Bar recommendation

[wildnorthern]

i have a jonsered 2153 and need recommendation for 18” .325 .050 72 drive link bar

 

[SOS Ridgerider]

I’d suggest something like this. High quality bars, and Nate is a great guy to deal with.

https://shop.performanceoutdoorequi...5-050-72dl-k095-detail.htm?productId=-8532116

https://shop.performanceoutdoorequi...browse=-122024&shopBy=-40400&catalogId=-16758

 

[NSEric]

The bars posted above are sweet and the top of the line.
For bucking up fire wood and cutting down the odd tree any cheap bar will do tho.
I always end up with Oregon bars/chains, I can get them locally cheaper than anything else.

 

[TreePointer]

There are lots of nice premium bars out there, but I've been pleased with the lighter weight of the narrow kerf (NK) Husqvarna laminate bar that came with my 10 year old 346XP. I've run standard kerf .325 050 chain on it without issue. Chains run: one Oregon 95VP (came with saw) and almost exclusively Stihl RS (standard kerf).

The nice thing about this bar is that if you need one after hours, most big box stores keep them in stock.

The key to it's long life has been treating it nice and never loaning it to the brother-in-law.

 

[wildnorthern]

I run stihl rs chain