575xp operation report.

[PA Plumber]

Was this bar brand new with the saw?

Doesn't look like much of an angle on the leading edge of the tooth.

 

[Peacock]

Am I the only one who thinks that chain looks like it's on backwards?

 

[Joe379]

Am I the only one who thinks that chain looks like it's on backwards?

Either that or the saw was upside down when he took the picture.

 

[PA Plumber]

Am I the only one who thinks that chain looks like it's on backwards?

Only if the power head is on the left side of the pic.

 

[parrisw]

cant tell much from those pics, back away from the chain until it will get a clean focus, then zoom in, and refocus.

 

[2000ssm6]

WHY? Is there an oil tread you need to read?

50:1 Stihl Ultra

 

[Saucydog]

:deadhorse: :deadhorse: :deadhorse: :deadhorse: :deadhorse:

 

[Hugenpoet]

I'm probably the least experienced guy on this site, but I never saw a bar look that beat up after such a short time in wood. Wasn't the bar supposed to be new with the saw or did I miss something.

 

[BIGBORE577]

And I have also noticed the Husky guys offering real advice, while all the Stihl guys just want to tell me I don't know anything and don't know what I am doing. Thanks a lot.

To bad,
Your own medicine never tastes very good!

 

[blsnelling]

I'd forget any kind of skip chain on a 28" bar in hardwood. I run full comp on my 36". My 084's wearing 42" full comp.

 

[stihl 440]

bar

Here ya go, sorry about the crappy lighting and one is a bit blurry, my camera does not like up close pics.

You can tell that bar got REAL hot, real quick. That chain is dull beyond belief. You will fry that 575 if you do that again..... You need to stop the first time you hit dirt or after it gets wood dull, and sharpen it.:greenchainsaw:

 

[blsnelling]

Am I the only one who thinks that chain looks like it's on backwards?

Either the saw's upside down or the chain's on backwards. Come on man. You gotta fess up. Tell us the truth. I've done it ONCE

 

[JT78]

I tried running full skip on my 7900 with a 28 and it cuts better and faster with the full comp chain.

 

[blsnelling]

Skip chain's only for those West Coast guys cutting that girlie soft wood:jawdrop: :greenchainsaw:

 

[JT78]

Yeah I was cutting Hickory not exactly soft wood not the hardest either.

 

[JT78]

I think the moral to this story is keep your chain sharp and out of the dirt and you will save your saw and it will cut better. It also never hurts to keep your drags set at .030 either.

 

[sILlogger]

Here ya go, sorry about the crappy lighting and one is a bit blurry, my camera does not like up close pics.

you know....atleast one corner of that chainsaw chain should be pointy and sharp...:jawdrop: :looser:

 

[sILlogger]

You can tell that bar got REAL hot, real quick. That chain is dull beyond belief. You will fry that 575 if you do that again..... You need to stop the first time you hit dirt or after it gets wood dull, and sharpen it.:greenchainsaw:

its a 575...its gonna fry anyway!!!

 

[AngelofDarkness]

The chain is on right, the bar is upside down in that pic. I flipped it after removing and sharpening the chain. The power head is to the left of the bar. I did sharpen it once but upon closer examination it looks like it could stand to be touched up some more. The bar was new when I started cutting, but I was cutting into some really big, hard stuff when the oiler problem developed.

The drive links have an 82 stamped on them, and the Oregon site has no reference for an 82, so it is either not losted on their site or it is not an Oregon chain.

And yes, the saw is sitting on my weight bench which is in my kitchen.

 

[04ultra]

Did I miss anything???