Minimum bar size

[dangerous brian]

The chap i work with has a spare ms880,which we were wondering what the smallest bar we could run on it ideally a 26 inch bar,for super fast logging on big jobs anyone ever tried this and is it safe.

[Charlieh]

i have a 17" for my 084, great fun

[dangerous brian]

Is that safe and how quick does it cut.

[chainsawdom]

i have a 17" for my 084, great fun

 

i bet shes a beast.

[Charlieh]

fast but it has a muffler mod,

 

not sure i would pick it over a smaller saw with a similar bar, its good fun but not enough faster to merit swapping the bars and lumping the extra weight about

 

eg i would prefer to use my 372 with a 16" bar rather than the 084 on a serious job,

[Jonesie]

The chap i work with has a spare ms880,which we were wondering what the smallest bar we could run on it ideally a 26 inch bar,for super fast logging on big jobs anyone ever tried this and is it safe.

 

You can go down to a 25" on it and still run a 404 chain.

[dangerous brian]

It was just a thought as we have a tired 288 and a almost new 880,so rather than buy a 660,we,d stick a smaller bar on the spare 880 and have something in between bonus.

[Charlieh]

Justin, i have a 17" 0.063 .404 stihl rollomatic ES bar on mine, is there a reason why i shouldnt have .404 on this short bar?

 

oh and its on an 8pin rim sprocket as well

Edited December 8, 2009 by Charlieh

[dangerous brian]

Cheers mr jones thats what i wanted to hear

[Tree Man Tom]

I know its not quite the same, but we run a 15" on the 066.

 

Run whatever combination you like really, just make sure bars, chains, and sprockets all match up.