I’m looking to get a new bar for my 2172 I was set on a 20 inch but now thinking of 24 inch I have a 18 on it know just wondering how the 24 balances compared to the 20 and if any advantages. thanks in advance Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Ya x3 on 24 inch bar. Its a good length for a 70cc saw. You can go 28 inch bar for softwoods if you wanted to.
Yeah, 24" is a good power match to a 70cc saw and is much more flexible (can do more things) than a 20".
I run a 28" bar on my 441 in hardwoods with no issue. Its a stihl light bar and the balance is ok. That 2172 should pull a 24" bar with no issue and balance well.
I’ve got a 372xp, same as your saw and bought it with a 24” bar it was great then I added big felling dogs and my cut length got shortened up too much. Solution.... I put a 28” on and now get a measured 24” of cut and am happy as can be with it! I’d say 24” would be a good bet unless you run into the trouble I did . Another note as well I tried a full Comp and skip chain on the 24”. The skip was great cutting stuff 8” + and fast sharpening, but was jumpy on the smaller limbing work. The full comp was great all around and the saw handled it no problem so I would stick with full comp.
Depends on what the saws job is and what/where you are cutting. Limbing with a longer bar on a 70cc saw sucks IMO especially in the woods. I prefer the 20" on the 71 for 95% of what I cut...not that the saw isnt more than capable of something longer but I dont like lugging it around all day unless there is a good reason to.
True, but I limb with an MS361 x 20", MS261 x 16" or Jred CS2139 x12". So, I guess if the 70+cc saw was the only saw I had I'd get both 20" and 28" cutting gear, and probably use the 20" most of the time.
I rock a 20” bar most of the time on 70cc saws, unless i really need a linger bar. But prob 90% of what i cut is 20” or less and i like a 70cc saw a lot more than a 60cc saw with 20” bar.
I run 20" on my 2166. I have a 24 that I only mount if dealing with big wood. I find the standard husky 24 bar to be an OK balance, but would prefer a lightweight. I ran the big felling dawgs for a while, but switched back to double mediums. Just finished playing with it a bit after mounting a new muffler and an 8 pin. The original muffler had the gill and screen up top, found this one NOS on eBay. What a difference in sound. Quieter I believe. Hard to tell of any gains loses with the new bigger sprocket.
Do those dogs give enough room to keep the wood off the muffler? The stockers on my 372 would allow the wood to rest right on the muffler that’s why I went to the big ones. They look cool, but are pretty excessive and I’m sure I will bend one into the chain at some point.
I've not had any issues with contact that I can recall. I will try and remember to get a profile picture to show their size. I think they are bigger than the single that came with the saw, but smaller than the big west coast style which looked mean but are way overkill for what I do.
