OK I had too much time on my hands today, I was daydreaming about cutting firewood while out watching an excavator dig some soil test holes for me today, and I had my 025 with me for the odd tree in the way. I like to cut my firewood by measuring it off with the bar on the saw. The 16" bar on the 025 just didn't look like 16" from 20 feet away. I measured it and it measured 14-1/4" from tip of bar to tip of felling dog, not including the chain. I know it's a 16" bar - so what gives? I also measured the 20" bar on my 390 and it came up at 18-1/2".
Why isn't the advertised bar length the actual bar length? I always thought that if I had a 16" dbh tree to cut, I was gonna get all the way through it with a 16" bar.... I guess not?
Why isn't the advertised bar length the actual bar length? I always thought that if I had a 16" dbh tree to cut, I was gonna get all the way through it with a 16" bar.... I guess not?