Husky bar or something else?

[lostone]

Putting budget bars aside, using Quality Oil, with Quality Bars and Chains, you should get long life out of you Bars and Chains, just keep the chains out of the Rocks, Dirt and Metal


Doug ​

Nothing like a nice rocked out chain to kill the fun. Hit a nail buried in a cherry tree with a new RS chain once, I wasn't a happy camper having to file a bunch of new tooth away to fix it. Up side is she cut better after getting a nice hand file job on it.

 

[Matt Schmitt]

The fancy tsumura with the inserts don't feel any lighter
I have both not worth the extra coin imho
Look good though.

I weighed my 36” one with inserts one without and it was a pound difference.

 

[lostone]

I weighed my 36” one with inserts one without and it was a pound difference.

I'm going off of a 20" bar so I don't believe there is a lot of diff. The 36" would have a lot more insert and I could see why it would make a difference.

 

[Matt Schmitt]

Ya only comparison I have on the 20 is I weighed my 20 husky and 20 tsurmura with inserts it was 9 oz difference. Not sure how much a regular tsurmura is.

 

[Matt Schmitt]

My 20” was 65 from @redbull660

 

[Czed]

I weighed my 36” one with inserts one without and it was a pound difference.

I just have 24s in the tsumura

 

[Matt Schmitt]

I just have 24s in the tsumura

Here are my 24’s

 

[lostone]

Thanks Matt, once mine comes in I will weigh it so we can see the difference between it and the light weight bar.

 

[Matt Schmitt]

Sweet mine is 050 by the way not sure how much others weigh

 

[lostone]

Matt. 3lbs 4.9oz.

 

[Matt Schmitt]

So a little less than a pound difference for the insert one and I’m surprised it’s actually heavier than my husky maybe that means it’s really built well.

 

[lostone]

About a 10oz difference. closer to 5/8 pound difference, I would say the inserts are helping quite a bit. Haven't mounted it on the saw yet to see how the balance is. Bar had a pinch in it about 3/4" long I had to work out of it but it is fine now.

Saw arrived yesterday/bar and chain arrived today. Nice feeling saw but I think I still prefer the feel of my 036 but that is a weight thing I think since the little 41 felt fine to me. Sucks getting older and beat up from 30 years of construction.

 

[Matt Schmitt]

I think I was looking at the wrong picture when I got my weights but yes you are correct and I think you will like it.

 

[Brent Nowell]

I have run a few of their bars. I have a pro 36, 28, 24 bar in 058 and they are very hard bars. So hard that they require very little filing on the cutting edge, and I mainly do milling.
I bent the tip on the 28 and to replace it was extremely easy. New tips with 6 rivet blends are inexpensive from baileys.

The biggest downside is weight they are heavy. I suppose no heavier than the others.
Their laminate bars hold up well but suck for oiling, I have had two 20” laminated bars, a farm tough in 3/8 050 and a grey laminate bar in .325 050. Light but like I said bad for oil delivery.

If you go with a laminate bar, I would highly suggest the Oregon speedcut (these are small mount). I have one in 18” with the speed cut chain and it is def an upgrade to the grey .325 laminate that husky sells. Chain and bar combo is very inexpensive also replacement chains very cheap.

I have not tried their versa cut, they seem to be large mount bars, but I would like to know if they are good.

My two cents

 

[Czed]

Well found a deal that was to good to pass up. Found a Tsumura for $37.55 plus $4.54 shipping. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KB4DH96/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Picked up a loop of LGX while I was at it.

Got mine today and a couple loops of archer.
.58 gauge
Thanks for the info.

 

[lostone]

Got mine today and a couple loops of archer.
.58 gaugeView attachment 732423
Thanks for the info.

They raised the price of them now. Mine had a small pinch in the rails from shipping I would guess, end of box was open and bar just slid out lol. Took a screwdriver to it and it works fine now.

 

[lostone]

Going to order a loop of the Archer tommorow and give it a try as well.

Got my full wrap handle in today as well as the west coast dogs. Think I like the original dogs that are on it better but will try them both.

Plan to look around at some of the modded mufflers and if I can't find what I want I will order a 288 deflector and mod mine.

 

[Brent Nowell]

Going to order a loop of the Archer tommorow and give it a try as well.

Got my full wrap handle in today as well as the west coast dogs. Think I like the original dogs that are on it better but will try them both.

Plan to look around at some of the modded mufflers and if I can't find what I want I will order a 288 deflector and mod mine.

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I just added a tach to mine, however I think I f*d up cause the location of the tach is poorly chosen. It’s right at the top and it’s only a matter of time before it gets ripped off by rough use... for now it will stay until I figure out a better way to mount it

 

[lostone]

28" Oregon reduced weight bar. 2 lbs 13 oz. $93 on Amazon.

 

[Matt Schmitt]

@redbull660 sold me my tsurmura light 28 for 86. Not sure how much shipping was because I bought several bars. But I know my total for shipping was $15