Lott, that was exactly what I was looking for and very informative. Thankyou
very much.
As a teenager I was put to work cutting plup wood in Alabama and used an
old Poulan-Baird saw with bow blade. It was much easier when the wood was
on the ground with a bow blade. (Real tough if I had to top them!)
My C-71 and XP-1020 are both torque machines with lower
working RPM's but seem to be able to pull longer bars in my hardwood than
XL's ..and You are right, now that I think about it; the XL's will
bog when the C's don't with the 28inch and larger bars I use. Without
putting thought into the process I use my XL-925 (20inch 3/8) more than all the others
when I only want to carry one saw...when I have the truck or tactor,
the XL fells and the XP bucks....and the big bars are ALL on either
the C (28inch .404) or XP (36inch .404).
My little Husky and the ones I use at work twist 11,000rpms and more but
if you get them out of their power band, they are done until you let them
get back to RPM's. CC per CC they make more RPM's and Power but not as
forgiving as the old torque monsters....
Good to hear it from someone who voted with their dollars and had to
make it a business decision.
I'm trying to build an old Super 77 but CAN'T find chain! (Have a built
power head)
