A busted up old logger here told me I should have had one on Twinkle for bucking. There were times when I could have stood in a bit better (safer) position with a 3/4 or full wrap.
If you're cutting hazard trees of any kind, flat ground or steep, you need a full or 3/4 wrap IMO. It's a MUST to be able to cut comfortably and efficiently from either side of a hazard tree. There's a good side and a bad side.
Always "flush" stumps. Unless the OP is doing commercial work or + "20 on slopes what advantage does he get from spending the extra $100.00+ dollars on full wraps for a 576?
1. He would not have to cross over the tree to complete the falling cuts which he does not have to do now.
So again, manly men, what advantage is there to full wraps in Va. on a 576?
1. Probably none.
blue dog,if you want them buy them but they become useful felling with 28" bars and steep slopes. Some members have posted some photos of when a set of full wraps would be needed. If your situation is similiar than full wraps would be a good idea.
They should make heated full wrap bars, I'd rock a fullwrap on my saw if they did.
They do, i got that on my 372xpg and my 394xpg both have heated wrap handles
I agree with jj none of us need wrapped handles. Heck even hand saws get the job done
i have been felling on a very big very steep hillside i never thought about geting a full wrap before but now im going to find one for my 288 it would have been a real time saver for me at least.
and i have a lot more cutting to do.
A lot of guys on this site think they need fulls wraps when in reality they don't.
I had a specialty-grade commercial thinning contract here a few years ago, cutting telephone pole stock on state ground. Anyone here who has ever cut telephone poles knows how tedious it can be and how much it costs. Contractors bid big bucks for pole jobs because the power company pays even bigger bucks for the poles.
The contract specified stumps to be left lower than 4" and it was moderate ground (15-25%.) I ran a half-wrap the entire job and was the only cutter out of three to meet the requirement on every stump. The other two guys wouldn't run half wraps and had 50-60% of their stumps not meet the quota and were docked 20% of their pay for the entire job. So basically, running their 3/4-wrap or full-wrap handles for two weeks cost them almost $600.
Is a 3/4 wrap handle available for the MS 261? Where might I find such an item?
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