I run 050 3/8 LP on my all plastic homelite, I use a standard 3/8 drive sprocket on a hardnose 20", seems to work pretty well. Am thinking of getting a couple of loops to run on the 441 , now I gotta get me a bar.
Here are a couple of links to Bailey's chains, regarding pitch read additional specs:
3/8 LP
http://www.baileysonline.com/itemdetail.asp?item=WP365+30LP&catID=830
3/8 reg.
http://www.baileysonline.com/itemdetail.asp?item=WP375+30SC&catID=831
I wasn't making it up,just reporting the facts.Why they are different,who knows.
I run 050 3/8 LP on my all plastic homelite, I use a standard 3/8 drive sprocket on a hardnose 20", seems to work pretty well. Am thinking of getting a couple of loops to run on the 441 , now I gotta get me a bar.
Let us know how the drive sprocket looks after a few tanks of fuel.
Well fair enough, a picture is worth a thousand words. But riddle me this gentleman........
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And to counter the previous supposition, the bar nose and sprocket are not 'worn to crap'.
They are in excellant shape for the age and usage this saw has received.
That may be the case but this bar is not marked for any particular chain size. I purchased it a pro shop after a buddy dropped a tree on the original Homelite laminated bar not long after I got the saw. I shutter to think that the saw shop sold me the wrong bar all those years ago. But with almost 20 seasons, I never had an issue with the chains jumping off or damage to either the bar or chain.
It performs OK ( It's a saw I look after for a friend of a friend ) but I would not consider having to spend for Sprocket Chain & Bar as it's a non replaceable tip as against a new 3/8LP chain as to me the tiny gain ('if there was one) is not worth the extra expense. He took it in to a dealer for a chain to be told it needed the full set up replacing& he got it back 325 equipped didn't realize till he went to sharpen his chain & his husky roller guide woudn't fit+1.
It would be interesting to know how would it do with .325, though...
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