A local guy has Archer bars for sale and the prices are pretty fair, are they any good? I'm looking at adding a long bar that will only be used occasionally for stumping and big wood.
Archer Bars?
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Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
i don't recall ever even hearing about them. try them out and let us know.
Adirondackstihl
Flyz, Fuel & Fotos
Seen them before.
Think they are a Frostbite variation.
Forester sells or sold them I believe.
Think they are a Frostbite variation.
Forester sells or sold them I believe.
Jon1212
Riff Raff Fart Knocker from other Forum's.
Are "Archer" bars for "Bow" saws?
I heard they cut as straight as an "Arrow".
Yore Wellcomb.
I heard they cut as straight as an "Arrow".
Yore Wellcomb.
I don't know about their bars , but I have a rim sprocket of theirs that doesn't quite meet specs.
If their bars are priced nicely buy one and try it.
If their bars are priced nicely buy one and try it.
ReggieT
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I don't know about their bars , but I have a rim sprocket of theirs that doesn't quite meet specs.
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If their bars are priced nicely buy one and try it.
BTW...what became of your Sachs-Dolmar 285?
I have a rebuilt 116si...that I'm in love with!
Best 60cc saw I've ever ran
aussie joe
ArboristSite Lurker
I had exactly the same as wde-1978 with an archer rim,pitch was all wrong,tried every chain I had to fit it but nothing did,like perhaps an un finished machining operation?i picked it up straight away adjusting the chain,some may have run it like it was causing damage?bought on line,managed to get a replacement after photos/phone calls etc,seller tried to argue I had the wrong tooth count,dumbarse,after that I wont touch archer on principle.
Thanks guys. I did some more searching and seems their chain is definitely junk. Also found one poor review on the bar. I'll pass.
aussie joe
ArboristSite Lurker
yeah cheap is cheap,not fitting or totally unfit for purpose is rubbish!
I can't comment on the long bars this post started with.
They do have some 9 tooth nose 3/8 lo pro .043 bars. In person would be the way to shop as they seem to supply stock photos to the on line merchants, at least for what I got. They seem to take quite a bit of deviation on the link count and the bar tail from what is oem for what I got.
They do have some 9 tooth nose 3/8 lo pro .043 bars. In person would be the way to shop as they seem to supply stock photos to the on line merchants, at least for what I got. They seem to take quite a bit of deviation on the link count and the bar tail from what is oem for what I got.
nnero
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That issue with the rim sprocket looks exactly like the issue I had with the sprocket tip on a GB bar...
sunfish
Fish Head
Where are they made? That should make the decision easy.
SawTroll
Information Collector
I don't know about their bars , but I have a rim sprocket of theirs that doesn't quite meet specs.
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If their bars are priced nicely buy one and try it.
Are you sure that isn't a picco/lo-pro rim?
benp
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Unless you find a screaming deal locally on a really good bar, I would scarf that Windsor speed tip up in the classifieds I linked you to this am.
You can always get the adapter to run Stihl bars too.
I'm looking for a new 32" and I'm not against one lick a Stihl bar.
You can always get the adapter to run Stihl bars too.
I'm looking for a new 32" and I'm not against one lick a Stihl bar.
Attempting to scarf if a price can be agreed upon.
Successfully scarfed.
sunfish
Fish Head
Much better
Jon1212
Riff Raff Fart Knocker from other Forum's.
