Trashed a bar and chain today....

No.

 

So then it does not have to be a wide nose bar to have a "increased risk of kickback potential."

 

I believe the ES bars have a wider nose than the E bars. The wide nose ES are much wider than the standard ES bars. They don't make the wide nose any more.

I'll get try to get a pic of the standard vs. wide nose tomorrow.

 

In the pics you posted comparing the weight of the E and ES bars it looked like the ES had a wider nose. I was just originally saying that most ES bars are not a low kick back bar because they mostly have the yellow dot on them. Then MasterMech brought up the wide nose.

A pic comparing the wide nose to standard would be cool.

 

1. Buy broken saw with B&C on craigslist.
2. Fix saw.
3. Sell saw PHO. Keep B&C.
4. Profit!

 

I have one like that on the far left that I picked up on an 032. I didn't not even recognize it as a stihl bar but I saw some paint remnant and the ghost of the stihl logo on the bar.

I was going to fix the saw but I am leaning toward keeping The bar and parting out the saw or selling for parts

 

Where do you buy forester bars for $20!! I bought a combo in medium mount stihl for $36...but I guess you figure the chain and it shipped to my house is about the same price as what you said?

 

These are both 20" ES...

The top one is about 1/4" wider.

 

That is correct.

Wide nose ES...

Standard ES...


'Low kickback' E bar...

 

So I assume the white one is a tad longer since it does not have as large a radius on the nose?

 

They are very close to the same length. I took this pic with the bar slots lined up exactly...

 

I'll look at them again to be sure.

 

It's probably so minimal that the adjuster just takes up the slack on the narrow nose bars.

 

No problem at all to run the same chain on any of the three different bars.

 

Oh I know. Just thinking out loud

 

Just checked. It is maybe 1/32" longer than the wide nose.

 

Very good info cgraham1
Nice legwork and pics, and your patience is unmatched

 

Flea bay. $20 was why I bought it initially too. Needed it, stopped by the local husky dealer. Wanted $65 for a husky bar. I said "NO way". Went home and looked out of curiosity and found this one on there. Run the bar for 6 months and, was impressed enough to buy a 24 inch bar for my 385 XP when I saw one on the Bay for $36 shipped. A month ago, I wasn't sure about the vibration in the longer bar but, it hasn't given me any trouble. God Bless

 

Thanks for getting those pics cgraham1. It looks like the wide nose bar is straighter than the regular making the tip wider, the regular bars have more of curve.