Stilh 029

Hello guys I am need of a new Bar&chain was thinking of going for 20"verse the 16"I have now any thoughts?

 

My 290 likes the 16-18 range better than the 20. Softwoods might be fine with 20

 

I have an 029 that loves the 16, does well with the 18, but I don't know how well it do with a 20. Might be all it would want.

 

029 will run 20" .325 chain ok, but they don't seem to like 3/8 all that well.

 

This. Don't go 3/8 on that saw.

 

I like an 18'' on those saws. IMO 18'' is great for cutting firewood.

 

I think all the 029's, even the 029Supers (more displacement vs the regular 029) have. 325 chain on them. I've always run a 16" b&c on my 029Super.

Heck, even my neighbors new stihl pro saw 362, has .325 and a 16" bar.

I almost swapped chains on the new 362 and my 029S as the two saws were cutting nearly identical in the Austrian pine I was cutting. He had new stihl green chainchai I had new stihl yellow chain.

 

There Eric, made that right for ya.

 

Austrian pine, silly.

Like dis..

 

An 029 can use a 20" b&c, but it may be more than the saw wants in the big hard-woods

 

Or is this one Eric VW


The Tree Terminator

 

I got two bigger saws with 20" but anything else goes with 15" bars and with 3,7PS the 029 seems to be a 15"-16" candidate.
Thats at least how i would do it,with the 20" it would lose its bite id say.

 

Thanks fellow wood guys for the info. Yes I am planning on cutting slab wood and also soft wood(cedar,spruce) type stuff with the 20"bar.I am building a rack which I can load and cut from one side and with the 16"bar I am only cutting 13"at best since I loose the length with the log spikes & the rack I am building.If I go with 20"bar I can make it 16"wide(between the side) which will allow me more pieces per loading.