Weighed my saws

I weighed my husky 350 and stihl 390 yesterday because my back hurts running one and not the other.
The 350 has an 18" bar with .325 chain.
The 390 has a 20" bar and 3/8 chain.

The 350 weighs 14.5 lbs
The 390 weighs 18 lbs.

The 350 has become my go-to saw for most cutting. The 390 is used for bigger trees.

 

Weighed my 394 after rebuild a while back. Both tanks empty, no b/c it was 17.5lbs.

 

Huskies keep getting lighter and lighter........1 screw at a time !!

 

That's not nice!!

 

But sometimes true.....

 

But very funny.

 

I got a good laugh from the unexpected zinger

 

I weighed my MS241 with 16" standard bar and full tanks. 12.8 pounds. Everything else I have is lighter yet except a Mac 610 someone abandoned at my place last week.

 

Yes, I now hardly use my 390. Grab a lighter now. Used the 390 for years.

 

Yep. I thought it was a nicely weighted saw when I was younger. Now its heavy.

 

It’s funny you posted this. The other day I had my long bar on my saw and decided to weigh it. I then compared the normal bar weight. Guess I will have to start my thread now

 

Is that how you got your name.

 

Go to a longer bar and your back will hurt less.
Try a 30" or 32" bar on your 390 . Your back will thank you ! I reccomend installing a floating rim clutch drum and sprocket before you do tho.

 

Haha no, it's because I use a screw splitter.

 

I have a 28" and switched to a rim right after buying it.

I should get a long ultralight bar for my 350. Do bar cutouts have to be filled in???

 

Yes they do or sawdust will pack and drag. In fact if the bar has a fixture hole plug missing it will give you fits.

 

Bar cutouts ??

 

In 1990 , I thought I was really onto something,
I used a drill press and some step bits and swiss cheesed a 36" Oregon , Husky mount bar . I was running it on my 655 Poulan Pro.
It was so nice and light, I thought I would just be flying thru the woods.
My partner , old faller that was breaking me in took 1 look at it and said, . That Won't Work.
We were in nice bushlin wood. What we call 2 bushel hemlock and spruce ( roughly 3 to 4 feet stump diameter , 140 to 180 feet tall. Yeilded 1,800 to 2,600 board feet per tree.
The 2nd time in 45 minutes that he had to cut me out of an easy buck. He ORDERED me to change my bar. By golly, all those holes REALLY PLUG UP . He said, I told you that wouldn't work !
Had I known then what I know now, I would have filled all those holes with JB Weld , buffed them smooth and painted the bar with Emron automotive paint. Both of which I had on hand.
Ahhh, to be young and dumb

 

I see...... you did that too eh ?

 

When you have a couple dozen holes in a 36" bar, some of them 1" diameter and your in a bigger than bar length buck, the bar locks up tight as a drum .

I might try one again and JB Weld the holes then paint it. I've got some old solid steel , 1 rivet tip Oregon bars that are still in Great shape. And a friend here has a drill press. JB Weld is pretty good stuff.
It might hold up well. Maybe use some high heat enamel engine paint as bars do get pretty hot sometimes.