Experiences with modern ,light weight, chainsaw bars . Your's

I'm going to need to go to longer bars than the 28" . I will probably go to 36" because I'm primarily after reach for limbing and bucking. Unless bucking good size timber And even then , I don't dog in much. I do most of my cutting with the front half of the bar. And almost all limbing with the tip. It saves bending over so much.
I've only owned The Oregon Light Weight bar. It has Lots of flex but aside from a couple day learning curve , I liked it. But would prefer longer rail life.
I have a couple nearly new solid Oregon 36" bars. So I wouldn't need to buy 2 bars to get back started with 36s . They are .063 guage so the lightweight would also have to be 63 ga.
I would also like to get a light weight 20" bar for my MS 251 .
Thanks in advance.

 

Not a huge sample size to go from, but I find the all around performance of my stock 24 incher better than the 20 inch sugihara on the 372. It is lightweight but the oiling, balance and feel can’t compare to the husky bar.

I know a lot of guys are liking the Stihl lightweight bars, but no grease port would be a deal killer for me.

 

I have a 24” stihl light on a 462 and it’s holding up well. It’s had typical rail burs on the sprocket end right before the taper begins. I have a 28” Tsumara on a 661 and it’s not showing any wear. Just put a 20” stihl light on my XS400.
At work we’ve had a 36” stihl light for years and it’s held up well and is amazingly light for a long bar. The weight savings really shines at 36”.

 

Overall I'm happy with the 2 Tsumura bars i have. I wanted to try a cannon but couldn't find one.

 

I’ve used 2 Sugihara’s for a good while now. Rail ware is light years better than stock (Oregon) Husky bars. Not even comparable. I also have one Tsumura but it isn’t a lightweight (24”). Try out either of those two and you will see what I’m talking about. Only thing I can’t comment on is flex. I couldn’t afford a long one when I needed and had a fellow forum member sell me a 42” Oregon b/c for $100. Don’t think I’d prefer one for milling anyway. Clamping down on those resin inserts wouldn’t be my preference.

 

I have Tsumura 24” & 28” LW, the rails are showing no wear at all. It would be worth a few $ more to go with them or Sugihara over the others in my opinion. Cannon is a bit pricier but I have never heard anyone complain about them.

 

I like the stihl light bars myself.

 

I have Tsumura, Sugi, and Stihl light. They are all nice and wear great. Here's a video of a guy weighing a bunch of light bars, all in 28": Stihl, Oregon, Sugi, Tsumura, Cannon.

 

Here's another video weighing 32" bars. Interestingly, the Sugihara is the heaviest, and you can see that they don't do the cut outs all the way down the bar for some reason.

 

I have 2 stihl lite bars . 24 and 28 I'm very happy with them.

 

The only time I grease a bar tip is when it's been sitting outside for a long time and is rusted up. And the sprocket is froze/stuck. I'll squirt a bunch of grease in the hole and start beating on the sprocket with a wedge. . It usually frees up . After that I never grease it again.
They get enough lube from the oiler.

 

Thanks for these vids it would be good to see what the Stihl Light bar weighs. I was nervous about them because I was told they were hollow. But I understand now they have a honeycomb of aluminum in them that makes them durable enough. And I've heard the rails hold up real well also.
I prefer the Husky mount as I like the longer bar studs slot in Husky mount bars as opposed to the shorter slot in the Stihl bars.
But it's not a deal breaker. It also isn't the most attractive having a Stihl bar on a Husky .
It is really cool that the 32" light weight bars weigh the same or less than the 28" solid bars of the same manufacturer.
I know the 36" Oregon LW bar is really light !!
Me with my Mike Lee modified 460 Stihl with 36" Oregon Light Weight bar and semi skip Stihl 3/8 63 ga chisel ground chisel chain.
With an 8 tooth sprocket it pulls this with authority. Wish I had this combo when I was bushlin.

 

Obviously not a current picture is still Feet of snow on the ground here.