Not enough Bar?????

[Stix]

Kinda a noob Question....I gave a 385 with a 28" and want to go with a 20....guy at the saw shop says it will burn up the saw??? I just kinda:jawdrop: So what say you guys.....I seem to remember a bunch of guys with 372's me included running 18's sometimes.....

 

[AngelofDarkness]

I smell another crappy dealer. As long as you're not running too lean at high RPM's it should be fine. It's not good to rev a saw with no load on it, but I am sure a 20" pulling full comp chain through hardwood will put plenty of load on that saw. You'll literally have a wood light saber set up with a 20"

 

[Wortown Mick]

I smell another crappy dealer. As long as you're not running too lean at high RPM's it should be fine. It's not good to rev a saw with no load on it, but I am sure a 20" pulling full comp chain through hardwood will put plenty of load on that saw. You'll literally have a wood light saber set up with a 20"

Meh, I wouldnt call it a lightsaber, just a chainsaw.

The saw should run a hair leaner but not enough to burn up the saw with a shorter bar.

 

[chainsawaddict]

Im running a 20" bar on my MS660 and I love it. Havent had any problems, and it sounds great once its pulling in wood! According to the stihl website the 660 can even run with 16". I would think you could even do a 16, with that saw, but what do I know??:monkey:

 

[Wortown Mick]

hehehh have sawtroll show you some of his shortbar rigs.

Who was it I saw with a 10-14 inch bar on a 394... something rediculous like that.

 

[Joe379]

hehehh have sawtroll show you some of his shortbar rigs.

Who was it I saw with a 10-14 inch bar on a 394... something rediculous like that.

Hows this?

 

[Urbicide]

Hows this?

You might want to run some full skip on that set up. opcorn:

 

[oldsaw]

20" on a 372, 24" on an 066. I've got a 16" for the 066 to play with one day.

Mark

 

[stihl025]

You might want to run some full skip on that set up. opcorn:

Umm. Hope the muffler is modded for the extra HP.

 

[Junkwrencher]

I don't know about the 385 but husqvarna (manufacturer, not the dealer) recommended an 18" as a minimum length on the 394xp, why????

 

[stihl 440]

385

You have a bad dealer, if he said that. A 20" is fine on a 385, make sure it is running the 13,000rpm spec and it will be fine. But they are better with a 24". My dealer that I used to go to said that 395's blew up with anything under 28". The he kept talking about how crappy huskys are, he eventually pi$$ed me off. I quit going there, but the funny thing was, was that he is a husky/stihl dealer. The dealer I go to now loves stihl/husky/jred. He is better on price too, than the other dealer was. And he don't complain.:greenchainsaw:

 

[huskydave]

Just add a bigger sprocket and it will drop the rpms and increase the chain speed at the same time. I run an 8pin on shorter bars and don't lean too hard on the saw and it works very well.

 

[Wortown Mick]

Just add a bigger sprocket and it will drop the rpms and increase the chain speed at the same time. I run an 8pin on shorter bars and don't lean too hard on the saw and it works very well.

Now see, if you ran a stihl or dolmar youd have to lean on the saw so the saw got off the limiter.

 

[DarylB]

...guy at the saw shop says it will burn up the saw???

I heard this the other day from my Stihl Dealer when I bought an 8T rim for my MS440. He said I was going to lose power and tear up my saw. I laughed.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

I don't know about the 385 but husqvarna (manufacturer, not the dealer) recommended an 18" as a minimum length on the 394xp, why????

Balance.



They dont want you letting go of the back handle and have the saw rotate the chain twords your face.



.

 

[Bill G]

The young fallers here run 880's with 21". The older and wiser guys run 460's/372's.

Bill

 

[huskydave]

Now see, if you ran a stihl or dolmar youd have to lean on the saw so the saw got off the limiter.

Your right when they race saws they dig the dawgs in and use a slow chainspeed to win. I would like to try a dolmar but I do not know 1 person who has heard of them or owns a Makita or a Dolmar. They are like some sort of fable and resale would be a big joke here. I like the good Stihl saws but I also like good Husqvarnas.

 

[aandabooks]

One guy at work runs a 440 and swears that the 18" bar is as short as he can go. Says he'll burn the bar if he were to set it up with a 16".

My boss, :monkey: has two WildThings. He swears that he can't open the throttle all the way on the one he has set up with a 14" bar. Says the chain can't hold up to the rpms the saw produces. Did I mention he's a :monkey:

 

[turnkey4099]

You might want to run some full skip on that set up. opcorn:

And leave the rakers higher. Won't bog as badly that way.



Harry K

 

[chainsawaddict]

One guy at work runs a 440 and swears that the 18" bar is as short as he can go. Says he'll burn the bar if he were to set it up with a 16".

My boss, :monkey: has two WildThings. He swears that he can't open the throttle all the way on the one he has set up with a 14" bar. Says the chain can't hold up to the rpms the saw produces. Did I mention he's a :monkey:

Did he just start up a thread about avoiding stihls, by any chance.