LOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooonnnggg!!!!!!!

[BlackCatBone]

I'm shocked that thing does not have a replaceable sprocket tip!

 

[blsnelling]

I'm shocked that thing does not have a replaceable sprocket tip!

I was too.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

It's a good thing you didn't buy a cannon, $$$$. :jawdrop:

 

[PB]

I'm shocked that thing does not have a replaceable sprocket tip!

I was too.

It doesn't?!! That is an expensive bar to replace if the nose craps out.

 

[BlackCatBone]

I was too.

You know...it's one of those use and throw away 72" bars lol!

 

[PB]

You know...it's one of those use and throw away 72" bars lol!

No, you just cut off the nose and put in a new one. The 72" becomes a 66" bar, and gets shorter every year.

 

[blsnelling]

I guess it just becomes a hardnose bar at that point.

 

[BlackCatBone]

No, you just cut off the nose and put in a new one. The 72" becomes a 66" bar, and gets shorter every year.

Hahaha! You know I bet that sprocket takes a hell of a beating too with all those cutters in the wood. I know it would be tough to use that bar very much, but I would not be surprised to see a very early failure compared to shorter bars.

We'll have to ask Brad after he puts a couple hundred hours on it

 

[JONSEREDFAN6069]

where did you get that bar for $90? on fleabay rite now there's an orange 72" for $590.95 buy it now.

 

[KD57]

:jawdrop: That's just what I need to cut bundles of landscape timbers to length.

 

[Banshee]

There's a place near me that will hand file any chain for 5 dollars flat, no matter the length.
I would love to see the looks on their faces if Brad walks in there with saw.

 

[stinkbait]

There's a place near me that will hand file any chain for 5 dollars flat, no matter the length.
I would love to see the looks on their faces if Brad walks in there with saw.

Hand filing is not that bad as long as the teeth aren't boogered to bad from some metal. I usually hit my teeth on my chains a couple licks after each use and check the rakers every few uses. Usually on a well maitained chain a couple to three lite strokes and it's sharper than ever.

 

[blsnelling]

where did you get that bar for $90? on fleabay rite now there's an orange 72" for $590.95 buy it now.

Another member here got it for me from a guy that bought out a GB warehouse.

 

[JONSEREDFAN6069]

Another member here got it for me from a guy that bought out a GB warehouse.

i'm looking for a 28" .058 orange. if he has one. lol

 

[whitedogone]

I do believe that the roller is replacable. It's my understanding that the chain doesn't ride on the end of the bar itself. Therefore not much bar wear. The chain rides on the bottom of the groove of the roller. WDO

 

[blsnelling]

I do believe that the roller is replacable. It's my understanding that the chain doesn't ride on the end of the bar itself. Therefore not much bar wear. The chain rides on the bottom of the groove of the roller. WDO

That could be. There is one rivet that goes through the center of the roller. The DLs ride on the roller and do not touch the tip of the bar.

 

[whitedogone]

10-4

 

[blsnelling]

It didn't don on me that the roller might be replaceable even though the tip isn't.

 

[whitedogone]

See here:

http://www.gbbar.com.au/extra_long_bars.htm

 

[blsnelling]

See here:

http://www.gbbar.com.au/extra_long_bars.htm

That shows a bar with a replaceable nose. Mine is not like that. Mine is a SX, not a FX.