stihl 066 how big a bar??

[husky455rancher]

ok i got a 066 comming in the mail. its coming with a 25" bar on it already. i need a big bar for those pesky 4ft trees lol. i wanna be the guy that can take the wood other guys have to turn down cuse they dont have enough saw. i was thinking maybe 32 or 36. what suits the 066 best? also so i go with skip chain aswell?
i will be buying from baileys so id like to get loops of chain also.

oh the saw has 150lbs of compression and a dp muffler

 

[Peacock]

It will pull a 36" in hardwood.

With a sharp chain of course.

I wouldn't be afraid to run a 42" in hardwood with skip.

 

[volks-man]

ok i got a 066 comming in the mail. its coming with a 25" bar on it already. i need a big bar for those pesky 4ft trees lol. i wanna be the guy that can take the wood other guys have to turn down cuse they dont have enough saw. i was thinking maybe 32 or 36. what suits the 066 best? also so i go with skip chain aswell?
i will be buying from baileys so id like to get loops of chain also.

oh the saw has 150lbs of compression and a dp muffler

i think my guy told me 36" bar max with full comp. with that you could cut a 6' tree! i would love to find something around 50" and a loop of skip for my 660.


btw: you gotta watch how you word things 'round here.

 

[husky455rancher]

yeah i dunno what came over me for once my mind wasnt in the gutter lol. i meant the wood for my stove not the same kind of wood i give to my wife lol

 

[Lakeside53]

i think my guy told me 36" bar max with full comp. with that you could cut a 6' tree! i would love to find something around 50" and a loop of skip for my 660.


btw: you gotta watch how you word things 'round here.

50 inch? get an 088....

 

[Haywire Haywood]

I've got a 28" waiting on the 066 that is arriving at my local sometime in the next couple weeks. I was going to get a 36" for it but since I already have the 28, I think I'll get a 42" and a couple loops of skip RC. After it's ported it should have more umph for pulling the long bar.

Ian

 

[Lakeside53]

I can bog mine on a 36 (which it wears most of the time)... 42? yeah, I can see that i n cedar, but for anything else I'll pull out my 088.

 

[blsnelling]

I think 42" is a little optomistic too, even ported. It'll pull it but...

 

[husky455rancher]

so 36 and under= full comp anything over that skip chain?

 

[volks-man]

50 inch? get an 088....

it pulls the 28" great in hardwood.
i figure with twice the bar and half of the cutters it would pull just as well, no?

h455: if you are only gonna use the big bar on occasion why not grab one of those 74" cannon bars?

 

[Haywire Haywood]

fine fine ... I was just wondering to myself if it would even oil a bar that long.

Ian

 

[Lakeside53]

it pulls the 28" great in hardwood.
i figure with twice the bar and half of the cutters it would pull just as well, no?

for the 3457th time.... full skip has 2/3 the cutters....!!!!

 

[Lakeside53]

fine fine ... I was just wondering to myself if it would even oil a bar that long.

Ian

I'll tell you what you want to hear:

no

 

[spankrz]

36, full comp and it will pull it fine.
hardwood, everything.
a 660 is a tree EATER
42? no problem. just use skip chain.

 

[husky455rancher]

volk i could do that, but im a little guy a 74" bar would tip me right over when i carry it

 

[Lakeside53]

so 36 and under= full comp anything over that skip chain?

I run full skip at 36... it can still be bogged...

 

[Lakeside53]

skip has 1/3 less cutters, not 1/2.

Ian

:greenchainsaw:

 

[Peacock]

With a sharp chain mine pulls a 36" in hardwood with pretty good authority.

It is ported and I have no reason to believe it wouldn't handle a 42" nearly as well.

 

[Haywire Haywood]

Andy....

ya beat me to it and were quoting me while I was deleting... LOL

Ian

 

[Cedarkerf]

I can bog mine on a 36 (which it wears most of the time)... 42? yeah, I can see that i n cedar, but for anything else I'll pull out my 088.

Yep works great in Cedar mine wears a 41" in Cedar all the time.