sunfish
Fish Head
Oregon Pro-Lite works very well for me.
Best bar for Husqvarna small mount (K095) - 16" 3/8 .050
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SawTroll
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Thanks, but I can't get 058 gauge chain locally, so I need to stay at 050.
Consider buing Oregon chain online - and make sure you have a good supply, so you don't have to buy locally.
I can do that, but I like to give that business to my local Stihl dealer. They're good guys, and I really like Stihl chain. They do a "buy 1 chain, get the second at half price" which ends up costing the same or less than getting Oregon chain shipped.
SawTroll
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Stihl make most common chain models in .058 - it is just a matter of distributers and dealers stocking it! You can also order any dl count you need
My local Stihl dealer only stocks 050 and 063, but I will ask them if they can get me some 058 chain. The "other guy" at the local lawn & saw shop stocks oregon in 050 and 063 only. 058 just isn't popular around here.Stihl make most common chain models in .058 - it is just a matter of distributers and dealers stocking it! You can also order any dl count you need
gsrsol84mm
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Why don't you want to get the Oregon Pro Lite bar in 16" ?
I have the 20" and 18" 3/8 .050 Pro Lite Bars for my Husky 550xp and will probably get a 16" pro lite as well just to give it a try.
I have the 20" and 18" 3/8 .050 Pro Lite Bars for my Husky 550xp and will probably get a 16" pro lite as well just to give it a try.
I have had great results with pro-lites on my 346 as well.
I will do that if I don't find something better than the pro-lite. I would like a Tsumura if I can find one in this size. I'm kind of tough on bars, and I prefer to "buy right once" and have my tools last a long time.
As an example, I often have to bury the bar to buck 20" logs for multiple cuts that really heats up a bar.
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KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
Someone quit making the k095 mount but i can't remember if it was Sugihara or Tsumura or maybe both??
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
Sugihara, but that was on the replaceable sprocket nose bars. They still make the laminated sprocket nose bars (somebody posted a pic of one in this thread recently too).
SawTroll
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I don't know if they are discontinued, but the small mount (AT) Sugihara light is a combination K095/K041 Mount, that reportedly doesn't work well with the captive bar nuts on the 550xp and 560xp family saws. Bar oil leaks via the bar bolts and nuts.
I suspect that could be overcome by filling the upper (unused) hole for the bar adjuster with epoxy and shaving it flat with a wood chisel at the proper time in the cure. I know these things get diverted but anything for an K041 wouldn't be for the normal 3/8 would it. More like lo pro or .325, unless hard nose of course.
sunfish
Fish Head
My local Husky Stihl dealer stocks 050 an 058. They are phasing out the 063.
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
Same here they have always stocked .050 and .058 but soon .063 will need to be ordered
Whoever was asking. I have K041 bar that runs full 3/8 050 60dl 16" (made for poulan oregon powermatch) and have converted it to run back and forth on K095 mount saws too. Also do the same with K095 to run on K041 saws. 
Pretty interesting how the gauge preferences vary by location. .063 still seems pretty popular around here. My 025 (and the 250?) runs .063
Laser brand bars
Laser markets bars made in Germany and other high quality sources.
http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/185812.htm
Laser markets bars made in Germany and other high quality sources.
http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/185812.htm
Yep, that's why I was looking for one of theirs. Don't seem to be any available in the k095 small mount any more.
I ended up getting a Husqvarna branded power match for $45 shipped from the zon. (Made by Oregon as far as I can tell.)
It'll weigh a little more than the Oregon pro-lite, but I can replace the sprocket if I kill it in a pinch, and it should be able to hold up to the RPMs of the ported Redmax and all the heat that it will make.
SawTroll
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Then the bar couldn't be flipped, and would wear out much faster! :msp_wink:
Terry Landrum has them. tlandrum on here. Send him a PM and the rest is easy.
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