16" bar on a ms361?
- Thread starter VTWoodchuck
- Start date
Help Support Arborist Forum:
VTWoodchuck
ArboristSite Operative
Just to clarify-I will need a new sprocket in order to switch bar and chain to 3/8?
I find myself using the husky 350(also in pristine condition) for limbing as it is so much lighter than the 290, so I'm wondering if I need both of those.:msp_confused:
SawTroll
Information Collector
There is no need for a 290 if you have a 361 and a 350 - unless you like to have a spare/loaner.
For your 290 I would pick up part # 1125 007 1002 3/8 7t rim sprocket kit and part # 000 642 1234 .325 8t rim sprocket and then you can switch from 3/8 to .325 and back again by just changing the rim and b&c.
VTWoodchuck
ArboristSite Operative
You are absolutely right. BUUUUUUUUUUUUT, I'm fighting onset of CAD and the thought of getting rid of a saw causes me actuall physical pain that can only be fixed by looking at other saws on CL.:evilgrin:
I do really need a 4wheeler though. So how much would a ms290 with about 20-25 tanks of gas through it that has been VERY well maintained(as in looks practically new) go for? 2 RSC chains included.
splitpost
Nothing but 32:1
Sure is,i have a 17" ES in 3002 mount that i modded ,it now fits all my saws from the 026 through to the 880.........now thats handy
StihlyinEly
Addicted to ArboristSite
Sure is,i have a 17" ES in 3002 mount that i modded ,it now fits all my saws from the 026 through to the 880.........now thats handy
All my saws from the 026 to the 660 use the same pitch/gauge chain. Very handy!
Lignator
Swamp Yankee
Hey all. I have a 362 which I run a 20" and a 16" bar on. This spring while cutting firewood I was making 2 cuts to my buddies 1 with the 16" bar installed in similar sized logs. (he had a 290 with an 18").
KenneSaw
ArboristSite Member
My 029S came with a .325 7 pin sprocket and an 18 inch bar back in 1998. That is what I have run until this year. I now have as of this past summer a .325 8 pin sprocket as the 8 pin .325 appears to now to be the "standard" with the farm boss series. (I believe 7 pin 3/8 and 8 pin .325 are about the same chain speed to engine speed relationship.)
Yes the chain runs faster than before but may have indeed lost a hair on the torque, a would be expected. But it cuts fine for my purposes.
Yes the chain runs faster than before but may have indeed lost a hair on the torque, a would be expected. But it cuts fine for my purposes.
StihlyinEly
Addicted to ArboristSite
Welcome to AS!
Interesting. Lots of possible variables in that comparison, aside from the fact that the 361 is significantly more powerful. Differing length bars, potential differences is chain grade and chain pitch/gauge, different tuning on each saw, differences in cutting technique.
Matched with 16 inch bars and the same grade and pitch/gauge chain and all other possible differences mentioned above aside, the 361 would be very unlikely to get 2 cuts to the 290s one.
Lignator
Swamp Yankee
I suspect he was running a dull chain 
I had a sharp full chisel.
I had a sharp full chisel.
SawTroll
Information Collector
One more variable - the sharpness of the chain could also be different.
StihlyinEly
Addicted to ArboristSite
I suspect he was running a dull chain
That right there will do it.
$250 ?
You could check ebay completed auctions and your local craigslist. I see them around $200 in average condition on the local CL.
fidiro
ArboristSite Guru
I checked ebay this past summer for completed listings and they were selling over 300 shipped so I listed my 029Super on craigs for local pickup only and it sold for 290 as in M$290
Depends on the area but Ebay will get you the most but comes with the shipping woes.
BTW, what is the 290 going for new?
StihlyinEly
Addicted to ArboristSite
$350 pretty much everywhere in the lower 48. Getting $290 for a used 029S was a heck of a score on your part.
jeepyfz450
Addicted to ArboristSite
I run a 16'' on my 036 quite a bit. I like the reach of the 20'' much more but the 16'' power. never tried an 8 pin on my 036 with the 16'' b/c.
indiansprings
Firewood Purveyor
I'm running a 18" ES bar on my MM 361 with an 8 pin rim and it does a fantastic job in hardwood. I'm the type that will always run the shortest bar for the task at hand. You can never have too many sawsm if your going to run a 16" set up on your 361, keep your 290 and convert it to a 3/8 16" set up as well, and keep it as a spare, cheap insurance. I did a tree removal today, prolly in the 28-30" range, dead standing oak and didn't use anything other than a little 261 with an 18" bar, contrary to popular belief it doesn't always take 70-90 cc saws and 28" bars to work up a decent size piece of wood. A sharp.sharp chain makes more of a difference than most realize.
watsonr
Addicted to ArboristSite
- Joined
- Jan 3, 2010
- Messages
- 7,088
- Reaction score
- 2,130
Run a 16" on the 044 most of the time......it rips!
