best chain for my Husky 272XP and a new question about my saw
I've got a Husky 272XP fitted with a 28" bar. full wrap handle. I use this saw primarily for just my bigger trees. Get them down and chunk them up! Most of my cutting gets done by my Model 51 with an 18" bar. I got the saw used a couple of months ago and the chain it came with was about half gone. I've sharpened it twice now and it's close to my limits as a non-pro sharpener. I did pick up an Oregon 72LGX093G and it worked wonderfully on some red oak, white oak and pin oak. It hardly showed signs of use after cutting quite a bit of bigger wood. Next day out was on some silver maple. This one was 44" across. Everything was good until I came across metal going full bore!! Lets just say my $23 almost new chain is SHOT! Some of the cutters were almost destroyed. I couldn't see any signs of metal in the other pieces of wood. Now as I'm looking for chain, I'm trying to find the best chain at the best price. I've always bought from Baileys, but they only have the 28"s by the link priced. It's better than others I'm finding, but I'm only wanting to buy two chains right now, so the shipping eats me up! I've been using saws since I was 14 yrs old, so I can handle aggressive chains. I cut mostly Oak, Elm, Ash, Cherry and occasionally maple. Do you guys have any suggestions for chain and a source that's reasonable? It's 93 DL 3/8 .050 on this one. The guy had replaced the bar and it's a 3/8 .050 bar which I believe is the correct bar for the 372XP, but I just checked my Husqvarna 272XP download and they say it should be 3/8 .058 gauge. Did he get the wrong bar? Is my sprocket going to be right? The chain seems to fit down into the sprocket right, but am I going to have problems with that? Thanks
I've got a Husky 272XP fitted with a 28" bar. full wrap handle. I use this saw primarily for just my bigger trees. Get them down and chunk them up! Most of my cutting gets done by my Model 51 with an 18" bar. I got the saw used a couple of months ago and the chain it came with was about half gone. I've sharpened it twice now and it's close to my limits as a non-pro sharpener. I did pick up an Oregon 72LGX093G and it worked wonderfully on some red oak, white oak and pin oak. It hardly showed signs of use after cutting quite a bit of bigger wood. Next day out was on some silver maple. This one was 44" across. Everything was good until I came across metal going full bore!! Lets just say my $23 almost new chain is SHOT! Some of the cutters were almost destroyed. I couldn't see any signs of metal in the other pieces of wood. Now as I'm looking for chain, I'm trying to find the best chain at the best price. I've always bought from Baileys, but they only have the 28"s by the link priced. It's better than others I'm finding, but I'm only wanting to buy two chains right now, so the shipping eats me up! I've been using saws since I was 14 yrs old, so I can handle aggressive chains. I cut mostly Oak, Elm, Ash, Cherry and occasionally maple. Do you guys have any suggestions for chain and a source that's reasonable? It's 93 DL 3/8 .050 on this one. The guy had replaced the bar and it's a 3/8 .050 bar which I believe is the correct bar for the 372XP, but I just checked my Husqvarna 272XP download and they say it should be 3/8 .058 gauge. Did he get the wrong bar? Is my sprocket going to be right? The chain seems to fit down into the sprocket right, but am I going to have problems with that? Thanks
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