I believe it is a Poulan mount, still unsure. I thought it was a 12 mm Stihl mount when I bought it. But I grabbed one that was not a Stihl mount. It is NOS and has guards on the top and bottom. Taking offers.... Please PM.
Pulpwood cutters used those all the time back in the day....Also great cause they didn't pinch like a normal bar,you could cut stacks of stuff with very little effort.When Dad bought his Poulan 3400 Countervibe new in spring 1981,I asked if he get me a bow for it (since it was a popular saw for that).If I remember correctly his reply was something along the lines of "HELL NO!!!" " Looking back,we can laugh about such things now,but I didn't think it was funny back then....
Dex what mount is it? I may be interested. If poulan mount I need to check. But I am pretty sure I will take it? You got it from gary right? Does he know or can he tell you some measurements to check it? I guess I could look at baileys dont that have measurements listed?
I think that is one of the NOS bars that you use to be able to buy from places like baileys. They sold them as early as like 8 years ago. The company was in texas that made them but I think is out of business now?? Baileys quit selling them from what I gathered on AS from threats of lawsuits from" european saw companies" so some Bailey said on AS.
Someone mentioned pulpwooders using these bars. This bar is actually a clearing saw bar. The bow bars used by pulpwooders were wider. The wood they cut was smaller, usually <12", and was piled at the truck, and then bucked. The thin bar allowed the sawyer to cut through several trees laying in a pile without the bar pinching. There's a certain pejorative that starts with "Buck" whose origin is often thought to come from a deer. It actually came from the fact that the fellow that bucked the trees at the truck usually also threw the logs (cut into 7' lengths) onto the truck (usually something like a 1.5t with a straight 6). It made him a big fellow after he did it for a few years and not someone you wanted to wrestle after a few drinks.
Your correct. Its a clearing bar. True bow bars are wider at the end. I think short wood lengths which is what "pulpwooders" or "shotwooders" as they were called cut were 5-6ft. They usually used dually or 450 size trucks. Custom racks and the wood went onto the back of the truck perpendicular to the was it does now where logs are parallel to the long way of the truck.
Use to be able to buy from Baileys and they bought them from a texas company but the contact info I found on them was no good. Cut for fun pm me id be interested.
I'll have to dig to find old links. I would swear in years past this place had new ones. But their wording has changed to where it sounds they only sell rebuilt ones? Its a start. http://www.chainbar.com/products.html
