Hello all,
Due to lending my small saw to a friend, I have been swapping bars on my 372xp all day to accomplish different tasks, for instance, I'm felling a large daimeter spruce with 15'' bar, and after the tree is down, I swap to a 24'' bar for convenient bucking.
My problem is that the 24'' chain is slacking after two or three cuts, not overheating, just loosening, my 15'' chain will be fine and only re tensioned when I sharpen it.
Because it's just the 24'' chain that's slacking, I'm thinking it's nothing to do with the saw. I'm thinking it's my tensioning, or the bar oil..
Would the oiler need adjusting every time I swap chains? Is there enough oil coming out to accommidate the extra nine inches? or am I possibly over tensioning the chain?
It was a brand new bar and chain too, I'm never really bucking timber this big, so have no experience with such long equipment..
Any clues or advice please?
Thanks, Jeff
Due to lending my small saw to a friend, I have been swapping bars on my 372xp all day to accomplish different tasks, for instance, I'm felling a large daimeter spruce with 15'' bar, and after the tree is down, I swap to a 24'' bar for convenient bucking.
My problem is that the 24'' chain is slacking after two or three cuts, not overheating, just loosening, my 15'' chain will be fine and only re tensioned when I sharpen it.
Because it's just the 24'' chain that's slacking, I'm thinking it's nothing to do with the saw. I'm thinking it's my tensioning, or the bar oil..
Would the oiler need adjusting every time I swap chains? Is there enough oil coming out to accommidate the extra nine inches? or am I possibly over tensioning the chain?
It was a brand new bar and chain too, I'm never really bucking timber this big, so have no experience with such long equipment..
Any clues or advice please?
Thanks, Jeff