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Discussion in 'Chainsaws and Power Equipment' started by the GOAT, Oct 5, 2013.

  1. Sawdust Man

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    UPS guy dumped this stuff at my house yesterday....
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  2. T.Jeff Veal

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    Nice, that's a nice 55. What size bar are you gonna run on it? We have one with 20"bar, .325/.058 chain
     
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    Well, I tried an 18" on it but I don't like it that way.
    I'll probably go with a 20" .325.... but I also have a couple 22" 3/8" so I might use one of those instead.

    I prefer .325 on most of my 50cc saws.

    How does your 55 do with the 20 inch bar?
     
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    It does fine limbing and in wood up to about 14-15". Full bar is kinda slow. Plenty of torque though.
     
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    I found a 20" .325 in the shed, so got to try it out last night....it seemed pretty good to me, the biggest piece I cut was about 14" but it sawed it right off.

    Actually it's a pretty good saw for a "non-pro" model.
     
  6. Mrxlh

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    Picking up some free hickory… C776A515-CDAF-423E-A892-CD60C0CB5CFF.jpeg 9DF366D6-2C16-4E7D-80AD-90300304AA2C.jpeg
     
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    Got em both up and ready to manufacture sawdust.....
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    Cutting some hickory with my xs362c. 0312231452_Film2.jpg
     
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    I think it must be a farm/ranch saw. Ours needs a little going over, has cranking issues sometimes
     
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    395 splitters work real good…
     
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    Yep, I've had some knotty hickory that needed a 461 or 362 splitter as well.
     
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    Not exactly a saw picture, but a saw chain post...
    We have a couple square ground chains left. I've learned to a decent job filing them, I think.
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    So figured out the angles and stops, used the small radius wheel 0312230810a.jpg
    I think it did a good job on the gullets. 0312230810.jpg
    Got it back on the saw without too much damage to myself... 0312230826.jpg
    It's sharp, bumped a tooth on the end of the bar with my finger...
    Slice and dice... 0312230841.jpg
     
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  14. The Wood Wolverine

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    My suspicion on the bar holes was confirmed. Oil was puking out on the bar near the mount instead of all going into the rail. So I broke out the JB.
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    That should do the trick.
     
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    Tackled a couple nice hickory logs this morning. 0313230953.jpg
    XS362 got'ter done 0313230953a.jpg
     
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    Picked up a real nice 246 off eBay the other day, the brown truck dropped it off today... IMG_20230313_190629.jpg
     
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