

 

[wildroamer]

Dl count?

Hi ST,
68 DL's.
It is the GB PO18-50WR.

 

[KenJax Tree]

I saw those GB bars but they were only 18" and I wanted 16" so i bought a Total ll bar from fordf150. Its a little fatter than the skinny OEM bar but my 56dl chains still work its just a little tight getting it on.

 

[SawTroll]

Hi ST,
68 DL's.
It is the GB PO18-50WR.

Then it surely is a true 18" (+ actually). The reason I asked is that most 3/8" lo-pro/picco bars are an inch or two shorter than "called".

 

[SawTroll]

Aww Nuts !! best laid plans …..ect .
Got a few of the Norwegian ?Sandvik bars of 15 in .325 i was hoping to use.

If you have a K041 bar to look at, it should be possible to modify the K095 bars to work. I haven't done it though, so I can't tell for sure how hard or easy it is.

 

[Simondo]

If you have a K041 bar to look at, it should be possible to modify the K095 bars to work. I haven't done it though, so I can't tell for sure how hard or easy it is.

Think as you say its just the oiling part i will have a close measure up once the new saw and bars are here…worth a go.
Dolmare are still showing .325 x 1.3mm pitch chain on the 420 sc instead of 3/8 lo 1.3mm for the 420 in USA.

 

[SawTroll]

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Dolmar are still showing .325 x 1.3mm pitch chain on the 420 sc instead of 3/8 lo 1.3mm for the 420 in USA.

It was that way with the saw that the 420 replaced as well (410/411 if memory serves).

Btw, the 420sc is called 421 in the US.

 

[Simondo]

It was that wat with the saw that the 420 replaced as well (410/411 if memory serves).

Btw, the 420sc is called 421 in the US.

That means the 420 rated at 2.0kw turned into the 420 sc at 2.2kw and the 421 is the same spec . The original US 420 turned into the 421 ? The parts list shows all of them in the family.