The stump my hard hat is sitting on is an ancient yellow cedar. It was 96" at the wide point perpundicular to the face. I fell it with my 044 Stihl Madsen modified with a ProTec filter. Pulling a 34" Sugi Hara bar with Oregon 75 CK with a 7 tooth. . The tree my saw is dogged into was around 48" on the stump. Fell with the same saw, bar and chain . Chisel ground chisel chain. I've fell a few ship loads of timber with 4 cube saws with 30, 32 + 34" bars. And made good money doing it. The stump I'm standing on is a Sitka Spruce fell with a 372 Husky , 32" Oregon bar Stihl 3/8,063 Semi Skip. Chisel ground chisel chain . With ( get this ) an 8 tooth rim sprocket. Stump was about 50 " A 372 will pull a 32" just Great. A 30" is kinda perfect tho.
Am I the only one who got excited at reading "Bar Talk?" I mean, it's Friday night. Made me thirsty. But then, I was interested enough about the long bars to keep readin'!
Looking to upgrade my 550 bar. Started out looking at Sugi, now interested in Tsumara 18x.050 .325 (Total, I beleive?) light & tough. Thinking of giving my 2166 a 24" lightweight in .058 gauge also. Christmas has wiped out funding currently, so just doing research at the moment.
I'm guessing the Jred2166 is a red and black version of the Husky 266. If so , it's a great saw. I've had some 266s. Fell a bunch of timber with them. It will handle a 24" bar easy pie. As I usually ran them with a 32" bar on them. It would be great if these bar outfits would make a 30" light /reduced weight bar. That would be SAWEET
She's a sister saw to the current Husky 365 (and 372). 70.1cc I usually run a 20" bar most of the time. I have an OEM 24", but dang she gets to be heavy with that setup. A bit nose heavy too. I think a light bar would balance perfectly at 24" possibly 28", but I have no need for that much saw. Chainsaw CS 2166
Just make your own reduced weight bar. I picked up this 32" Power Match for free, dressed the rails, stripped the paint and got busy. I used a carbide hole cutter, lots of thread cutting oil, a right angle grinder, and a few bucks worth of two part epoxy. The inside edge of the cutouts I beveled on both sides, to act as a mechanical fastener.
I have a real soft spot for the 394/395 Husky . I've cut many millions of board feet of timber with 394s I started running 394s the first year they came out. Had 5 of them .
Whatever Harbor Freight sells. I knew I would use a fair amount, so I went with the inexpensive product.
In 1990 I swiss cheesed a 36" Oregon bar. I used carbide drill bits and a drill press. I took around 2 lbs off the bars weight. My cuttin partner looked at it when we went to work on Monday morning and said . That ain't gonna work Hugo. I said , oh ya , it'll work. Sure is nice and light too. He said OK. We'll see. About an hour later he had bucked me out a couple times already . He said , change it or go home. I ain't bucking you out again today. If only I had thot about epoxying the holes closed. I filled the holes with nuts and washers and welded it all full and ground it all flat and buffed it smooth. Then I painted the bar with Emron automotive paint. Sold it with a 281 Husky I wasn't running any longer.
