Rabid K9
ArboristSite Guru
ive heard your trees are like concrete?
ive ran a 25 on my 261 (with a mostly melted piston thanks to the last owner) in hickory and it ran decent, 20" is where its at tho
cant imagine an 80cc saw would struggle much with a 36, but we will see, it wont see that bar daily, maybe once/twice a month, will live with a light 28 I
Many are, but many are soft as well. And occasionally we deal with dirty conifers. Sing me a bit of clean, dense euc any day over some stringy, sappy radiata pine.
Shorter bar, bigger saw. Chain speed, reduced load on engine & body has many advantages. Run a 16” on the 261, 20”on the 462.
Found the 25” best allround length for cutting efficiency, felling & climbing work in the mid-size saws. Big bars are often for posers in technical tree work, even the 88 doesn’t like over 30”.