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Nice picture! Who is that?
WOW!?
Never thought I would see that ?
I'm sorry, but what a dumb ass!
As far as I'm concerned, you use the bar that fit's the job!
It could be a 16" bar, or it could be a 72" bar(if you have it)!
Come to think of it, wish I had a 72" bar to get back into this Red fir!
But come on, are you serious?
Do you hunt deer with a 50Cal.?
Were you bored when you posted this stupid question!?
It isn't near long enough. Sixteen inches does not allow for enough STAND BACK room. I'm a bit paranoid about that. That aspect of the topic seems to get overlooked.
I believe thats what you were implying in your q either that or the big military 50cal. it could be done but .. there would be nothing left to put in the freezer. just my .02
Just a pic I found of a classic situationNice picture! Who is that?
geesh touchy touchy. i was merely saying you all make it sound like every saw out there should have a 72" bar cause its the macho thing to do. i agree that the bar should fit the bill for what you cut.so if you are cutting 6" diameter logs its stupid to use a 36" bar all day... out west your trees are bigger so you need more length of bar to getr done. i haven't seen so many people get so out of wack . i dont have the need for such big saws here. if you do thats great but dont lead all readers to believe if its under 36" length it shouldn't be used. i know most professionals here use nothing larger then 18" bars some as much as 24" but barely get used. you wont see me using a 36" saw from inside a bucket truck.Can't believe it, yesterday I wrote a great big long boring reply and forgot to hit the submit button and then went out. So here's the gist of my reply.
I'm never far from my tailgate, so I don't think of bar size, I just grab the saw with the size bar I need.
Last summer a friend had a 90' White Pine get hit by lightning, at about 60'. I climbed the tree to put in a pull line. I stripped off all the limbs on the side facing the manicured lawn the tree was going to be dropped on, to prevent giant divots from the limbs, used a little Echo with 14" bar. Made 3 or 4 piles of brush to drop the log on to prevent a giant rut in the lawn and to hold the log up out of the dirt. I used the 100cc Homelite with a 36" bar to notch and back cut the tree. Made the 3 cuts to fell the tree and picked up the MS 290 with 18" bar and stripped off the rest of the limbs and started bucking the log back till the 290 wouldn't reach all the way through, set it down and grabbed the old 36" Homey to finish up.
I can't imagine having to use one saw and bar, but if I had to, it would be the biggest combo I could comfortably use, Joe.
geesh touchy touchy. i was merely saying you all make it sound like every saw out there should have a 72" bar cause its the macho thing to do. i agree that the bar should fit the bill for what you cut.so if you are cutting 6" diameter logs its stupid to use a 36" bar all day... out west your trees are bigger so you need more length of bar to getr done. i haven't seen so many people get so out of wack . i dont have the need for such big saws here. if you do thats great but dont lead all readers to believe if its under 36" length it shouldn't be used. i know most professionals here use nothing larger then 18" bars some as much as 24" but barely get used. you wont see me using a 36" saw from inside a bucket truck.
Wow that was a long winded shout match!!!
Merry Christmas everyone, I just got back (to my home).
I'd just like to add this, Would any of you like to buck this with a 20" bar?
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Alright, we got the big bar / small bar thing handled but why do so many of the 460 660 size saws with the short bars have half wrap handles???
By the way I run 32-34" bars 98% of the time, even for limbing, vine maple and leaning alders. I also like my full wraps, big spikes and short rakers right in front of my square ground cutters.
like i have said before , the older i get i don't wan't to bend over to cut. eventually i'll just put a longbar on a polesaw so i can sit in the truck and cut.lol.:hmm3grin2orange:
geesh touchy touchy. i was merely saying you all make it sound like every saw out there should have a 72" bar cause its the macho thing to do. i agree that the bar should fit the bill for what you cut.so if you are cutting 6" diameter logs its stupid to use a 36" bar all day... out west your trees are bigger so you need more length of bar to getr done. i haven't seen so many people get so out of wack . i dont have the need for such big saws here. if you do thats great but dont lead all readers to believe if its under 36" length it shouldn't be used. i know most professionals here use nothing larger then 18" bars some as much as 24" but barely get used. you wont see me using a 36" saw from inside a bucket truck.
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