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Best bar for the pro user who cuts & bore cuts hardwood
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treeslayer2003
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thanks, i'll have to check um out.
bitzer
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The wide tip has a slower chain speed or so it seems to me. I think it does wear longer and I throw my chain less with it. I like the feel of how it bucks.
bitzer
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What are you doing with it?
slick700
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the gb bar i used was the orange one the cheap white ones were junk
Stihl's have always treated me fine. Used both the narrow and wide tip, didn't really notice a difference.
Have a couple Total Super bars coming just to try some thing different.
Reason I asked is a customer was asking for an alternative to Oregon bars. They were having Sprocket tip premature failures. (Premature can be a relative thing I understand). Also it's been unusually cold this winter here and Maple is really hard when subjected to sub zero temps for extended periods of time! I have ordered a couple of Sugihara's to evaluate with them. Both the solid sprocket nose and reduced weight sprocket nose versions. Might try a Stihl bar, just use one of those adapters from Bailey's. How different can the design of those sprocket noses be?
That is the same experience I had with Oregon bars. Plus the rails wore faster. So for me they weren't the best bang for the buck.
On the stihl's knock on wood I have not blown a tip in 10 plus years. I think because they are grease-less, they may have done a better job of design in the bearing area.
I run Stihl mounts on all my Husky's also. Easier to keep less spares on the truck. That said on the 372's I have found the need to lengthen/open the slot up a 1/2" towards the tip end so I can still run the same drive # chains as on the stihl's.
And yes frozen Hard maple is a pain.
But as always YMMV
On the stihl's knock on wood I have not blown a tip in 10 plus years. I think because they are grease-less, they may have done a better job of design in the bearing area.
I run Stihl mounts on all my Husky's also. Easier to keep less spares on the truck. That said on the 372's I have found the need to lengthen/open the slot up a 1/2" towards the tip end so I can still run the same drive # chains as on the stihl's.
And yes frozen Hard maple is a pain.
But as always YMMV
treeslayer2003
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meh, I don't like um. don't last long. stihl bars are very good, so far I like the sugi and total......I believe the total is the stiffest of the three. oregons are floppy.
treeslayer2003
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well, the better bars cost more but if last twice as long then not really.......plus I hate bendy bars, ya notice it more with longer bars.
treeslayer2003
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I don't think I seen them.....they also have a single rivet?
Yeah single rivet tip just "supposed" to be better steel. That's what they make the reduced weight out of.
Faster
I don't understand what you asking for.Can someone give me info on the oregon pro bars ?? Any count ?? Any count means any good I need to start talking properly on here
bitzer
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Whats faster? Chain speed on the wide tip? How exactly would that be? The chain has a longer distance to travel with more friction on a wide tip. If you mean wears faster, yeah it might.
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