Stihl light guide bars

[1Alpha1]

Okay, so I'm not 100% positive that i might have asked this previously, so I'll ask again.

How many of you use a light-weight guide bar, be it on a Stihl, or on one of those "other" brands of saw?

I know they are expensive and I've never owned or used one before. Are they worth the $$'s and do they really make that much of a difference?

Been thinkin bout gettin one for my 461R.

 

[Big_Wood]

IMO they do make a difference in longer lengths. i can't tell a difference at all in anything shorter then 24" sure there is likely a difference on the scale but so little it doesn't even matter when it comes to a users point of view. i run a 33" light weight and they are worth it to me but i cut for a living.

 

[Macman125]

I would love to get a 28 sugi for my mac.

 

[sunfish]

Yeah, I think you have asked this question before.

 

[cus_deluxe]

The only lightweight bar i use is a techlite on my 575xp. Its still a fat pig. That said, the techlite is very noticeably lighter than even a laminated oregon bar.

 

[Laslabjohn]

I have one on my 661 stihl es light and it is perfectly balanced. it weighs 3.2 lbs, also a 28 sugi ite on the 372xpw

 

[1Alpha1]

Yeah, I think you have asked this question before.

I'm over 60 and retired now.

I'm entitled.

 

[1Alpha1]

28" Stihl Light guide bar for my 461R is $169.99 + tax.

The store owner is into firearms and I have some accessories he'd love to have.

I'm gonna let him sleep on a possible trade for a few days.............

 

[longbowch]

I have one on my 441, and I think it was worth it. I paid around $130 though.


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[WMW050588]

Check out the Tsumura Light & Tough. I have a 28" on my 460 and like it quite a bit. 3" longer and still lighter than the 25" Stihl bar it came with.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TSUMURA-28-...567377?hash=item5d5be31591:g:eHIAAOxy3cJThPLW

 

[sgrizz]

I also have a 28 e-light on my 441 and balances well.

 

[SAWMIKAZE]

A 28" es light is tits on a 461.

 

[sweetjetskier]

Es light are great bars, I have a 28inch on my 460 and it rocks!

BTW, your dealer must have to make his boat payment, $169 for a 28inch ES light is wayyyy over list

 

[Laslabjohn]

Es light are great bars, I have a 28inch on my 460 and it rocks!

BTW, your dealer must have to make his boat payment, $169 for a 28inch ES light is wayyyy over list

Lol yes it is, I paid 140.00 for my 32 shipped

 

[Raganr]

28" on a 460. I bought one because all the cool kids had them.

 

[1Alpha1]

Lol yes it is, I paid 140.00 for my 32 shipped

Shipped from whom and where?

 

[1Alpha1]

Es light are great bars, I have a 28inch on my 460 and it rocks!

BTW, your dealer must have to make his boat payment, $169 for a 28inch ES light is wayyyy over list

Thanks for the heads-up. Now I know better in regards to pricing.

 

[radioFlash]

I got a 562XP with a 24" Total Super lightweight bar. Compared to the Husqvarna bar the saw came with, it's a little more than a pound lighter. I haven't used either much yet, but it didn't seem that the light weight bar felt that much different in use. It turns out that the chain was about a pound for the 24" bar, so you could probably get a sense for how a lightweight bar would feel by removing the chain from your regular bar and hefting the powerhead + bar without chain. I got the Total Super bar for $90 from weedeaterman.

* 18 lb 5.7 oz : 562XP with 24" Husqvarna bar
* 17 lb 2.5 oz : 562XP with 24" Total Super light weight bar

1 lb 3.2 oz weight savings

 

[sawfun]

I would love to get a 28 sugi for my mac.

You can moddify a 088/090 bar to work on a 125. I have a 60" bar for an 090 on an 890 and a 72" Cannon for a 090 on an 895 that work just fine. So a Sugi for an 880 will work. As I recal, you have to redrill an adjuster hole and possibly an oil hole, then use the Cannon spacers and you are set.

 

[sawfun]

I have a 28" light on my 046 and two 372's with 28" Techlights. All balance perfectly, however the tip on one of the Techlight's had all but one rivit work loose and out. I would stay with a Stihl and an adapter or go Tsumura. My 36" Sugi bent and I haven't figured out why as it was never pried with or pinched. So I am shying away from their longer bars.