parrisw
Tree Freak
Balance doesn't matter when the saw is doing what it's meant for, that is cutting wood. I like running longer bars, makes it so I don't have to bend over as much.
ideal bar length for 262 xp
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Balance doesn't matter when the saw is doing what it's meant for, that is cutting wood. I like running longer bars, makes it so I don't have to bend over as much.
lumberjack48
ArboristSite Operative
Back in my day, 028, 16"- 034, 16"- 044, 16"- 90 Johnsered 16", in my 30 yrs of logging, owning about 50 saws, i used nothing but a 16" bar. If i got in wood bigger then 24"s i had a couple 24" setups under the seat in the pickup. But remember i'm a Flatlander not a West Coaster.
parrisw
Tree Freak
18-20" just doesn't cut it out here.
This is 40"plus. Had to double cut the butt with a 36".
[video=youtube_share;r3RUi9xNgxI]http://youtu.be/r3RUi9xNgxI[/video]
This is 40"plus. Had to double cut the butt with a 36".
[video=youtube_share;r3RUi9xNgxI]http://youtu.be/r3RUi9xNgxI[/video]
SawTroll
Information Collector
Suit yourself - I know you will anyway!
parrisw
Tree Freak
Suit yourself - I know you will anyway!
Yep! Next is a 28" Techlight on my 562.
West Coast syndrome? Maybe it is because there are real trees out here. I have a few cedars in my front yard that are 4' to 5' at the base, and they are just babies, only about 120 years old. There are sugar pines and firs in the canyons here that are 6' to 7' clear up to 80' high or better. These are small compared to the redwoods on the coast. The guys out here that log could not get by without long bars.
luneburg
ArboristSite Operative
20"
Have always run a 20" on mine and never thought it was nose heavy but then again have always had a 20" on it. Run a 24" on a cs600p simply because its less to bend over bucking firewood. Considering grabbing a 24" for the 262 as well for the same reason .
Have always run a 20" on mine and never thought it was nose heavy but then again have always had a 20" on it. Run a 24" on a cs600p simply because its less to bend over bucking firewood. Considering grabbing a 24" for the 262 as well for the same reason .
SawTroll
Information Collector
It isn't the long bars themselves I am commenting on, but the fact that they are put on too small powerheads!
zogger
Tree Freak
Oh man.....
i wish i could say it like that too
if i get a 262, i am the "moron who drags that pile of lead in the bush and he has that enormous 15" bar on that"
Here, every saw, "bigger an heavier" than 346, is a massive, maybe too big and heavy, hard to handle, and every bar over 14" is plain stupidity :yoyo:
I envy you guys.
Thats why you need a 3120, so you can have the biggest baddest saw in your whole dern country! Just because!
elanjoe
ArboristSite Guru
my Jred 630 pulls a 20 " with authority in softwood , but is a bit slower in hard wood.
I have two. An 18" on one and a 20" on the other.
braiding4fun
ArboristSite Lurker
thanks for the replies. I guess I'll probably stick to the 18 for now. I do have a 041AV with a 20.... It's probably less saw and more bar (power wise, not weight wise , but it's fun to run and the 20 doesn't feel out of balance at all on it. I had an 029, then picked up the 041 and Cad to boot. I thought I really had a saw in that 041 compared to the 029.
Then I got the 262. You know the rest.
, but it's fun to run and the 20 doesn't feel out of balance at all on it. I had an 029, then picked up the 041 and Cad to boot. I thought I really had a saw in that 041 compared to the 029. Then I got the 262. You know the rest.
