Trx250r180
Saw polisher
the handsaw just dont look as cool as a 660 with a 32 inch bar when sitting on your shoulder though
Drill Holes to Lighten Bar?
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rms61moparman
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It won't work anyway!
Unless you plug the holes you drill with something the chips and dust will fill the holes and work very similar to...although the opposite of, a pair of chinese handcuffs.
I have a 42" bar that has the hole in the end for the helper handle and if I don't keep that outside the wood on the opposite side it fills up with sawdust and locks up tighter than a fat mans belt!
Mike
Unless you plug the holes you drill with something the chips and dust will fill the holes and work very similar to...although the opposite of, a pair of chinese handcuffs.
I have a 42" bar that has the hole in the end for the helper handle and if I don't keep that outside the wood on the opposite side it fills up with sawdust and locks up tighter than a fat mans belt!
Mike
StihlyinEly
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Do you mean that holes in the bar fill up with sawdust/oil so much that they bind against the wood in the cut?
rms61moparman
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galde
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holes in bar
Exactly. I have filled holes in long bars for others who didn't like the way the bar would bind up in the cut. Drilling holes is easy enough in a drill press using SHARP cobalt bits. Plugging them is harder.
cat-face timber
Knot Bumper
Some of the big two man saws had their bars perforated in order to lighten them up.
Here is a photo of one of my Titan bars - a 5ft bar which has been drilled in this manner. The other pic shows a tree being felled with a saw fitted out with a similar bar.
Chris.
Here is a photo of one of my Titan bars - a 5ft bar which has been drilled in this manner. The other pic shows a tree being felled with a saw fitted out with a similar bar.
Chris.
bob15
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Some of the big two man saws had their bars perforated in order to lighten them up.
Here is a photo of one of my Titan bars - a 5ft bar which has been drilled in this manner. The other pic shows a tree being felled with a saw fitted out with a similar bar.
Chris.
It that a hydraulic operated saw? Looking at the guy on the right, to his left is what looks like 2 black hoses, somewhat twisted, running down and behind him. just curious.....
spacemule
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For less than the price of one good drill bit, you can invest in a set of 3 lb. lady's dumbbells to bulk up your arm "muscles" and be a lot better off. :hmm3grin2orange:
MtnHermit
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StihlyinEly
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Indeed, like this:
Indeed, with the road in the BG. So much for all those miles hiking with the saw. Durn, DEFINITELY need to lighten that bar for the 20 yard hike.
MtnHermit
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Ice on a beaver pond. But it was still easy, only 3/4 mile, almost flat creek trail.
Need to get those eyeglasses checked.
StihlyinEly
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Please retract all my previous sympathetic comments. Less than a mile one way? Sheesh. :monkey:
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branchbuzzer
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1 lb of weight will save a 180 lb. person with 20 lbs. of gear approximately 4 calories per hour going uphill ( 725 vs. 729 ) and get you there 18 seconds quicker.
A 5 % increase in fitness, and that ain't much, will get you there 3 minutes quicker.
I'm not saying the weight doesn't matter, just keep it in perspective.
A 5 % increase in fitness, and that ain't much, will get you there 3 minutes quicker.
I'm not saying the weight doesn't matter, just keep it in perspective.
forestryworks
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Stihl Light bar. Enough said.
zogger
Tree Freak
Just go ahead and try it! Aren't those bars cheap and common on the used market? Go for it, report back how it worked out or didn't.
Now I am guessing that if that worked, you'd see a variety of them on the market from the bar companies. You can try it anyway though, see what happens.
Now I am guessing that if that worked, you'd see a variety of them on the market from the bar companies. You can try it anyway though, see what happens.
One time when I was 36 years old I burned all my extra clothes before I hiked the return 5 mile trip from Crater Lake off Elwood pass in the San Juans of SW Colorado. I did carry a 6 pound cut-throat trout out though, as that was the reason I was there. Just saying, 12 to 13,000 feet altitude can be a little challenging and I understand the OP's thinking. We count every ounce in the packs.
I believe I would carry a small wedge instead of an extra bar and use it. All that grows up there is pine, spruce and aspen.
I believe I would carry a small wedge instead of an extra bar and use it. All that grows up there is pine, spruce and aspen.
I should have told you that on the return trips I took mules. They will carry anything and everything. If you have a dog you could fit it with a dog pack and let the mutt carry the fuel and oil, then you can carry the kibbles.... my mutt is happy to carry the whiskey!
jeffbayne
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Maybe this is plain dumb... but would this be a remotely acceptable application to use a much smaller saw than necessary, with a long enough bar, and then a full skip chain so the saw can pull it? Like, an MS200 with a 20 something bar? Seems like saving powerhead weight would be a lot more beneficial than bar weight.
jeff
jeff
