Saw-- What Am I Looking For?

Picco is the Stihl name for low profile chain. It is also 3/8, but a lot smaller than 3/8 standard chain. It is made to run on small mount Stihl bars (but there were a few large mount Stihl and Logosol Picco bars available for a short time, particularly on the 024 saw). I use Carlton low profile chains on my Picco bars, and they are semi chisel non-safety (non safety low profile chain is not available from Stihl).

In picco, there are two types from Stihl, a narrow kerf 0.043 and 0.050. The NK stuff is for the really small saws, like the 171 and 181, and the electric ones. These Picco/low profile chains are available from Stihl:

PMM3, 0.043 NK semi-chisel, safety
PM3, 0.050 semi chisel safety
PS3, 0.050 full chisel safety (new & hard to find)

 

Comfort? That is an odd name for a saw chain.

Ok so if I get 33RM chains, I will get a chain that will cut pretty quickly yet will hold an edge better if I get into some debris. 33RM72 for the 20" bar and 33RM84 for the 25." Is this correct?

 

The sizes you have picked out are correct for semi-chisel, yes. Though you might want to add an RS72 for the 20 for clean wood cutting. Theya re considerably faster. Also having a backup loop is nice when you are cutting. Also having the two bars will be nice in case you pinch a bar. With an inboard clutch, simply remove the power head, pop on the other bar, and cut out the pinched B&C. Try that with an outboard clutch saw!?

 

Comfort, yes, They dropped the C in the chain designators in the last several years, but the chains are still called comfort for having lower vibration. Its a lost in translation thing I think.

 

Don't worry about spare loops, I like having several in the case. Got six with the ms250, I a picked one or two up every payday until I got as many as I wanted on hand.

And yep, I will get some RS72 loops for cutting in the woods or if I come across some large caches of clean wood at the dump.

 

Yep. I have a lot of loops, and 2x as many bars as I have saws.

 

Its much easier to grab another saw. If you don't have one it gives you the perfect excuse to get one!

And now I'm missing smileys

 

I always remove the power head though, even if I have another saw to cut it out with. Murphy is ever-present.

 

Got the 25" bar, matching chains in full and semi chisel. Oh, and a full chisel 20" chain. (I own that stump, but I did not make that stump).

 

Did you say that so I wo7ld not say anything about the cut? : )

 

I expected someone to bust my chops about it. My brother and his Poulan Pro did that one.

 

Ahhh, he's one of those? Don't need a quality saw. Does he run used motor oil in it as well?

I'm just messing with you/him all the way around!

 

He has a quality Poulan from the 70s or so, was my Dad's back in the day. The Pro is his backup.

 

Here it is on one of my stumps, Clem. This is the silver maple I took down today.

 

Nicely done Jack!

 

I just put a Meteor into an 034Super. I may have some clutch issues (chain spinning a bit), but so far she's pretty awesome.

 

looking good. Looks a lot like my stumps. Not saying I'm perfect or anything.

But when my cousin and I use to cut he had a jacked up hinge that he cut closer to ground. I would cut like a round or two up when I felled a tree so that I then could go back and flush cut the stump.