cutting 50" trunk with a 27" bar question

[woodchuck357]

Thanks for your replies, Woodchuck voiced my concerns better than I could, yup, concerned 'bout burying tip in big stem with my routy setup... as it turns out, I went and checked out the job, and the stem ain't no 50", more like 35" or less. I'll drop it later this week... Anyhow, thanks for the wisdom, sounds like rakers may need to be adjusted.

Sounds like a new chain for the felling and use the current one for bucking. A few sharpenings and the cutters will catch up to the rakers. Depth gauges, I think is the more appropriate term, rakers are left over from cross cut saws by us old farts.
The reach over, cut in, then rotate the saw toward you can keep the tip in the air (in the kerf) even if the bar won't reach all the way thru the wood.